Yellow Air Taxi (a marketing name of Friendship Airways) was an air taxi airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It operated on-demand passenger services in the Southeast, Florida, the Caribbean and, the Bahamas. YAT grew from a small operation out of Pompano Beach to a fleet of four Cessna 402Cs, all painted in yellow with a white/black checkerboard tail.[1] The carrier had some issues with the US DOT, bordering on offering scheduled service as a charter airline.[2] Once legal to fly more than four flights a week, YAT expanded to Naples & Key West, along with offering three flights a day to Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay from Ft. Lauderdale. Miami service was attempted in 2009.
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| Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Parent company | Friendship Airways | ||||||
| Headquarters | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | ||||||
| Key people | Christopher Behnam (CEO) | ||||||
YAT started being affected by the high-seasonality of both the Florida Keys and Bahamas and the carrier relinquished their scheduled authority in 2009. Yellow Air Taxi has since gone out of business. On February 18, 2011, an involuntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 was filed against Friendship Airways Inc.[3]
Destinations
editFlorida
editPrevious destinations
editFleet
editThe Yellow Air Taxi fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2010:[4]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers (Economy) |
Routes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessna 402C | 1 | 9 | All | Twin propeller plane with one pilot. All painted yellow with black and white checker board design on the tail. |
References
edit- ^ "For this taxi, the sky is the limit". Naples Daily News. July 19, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ see U.S. DOT docket OST-2005-20077
- ^ "Friendship Airways Inc - Company Profile and News". Archived from the original on October 13, 2012.
- ^ FAA Aircraft Register - Friendship Airways
