Quik Flight relocates to Albany International Airport

March 11, 2004

Quik Flight business air charter and air ambulance service has begun operating at the Albany International Airport.

This is the third move for the start-up charter service, which was first launched at the Warren County Airport in Queensbury and then moved to the Schenectady County Airport in Scotia.

Quik flight operates a twin engine Cheyenne-1 turbo-prop aircraft with a top speed of 260 miles per hour. Quik Flight is based at the ASIG (formerly Signature Flight Support) terminal at Albany International Airport. Quik Flight also has cooperative agreements with other charter services that will enable them to provide charter jet service from Albany International Airport.

"We have made an extensive investment in aircraft and emergency medical equipment and we look forward to assisting the Airport by providing new and innovative services at Albany International Airport," said Chandler Atkins, president of Quik Flight.

"The fact that an on-site air ambulance will be available to physicians, hospitals and patients is important to our entire community as medical facilities become more specialized," said the Rev. Michael A. Farano, chairman of the Albany County Airport Authority.

Quik Flight's passenger aircraft can be converted to an air ambulance within 15 minutes. Dr. Krishnan Raghavan, a critical care physician at Amsterdam Memorial Hospital, administers the operation of Quik-Flight's air ambulance service.

Quik Flight aircraft charter is also equipped to provide air freight services and specialized services for the transport of human organs for transplant.

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