The Company's range of services grew out of the specific needs of a professional, customer base. Air freight forwarders, airplane operators, corporate traffic departments, physical distribution and purchasing executives, couriers, governmental agencies, IATA agents, domestic and international airlines made up that base, and collectively have varied and demanding air cargo requirements. A brief description of the services designed to accommodate their requirements follows:



Scheduled Cargo Services


Prime Domestic Air Freight: Designed for air freight forwarders and corporate shippers who wished to move domestic shipments overnight. Although prime domestic service concentrated on hard freight (the average shipment was over 400 pounds), the Company offered an express shipment service (up to 60 pounds), called SNAP (Summit Nighttime Advanced Priority) for shipments which was common-rated throughout the system.


International Service: Designed for international carriers, IATA agents, and other shippers of international air cargo. International service concentrated on handling the many details which international shipments require including U.S. inland transportation, interline transfers, customs clearance, limited warehousing, and clearing house billing. International shipments ranged from minimum shipments to M-l and M-2 containers.

Road Feeder Service (RFS): Designed for air freight forwarders and corporate shippers use for those shipments where price rather than time is of the essence. Road Feeder Service was a scheduled, terminal-to-terminal service. In some short-haul markets, delivery was overnight. In medium-haul markets, Road Feeder Service rivaled the performance of passenger carrier belly freight service at lower cost to the customer. RFS shipments were tendered in bulk or in containers, and in weights ranging from one pound to more than 5,000 pounds (shipments in excess of 10,000 pounds were routinely routed on exclusive trucks).

Related Services

Ground Handling: Designed for carriers who required competent handling of their cargo and aircraft at airports within the Company's system. Ground handling made use of the Company's airport terminals, personnel, and equipment to handle the cargo needs of others. Physical loading and unloading of cargo aircraft, from single-engine up through wide-body aircraft and the handling of cargo operations and customer service for passenger and other cargo airlines were included.

Contract Charter: The Company conducted contract charter operations for a variety of customers. Customers included couriers, other airlines, the military, and corporations with special continuing needs for the movement of their cargo.

On-Demand Aircraft Charters: To meet the needs of shippers with urgent time requirements, the Company provided or procured aircraft to operate between any airports throughout the U.S. and Canada, with 24 hour a day service capability.

Contract Training: The Company offered Convair Cv-580 pilot and mechanic training to other airlines, corporations and individuals. Courses included initial, recurrent, and upgrade training and incorporated the necessary flight, simulator, and ground instruction required for FAA approval. The Company also offered training in the handling and transportation of Dangerous Goods.


Flight Attendant Training: The Company offered a Flight Attendant training program that was accredited through Weidner University.