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Article: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-Based Cargo Airline Finds Underserved Markets.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- May 17, 1999
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 18 -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Growing up as a missionary's son in the jungles of South America, Dave Bassett learned early to appreciate planes carrying supplies and to build relationships with people of cultures different than his own.
From that experience, he's built Fort Lauderdale's top all-cargo airline, Amerijet International, catering to small, under-served markets in the neighboring Caribbean and Latin America.
Amerijet flies computer parts, fresh produce, meats and other basics to communities that bigger airlines tend to overlook, such as St. Kitts-Nevis, the hemisphere's tiniest and youngest ...