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Gary Ellmer joined ATA in September 2006 as Senior Vice President-Operations & General Manager-Charter. He has direct responsibility for flight and technical operations as well as ATA�s Charter business. Charter represents about half of the airlines revenues.
Ellmer has 25 years of extensive and diverse airline management experience and joined ATA from American Eagle - where he was the Vice President of Business Development. He has held many senior leadership positions in the aviation industry - including President/COO of Executive Airlines a division of American Eagle Airlines, President/COO of Business Express Airlines, Vice President, Maintenance and Engineering at WestAir Commuter Airlines/Mesa Airlines.
Prior to entering the commercial airline industry, in 1980, Ellmer spent seven years in the U. S. Marine Corps as a mechanic and crewmember aboard UH-1 helicopters and as a flight engineer and instructor on KC-130 Tanker Aircraft. Elmer has a degree in Aeronautics from Long Beach City College. | 