This article is about Orlando-based National Air Cargo a.k.a. National Airlines (est. 1985). For other uses of the name, see National Airlines. For 'national airlines', see Flag carrier. National Airlines IATA ICAO Callsign N8 NCR NATIONAL CARGO Founded 1985; 38 years ago Commenced operations December 1986; 37 years ago AOC # U2RA944L[1] Hubs Orlando Sanford International Airport Fleet size 10 Headquarters Orlando, Florida, U.S. Website www.nationalairlines.com National Air Cargo Group, Inc., also operating as National Airlines, is a United States airline based in Orlando, Florida.[2] It operates on-demand cargo and passenger charter services. It added scheduled passenger service on December 16, 2015 from its hub at Orlando Sanford International Airport, Orlando.[3] History The airline was established in 1985 and started operations in December 1986. It began with Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft, which it developed for cargo use. In April 2005, Murray Air and its sister company, Murray Aviation, merged operations under Murray Air's newly acquired Part 121 certificate.[4] In December 2008, after the airline was acquired by National Air Cargo, Murray Air changed its name to National Airlines, and operates under the National Air Cargo Group, Inc. umbrella. National Airlines previously operated scheduled charter passenger flights from Oakland County International Airport to Kokomo Municipal Airport in Kokomo, Indiana; Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford, Illinois; Spirit of St. Louis Airport in St. Louis, Missouri; and Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (with some flights making intermediate stops at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan). Flights were focused on Chrysler Corporation employees, but the airline also sold seats on those flights to the general public. These flights were operated by Saab 340 and BAe Jetstream 31 propjet aircraft in 30-seat and 19-seat configurations, respectively. This service is no longer operat