Castle Aviation is a cargo airline

Cargo airline

Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.-Logistics:...

 based in Akron

Akron, Ohio

Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, USA

United States

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. It operates charter cargo services specializing in priority freight. Its main base is Akron-Canton Regional Airport

Akron-Canton Regional Airport

Akron-Canton Regional Airport is a commercial Class C airport located in the city of Green, in southern Summit County, Ohio roughly southeast of Akron, northwest of Canton, and northeast of Massillon...

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History

The airline was established and started operations in January 1986. It was initially operated in conjunction with Air Medical Transport, which was originally set up by Michael Grossmann in January 1984. Air Medical Transport ceased operations at the end of 1986 and all business at that point was done under the names of Castle Aviation and Aeromed. Michael Grossman is President of the airline. In April 2004 it started operating the first freight version of the Saab 340A

Saab 340

The Saab 340 is a discontinued Swedish two-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by a partnership between Saab and Fairchild Aircraft in a 65:35 ratio...

 aircraft.

Fleet

The Castle Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 2008) :

• 4 208B Super Cargomasters
  Cessna 208
  The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop engine, fixed-gear short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the United States by Cessna. The airplane typically seats nine passengers, with a single person crew, although with a FAR Part 23 waiver, it can seat up to fourteen passengers...
  
  
• 3 Piper Aerostars