Significant Customers

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Significant Customers [Abstract]

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SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS

DHL

Commencing March 31, 2010, the Company and DHL executed commercial agreements under which DHL leases 13 Boeing 767 freighter aircraft from CAM and contracts with ABX to operate those aircraft under a separate crew, maintenance and insurance (“CMI”) agreement. The CMI agreement pricing is based on pre-defined fees, scaled for the number of aircraft operated and the number of flight crews provided to DHL for its U.S. network. The initial term of the CMI agreement is five years and the terms of the aircraft leases are seven years, with early termination provisions. In addition to the 13 CAM-owned Boeing 767 aircraft, ABX also operates four DHL-owned Boeing 767 aircraft under the CMI agreement. Under the CMI agreement, ABX contracted with Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, Inc. (“AMES”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to provide scheduled maintenance for the 13 Boeing 767 aircraft for at least the first three years of the CMI agreement. Under the terms of the lease agreements for the 13 CAM-owned Boeing 767 aircraft, DHL is responsible to reimburse ABX for its costs of scheduled airframe maintenance. AMES also provides scheduled maintenance for the four DHL-owned aircraft operated by ABX under the CMI agreement.

Continuing revenues from leases and contracted services for DHL were approximately 50% and 36% of the Company's consolidated revenues from continuing operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Company’s balance sheets include accounts receivable with DHL of $11.6 million and $9.8 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

BAX/Schenker

A significant portion of the Company’s revenues, and cash flows have historically been derived from providing airlift to BAX Global, Inc.'s network in North America ("BAX/Schenker"). CCIA and ATI each had contracts to provide airlift to BAX/Schenker. BAX/Schenker provided freight transportation and supply chain management services, specializing in the heavy freight market for business-to-business shipping.

On July 22, 2011, BAX/Schenker announced its plan to adopt a new operating model that phased-out the dedicated air cargo network in North America supported by the Company. To execute that plan, on September 2, 2011, BAX/Schenker ceased air cargo operations at its air hub in Toledo, Ohio and began to conduct air operations from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport, utilizing DHL's U.S. air hub. The Company provided limited airlift directly to BAX/Schenker through the peak delivery season, until late December 2011. Beginning in January 2012, DHL contracted with the Company's airlines to supplement DHL's U.S. air network to service BAX/Schenker freight volumes on its expanded air network without the use of ATI's DC-8 aircraft and with only limited use of CCIA's Boeing 727 aircraft.

No services were performed for Bax/Schenker during 2012. Revenues from the services performed for BAX/Schenker were approximately 32% of the Company’s total revenues from continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. The Company’s balance sheets had no accounts receivable with BAX/Schenker as of March 31, 2012, and included accounts receivable with BAX/Schenker of $5.5 million as of December 31, 2011.

U.S. Military

A substantial portion of the Company's revenues are also derived from the U.S. Military. The U.S. Military awards flights to U.S. certificated airlines through annual contracts and through temporary "expansion" routes. Revenues from services performed for the U.S. Military were approximately 17% and 11% of the Company's total revenues from continuing operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Company's balance sheets included accounts receivable with the U.S. Military of $5.2 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.