Freight Runners Express / Air Charter Express

Freight Runners Express, Inc., doing business as Air Charter Express, is a cargo and charter operator based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its headquarters is the South Hangar at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. The company says it was established in 1985 with one single-engine airplane.

Seven years later, the company added passenger aircraft and took the Air Charter Express name. The site says the fleet now includes nearly thirty planes across North America. Aircraft named on the site include the Saab 2000, the Embraer 120 Freighter and the Beech 99 Freighter.

The company offers scheduled and on-demand cargo flights. It also offers passenger charters. The site says the company can quote flights on cargo or passenger aircraft to more than 6,000 airports across North America.

The site lists company figures. These include 129,493 total pilot flight hours, 3,798,758 flight miles in the last 12 months, 39,060 passenger flight segments and 2,065,000 cargo pounds flown.

A charter company president quoted on the site praised the speed and accuracy of quotes, along with flight following and a high level of customer service. The site says bookings can be made months in advance or only hours before a flight.

Careers are a major part of the site. The company offers a pilot career path, an apprenticeship program and a list of open positions. The site also has an authorizations page and an operations area page.

To contact the company, call 1-800-776-5525 freephone. The Milwaukee phone number is 414-744-5525. The site has a quote request form and a PRIA request page.