Express One International

At its peak, the company was flying freight with over 20 Boeing 727s and passengers in several Douglas DC-9s from hubs in Austin, Texas, Indianapolis, Indiana, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Brussels, Belgium when it was purchased by Orchard Capital in 2000.

A severe blow was dealt in August 2001 when the United States Postal Service cancelled its contracts with its existing carriers, and turned these duties over to FedEx.

Having secured little new business by the end of the year, the company removed most of their aircraft from service, and furloughed the vast majority of their employees to conserve resources.

[citation needed] In 2002, a group of six investors, headed by Richard C. Byers and Larry Brinker, purchased all the company's common stock, assets, training programs, and intellectual properties,[citation needed] as well as their name, logo, property, and operating certificate, and the company was moved to Orlando Sanford International Airport in Florida.

In February 2008, Express One and Joseph Kuchta were debarred from government contracting as a result of collusive bidding conduct and fraud.