2025 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $77M
Consolidated Global TMC: Amex GBT
In addition to regular business travel for purposes such as sales and training, privately held air cargo, leasing and charter company Atlas Air incurs considerable costs for crew travel.
Cargo airlines usually pay for pilots to commute from home to their assigned crew base, and then have to pay for "deadheading," moving the pilots via scheduled carriers while on duty. Cargo aircraft do not often operate straightforward return flights, so the pilots have to be moved by other means, and the opportunity to use jump seats on the carrier’s own aircraft are limited. Many crew movements are also scheduled at short notice, meaning scheduled tickets are bought close to departure and are therefore more expensive.
Atlas Air last year had 4,500 employees. In 2025, it operated 48,000 flights on 113 aircraft that served 330 destinations in 90 countries. BTN estimates its U.S-originating schedule air purchases in 2025 at $77 million.