KITTY HAWK NAMES STONE AIRCARGO VICE PRESIDENT MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING

Kitty Hawk, Inc., a financial holding company that specializes in providing wholesale airport freight transportation services in the United States and Canada, announced today that Daniel Stone has joined its team as vice president of maintenance and engineering for Kitty Hawk Aircargo.

DALLAS, TEXAS (PRWEB) April 18, 2003 - Kitty Hawk, Inc., a financial holding company that specializes in providing wholesale airport freight transportation services in the United States and Canada, announced today that Daniel Stone has joined its team as vice president of maintenance and engineering for Kitty Hawk Aircargo.

Stone, who has more than 36 years of aircraft maintenance and engineering experience, will serve as the company's chief aircraft maintenance officer. Stone will assume responsibility for the direct management and administration of all aircraft maintenance activities related to the Kitty Hawk Airline fleet.

Stone most recently served as vice president technical services at Air Jamaica Airlines where he directed the maintenance activities of the Airbus fleet in Europe, the United States and Caribbean. Prior to his position with Air Jamaica, he spent more than 10 years with Northwest Airlines and Fairchild Dornier Aerospace where he served in numerous positions including, vice president technical services, vice president maintenance and field support, and director of aircraft maintenance with varied responsibilities in Europe, China and the United States.

"Daniel's extensive knowledge of aviation maintenance, coupled with his keen operations management skills, makes him a valued asset to our Kitty Hawk family," said Clark Stevens, president Kitty Hawk Aircargo. "His experience and leadership style will be an integral part of our airline operations as we take our company to the next level."    

Stone holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Columbia Southern University, and an FAA Airframe & Powerplant license.

As a recognized leader in the air cargo industry, Kitty Hawk provides scheduled overnight air cargo service to approximately 50 cities in the United States and one city in Canada. With more than 30 years combined experience, Kitty Hawk serves the logistic needs of freight forwarders, integrated carriers, and major airlines with the support of our FAR 121 certified cargo airline as well as our 239,000-square-foot sortation facility at our hub in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Today, Kitty Hawk offers distribution solutions with superior customer service. With our all-cargo fleet of aircraft and dedicated trucks, Kitty Hawk is committed to meeting customer's freight transportation requirements, large or small. For more information on Kitty Hawk, visit our website at www.khcargo.com.

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