Founded in Norwalk, Connecticut, Southern Air Inc. is a low-cost cargo airline offering wide-body air freight services through its fleet of B747 freighter aircraft. The company was formed in 1999 when it acquired certain assets relating to the long-haul, heavy-lift freighter operations of Southern Air Transport, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio. Building on Transport’s fifty years of air cargo expertise and high level of service, Southern has been able to successfully grow a fleet of General Electric powered B747-200Fs—among the most efficient, heavy-lift freighter aircraft in the world. The company specializes in long-haul, heavy-lift operations for ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) and charter customers.