Twelve US airlines yesterday won US defence contracts worth more than $480m, with the lion’s share going to Atlas Air. 
The task orders mean the carriers, all part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), must provide international long- and short-range charter services for the Department of Defense over the next year. 
Atlas Air won more than half the total value of the contracts, at $287m. Rival ATSG’s subsidiaries, Omni Air, which specialises in passenger …

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