MURRAY AIR (MURRAY AVIATION): 835 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198, United States; Phone (313) 484-4800; Fax (313) 484-4875; Http://www. murray-aviation. com; Code MU; Year Founded 1985. MU is established by brothers Preston and Mark Murray at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan, in October 1985 to provide international and domestic passenger charter services to all U. S. cities, as well as communities in Mexico and Canada.
Chairman/President Mark Murray inaugurates nonscheduled supplemental services with a single Mitsubishi Mu-2 in December 1986.
Operations continue apace during the remainder of the decade. With newer technology than the Douglas DC-3 available, the brothers choose to upgrade their flight equipment in 1989. The first of several CASA C-212-200 Aviocars are added into the 1990s and the company also comes to concentrate heavily on express and all-cargo services. Much of the company’s business will shift to “just-in-time” deliveries, most in support of the automobile industry.
By 1997, the Murrays oversee a workforce of 60 and a fleet that includes 1 Beech King Air 90, 6 CASA C-212-200 Aviocars, and 2 Mu-2s. One CASA freighter and a Mitsubishi Mu-2B also transport cargo from their base at Detroit City Airport.
The largest CASA operator in North America in 1998-2000, MU adds two more King Air 90s and removes an Mu-2. Two DC-8-63Fs join the fleet on March 13 of the latter year. They are operated under FAR Part 125 regulations on behalf of Pentastar.
MURRAY AIR (PTY.), LTD.: Australia (1984-1990). MAL is established at Melbourne in 1984 to provide passenger and cargo charters to regional destinations. Employing a pair of Douglas DC-3s, revenue services are duly inaugurated and are maintained until 1990.
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