About Us

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TradeWinds Airlines is a certificated United States part 121 Air Carrier headquartered at the Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina.  We operate a fleet of A300-B4F freighter aircraft mostly in ACMI services for Domestic and Foreign customers.  TradeWinds also conducts International and US Domestic on-demand charter operations.  Our market of operations expands from the United States and South America, to Europe, the Caribbean, Central and North Asia and Mainland China.   Our success can be measured by our controlled fleet expansion and growing long term International customer base. 


History

TradeWinds Airlines has operated continuously since 1968 when it started with Constellation freighters carrying textile products for its parent company at the time.  We expanded our operation by replacing the Connies with Canadair CL-44 turboprop freighters.  During this conversion, we also obtained our initial Part 121 operating certificate.   By 1991 TradeWinds had grown its fleet into a modern wide-body operation and began service with the first L-1011 Tristar to be converted to cargo configuration.  The L-1011 became the sole fleet type until 1999 when we launched a successful implementation of the A300-B4 freighter aircraft.  By 2004 we had expanded the A300-B4 operation to six units working in the Caribbean, US Domestic market, and for a growing number of International customers in Asia, including Mainland China.  


Future Goals

TradeWinds plans to follow the route of our past successes and grow our company in a calculated and controlled manner to meet the demands of the diverse and often changing International market place.   We expect to continue with ACMI operations around the world and grow our International Charter and common carriage operations.  



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