Summary
- Ameristar provides a diverse range of charter services, catering to executive passengers, groups, and cargo needs.
- With Boeing 737-200s, Ameristar offers a luxurious first-class charter experience with personalized amenities and services.
- Ameristar operates DC-9s and Falcon 20 jets for cargo services, ensuring same-day, fast deliveries nationwide.
Ameristar Charters is a Dallas-based passenger and cargo charter service founded in 1999. The airline offers in-time charter services using specialized passenger and cargo aircraft. Operating throughout the Americas and the Caribbean, the airline claims to be reasonably priced.
Ameristar claims its clients have relied on the airline for its passenger and cargo charter services for over 30 years. With a good-sized fleet of specialized passenger and cargo charters, there is a solution for all charter needs. The company offers on-time charter services with minimal turnaround time and on budget.
The airline has its operating bases near Dallas, Texas, and Detroit, Michigan. Tom Wachendorfer is the sole owner of Ameristar Charters, which combines Jet Charter, Inc. and Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc. The airline has appeared in a number of print ads, music videos, television, and movies.
Ameristar charter services
Ameristar offers various kinds of charter services, including regular passengers and groups, executive passengers, and cargo.
- Executive charters: Ameristar states that executive passengers do not require a jet card or membership to travel in style and avoid commercial security and limited schedules.
- Group charters: Collegiate and professional sports teams, musicians, and event planners count on Ameristar to make getting there as memorable as being there.
- Cargo charters: When overnight service isn’t fast enough, count on Ameristar to deliver just-in-time cargo just-in-time with Ameristar’s customized fleet.
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Types of aircraft used for charter
Boeing 737-200 (passenger services)
- Range – 2,500 miles (without refueling)
- All first class seating – 60 seats
- Deluxe catering service
- Bake-aboard cookies and milk every flight
Ameristar offers highly comfortable first-class seating onboard its fleet of two Boeing 737-200 aircraft. According to Ameristar Charters,
“Musicians, celebrities, movie studios, high net worth individuals, and collegiate and professional athletic teams count on Ameristar for best-in-class personalized service on every flight aboard our fleet of 737 aircraft. With only 60 first class seats per aircraft, there’s plenty of leg room for even the tallest passengers.”
Photo: Ameristar Charters
The company’s 737s are equipped with a built-in staircase, allowing greater airport flexibility for passengers. It can operate out of any Part 139 airport in the country without relying on airport facilities, such as mobile staircases or air bridges.
Onboard the customized 737-200s is a variety of amenities, including hot towel service, ovens, china, themed decor, and specialized gourmet meals and beverages. Ameristar takes pride in offering highly customized services to its customers, including the ability to request extra flight attendants on flights.
Photo: Ameristar Charters
One of the most unique services offered by Ameristar is that all its crew members are TSA-authorized personnel, which mean the customers do not have to go to TSA screening at terminals or wait for contracted screeners.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (cargo services)
- Maximum payload: 22,000 lbs
- Speed: 520 mph
- Main cargo door: 84 x 134 inches
- Main cargo bay: 528 in x 108 in x 76 in
- Total cargo capacity: 2,761 cubic feet
- Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc. currently operates four DC-9s for on-demand cargo
Ameristar offers same-day delivery services for cargo of up to 15,000 lbs onboard its DC-9 fleet of four aircraft. With a total cargo capacity of up to 22,000 lbs, the aircraft is capable of flying speeds of 450 knots (520 mph, 832 km/h). As such, same-day delivery across the country is seemingly possible with Ameristar. According to the company,
“Same-day delivery of 15,000 pounds across the country? Ameristar can do it! With a nomadic style of operations, there’s often an airplane where you need it, when you need it!”
Photo: Ameristar Charters
Falcon 20 jet (cargo services)
- Maximum payload: 5,800 lbs
- Speed: 500 mph
- Main cargo door: 74 in x 55 in
- Main cargo bay: 240 in x 60 in x 56 in
- Capacity: 400 cubic foot
- Expanded aluminum high capacity floor capable of holding up to five standard 48 inches high pallets
- Ameristar currently operates 10 Falcon 20s for on-demand cargo
Photo: Ameristar Charters
Ameristar operates 10 ex-Fedex Falcon 20 twin jets capable of holding up to 5,800 lbs of payload. The cargo bay can accommodate up to five standard-size pallets through its large main cargo door. Whether it is small packages, large boxes, or pallet-sized cargo, Ameristar can deliver it quickly, safely, and economically.
Photo: Ameristar Charters
According to Ameristar,
“Once the workhorses of the FedEx system, Ameristar’s fleet of cargo Falcon 20s deliver five standard pallets of automotive parts, rolls of industrial carpet or fabric, or hundreds of small boxes with no build / break fees. With a nomadic style of operations, there’s often an airplane where you need it, when you need it!”
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