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Omni Air International (OAI) is a Part 121 passenger charter and ACMI operator flying a fleet of 14 widebody Boeing 767 and 777 aircraft from 26 home bases nationwide. It is headquartered at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and employs approximately 350 active pilots represented by the Teamsters Airline Professionals Association, Local 1224. The airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), which was acquired by Stonepeak Partners for $3.1 billion in April 2025.
For interview purposes, the simplest way to frame Omni is this: it is one of America's premier military/government passenger charter operators and a major Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) participant — providing troop transport, DoD airlift, and commercial ACMI leasing worldwide. Omni has flown military personnel to every major U.S. deployment since joining CRAF in 1999, including the August 2021 Afghanistan evacuation (3 aircraft committed). The airline is currently in a deeply contentious labor situation: pilots voted 99% to authorize a strike in February 2025 over contract violations, scheduling abuses, and safety concerns. Omni offers widebody PIC time on the Boeing 767 and 777 — rare in the charter world — with starting captain pay of $192/hour.
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