A privately owned US cargo and passenger charter airline that has transported weapons from the US to Israel during the Gaza genocide.
Atlas Air Inc, based in New York, is a private cargo and passenger airline. It is owned by Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO), J.F. Lehman & Company, and Hill City Capital.
Atlas Air is one of several commercial cargo airlines that has transported weapons from the U.S. to Israel during the Gaza genocide. While the bulk of weapons transfers to Israel since October 2023 have been carried out by U.S. Air Force cargo planes—namely the Boeing C-17 Globemaster—some commercial cargo airlines, including Atlas Air, have been repeatedly documented at the Israeli Nevatim Air Force base, having arrived from the Dover, McGuire, and Tinker Airbases in the U.S.; the Al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar; and the Sigonella Naval Air Station in Italy.