Swift Air (USA) (Q7, Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX)) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 27. The ACMI and charter operator has a B727-200 Adv., three B737-400s, two B767-200s and six ERJ-135s in its fleet that it mainly operates on behalf of other carriers, sports teams and private individuals. Its biggest creditors are lessor ILFC and Saipan Air (Saipan Francisco C. Ada International (SPN)) which had planned to start operations on July 1 with two ex-North American Airlines (NA, New York John F. Kennedy International (JFK)) B757-200s of Swift Air from Saipan to China and Japan. While Swift Air has been unable to provide the B757-200s to Saipan Air, it continues to operate limited charter operations and hopes to restructure under Chapter 11.

Saipan Air (Saipan Francisco C. Ada International (SPN)) plans to start public charter operations on July 1 offering daily services from Saipan Francisco C. Ada International (SPN) to Tokyo Narita New Tokyo International (NRT) and four weekly flights to Beijing Capital (PEK) using two ex-North American Airlines (NA, New York John F. Kennedy International (JFK)) B757-200s N752NA (MSN 28174) and N755NA (MSN 30043) operated by Swift Air (USA) (Q7, Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX)). It will add daily services to Osaka Kansai International (KIX) and three weekly B757 flights to Shenyang Taoxian International (SHE) on August 1. For the Osaka services, it will add B737-400 N737DX (MSN 24804) that will also be wet-leased from Swift Air.

North American Airlines (NA, New York John F. Kennedy International (JFK)) and World Airways (WO, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International (ATL)) parent Global Aviation Holdings has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 5 and plans to restructure and reemerge from bankruptcy with smaller fleets for both carriers. It is expected that lower demand from the US military for long-haul charter services has contributed to the financial difficulties the two carriers are now facing.

JetX (GX, Reykjavik Keflavik (KEF)) has wet-leased a B757-200 from North American Airlines (NA/New York JFK).