Florida West International Airways

Florida West International Airways, Inc. was an American cargo airline based at Miami, Florida. It operated scheduled and charter services worldwide, with its main markets in Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States. The airline later became a subsidiary of the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings.

History

The airline was founded in 1981 as a repair station at Miami Airport named Pan Aero International. It changed its name in January 1984 to Florida West Airlines.
On February 28, 1994, Florida West acquired Tradewinds Airlines. After the airline filed for bankruptcy on October 11, 1994, its assets were sold and it was rebranded as Florida West International Airways the following year, restarting operations on March 12, 1996.
In December 2000, LAN Airlines purchased 25% stake of the airline.
On April 7, 2016, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, along with Southern Air, acquired Florida West International. On February 28, 2017, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings shut down Florida West International, with the U.S. Department of Transportation cancelling their cargo carrier's certificates of authority on March 27.

Country	City	Airport	Notes
Bolivia	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Viru Viru International Airport
Brazil	Curitiba	Afonso Pena International Airport
Brazil	Manaus	Eduardo Gomes International Airport
Chile	Santiago	Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Colombia	Bogotá	El Dorado International Airport
Colombia	Medellín	José María Córdova International Airport
Costa Rica	San José	Juan Santamaria International Airport
Ecuador	Guayaquil	José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
Ecuador	Quito	Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Guatemala	Guatemala City	La Aurora International Airport
Panama	Panama City	Tocumen International Airport
Paraguay	Asunción	Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
United States	Miami	Miami International Airport
United States	New York City	John F. Kennedy International Airport
Uruguay	Montevideo	Carrasco International Airport

Florida West International Airways operated the following aircraft: