| Airline: | Martinaire |
| Fleet Size: | 29 |
| Iata: | - |
| Icao: | MRA |
| Callsign: | MARTEX |
| Founded: | 1978 |
| Headquarters: | Addison Airport Addison, Texas, USA |
| Key People: | Dane Smith (Chief Pilot) |
| Hubs: | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Secondary Hubs: | Capital Region International Airport (Lansing, Michigan) |
| Website: | martinaire.com |
Martinaire Aviation, L.L.C. is an American cargo airline based on the grounds of Addison Airport in Addison, Texas, USA, near Dallas.[1] It operates feeder flights for overnight package delivery services, most notably on behalf of UPS.[2] It is owned by Xwing.
The airline was established and started operations in 1978 and acquired the freight operations of CCAir on 2 January 1990. It was in turn bought by a group of investors led by The Acker Group in December 1993. In 2005, Martinaire acquired fellow package carrier Mid Atlantic Aviation.[2] In 2006, Martinaire acquired Superior Aviation of Lansing, Michigan. In 2011, Martinaire began acquiring Beechcraft 1900 aircraft to replace the Fairchild Metroliner, a move completed by mid-2012. The Beech 1900 aircraft were later removed and sold to Alpine Air.As of January 2013, Martinaire is the second-largest single feeder carrier in the country.
The company was acquired by autonomous aircraft company Xwing in 2022.
The Martinaire fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2009):[3]