Yellow Air Taxi

Yellow Air Taxi (a marketing name of Friendship Airways) was an air taxi airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It operated on-demand passenger services in the Southeast, Florida, the Caribbean and, the Bahamas. YAT grew from a small operation out of Pompano Beach to a fleet of four Cessna 402Cs, all painted in yellow with a white/black checkerboard tail.[1] The carrier had some issues with the US DOT, bordering on offering scheduled service as a charter airline.[2] Once legal to fly more than four flights a week, YAT expanded to Naples & Key West, along with offering three flights a day to Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay from Ft. Lauderdale. Miami service was attempted in 2009.

Yellow Air Taxi
IATA ICAO Callsign
Y0 EMJ LIGHT HOUSE
Founded2003
HubsFort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport
Fleet size1
Destinations4
Parent companyFriendship Airways
HeadquartersFort Lauderdale, Florida
Key peopleChristopher Behnam (CEO)

YAT started being affected by the high-seasonality of both the Florida Keys and Bahamas and the carrier relinquished their scheduled authority in 2009. Yellow Air Taxi has since gone out of business. On February 18, 2011, an involuntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 was filed against Friendship Airways Inc.[3]

Destinations

Florida

Previous destinations

Fleet

The Yellow Air Taxi fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2010:[4]

Yellow Air Taxi Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers
(Economy)		 Routes Notes
Cessna 402C 1 9 All Twin propeller plane with one pilot. All painted yellow with black and white checker board design on the tail.

References
  1. "For this taxi, the sky is the limit". Naples Daily News. July 19, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  2. see U.S. DOT docket OST-2005-20077
  3. "Friendship Airways Inc - Company Profile and News". Archived from the original on October 13, 2012.
  4. FAA Aircraft Register - Friendship Airways
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