Saturn Airways
Saturn specialized in unusual cargo, including the Triple Crown-winning racehorse Secretariat, a limousine for Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus, and satellite communication equipment for the 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China, the first time a US commercial air freight flight landed in mainland China in over 20 years.A significant motivation in the merger was for Howard J. Korth, CEO and 84% owner of Saturn to step back after over 30 years in the industry.[24] The process was still ongoing in 1976, and as shown in the table above, Saturn's profitability improved greatly during that time.[22] At the time the merger with AAXICO was being evaluated by the CAB, Saturn had eight Douglas DC-7Cs, six of them leased, two of them owned.[7] December 1967:[26] As of August 1971:[27] At the time the merger with Trans International was being evaluated by the CAB, Saturn had:[13]
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