MAIDEN, N.C., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air T, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIRT) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Global Ground Support, LLC has received an order for 44 mobile deicing trucks to be supplied to the United States Air Force for a total of approximately $14.7 million. The order is pursuant to Global's existing multi-year contract with the Air Force and includes the actual units, shipping costs and training courses associated with the units.
Walter Clark, Air T's CEO, stated that, "This is outstanding news on the heels of our recent quarterly earnings report. We very much appreciate the Air Force's continued confidence in Global's deicing equipment and services. This delivery order along with our existing backlog will serve us well in the coming months and provide a good foundation for our next fiscal year." Air T, through its subsidiaries, provides overnight air freight service to the express delivery industry, and manufactures, sells and services aircraft ground support and special purpose industrial equipment. Air T is one of the largest, small-aircraft air cargo operators in the United States. Air T's Mountain Air Cargo and CSA Air subsidiaries currently operate a fleet of single and twin-engine turbo-prop aircraft daily in the eastern half of the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands. Air T's ground support operations, including its Global Ground Support and Global Aviations Services subsidiaries, manufacture and service aviation support and other specialized military and industrial equipment, in addition to providing airport facilities maintenance. Global Ground Support is one of the largest providers of deicing equipment in the world.
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CONTACT: John Parry, Chief Financial Officer of Air T, Inc., +1-828-464-8741 Web site: http://www.airt.net/
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