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Fine Air Services Corp company history timeline

1901

Arrow Air founder George Batchelor was born of Native American ancestry in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1901.

1947

1947: Arrow Air is launched.

1950

Arrow Air was founded in 1950 by the visionary aviation pioneer, George Batchelor and it was among the oldest air carriers in the United States continuing to operate under the same, originally registered name.

1953

The airline stopped scheduled operations in 1953 in what Batchelor saw as an anti-competitive regulatory environment.

1964

Batchelor moved Arrow Air to South Florida in 1964.

1985

On December 12, 1985, one of the company's DC-8s crashed after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing 248 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division and eight of Arrow's flight crew personnel.

1994

Richard Haberly was succeeded as Arrow president in June 1994 by Jonathan D. Batchelor, son of chairman and company founder George Batchelor.

1996

A restructuring in June 1996 placed Terence Fensome as president and CEO of Arrow Air.

1997

Unfortunately, Fine Air had its own set of woes resulting from a fatal crash of one of its McDonnell Douglas DC-8's in August 1997.

Arrow failed to profit from the upswing in the economy in 1997.

1998

Jonathan Batchelor soon took over again as president, but in July 1998 relinquished that role for the positions of chairman and CEO as Guillermo J. "Willy" Cabeza became president and chief operating officer.

Arrow revenues were $87 million in fiscal 1998.

1999

After a few difficult years, Arrow was acquired by Fine Air Services in early 1999 (the deal was finalized in April) from International Air Leases Inc. for $115 million.

2001

Revenues were $148 million in 2001, when Arrow had about 800 employees in Miami and another 200 in other locations.

2004

Arrow and Arrow Air Holdings Corp. emerged from bankruptcy in June 2004 through a confirmed plan of reorganization.

2008

Arrow Air transporting more than 1,200,000 LBS of freight per day throughout 2008.

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