Mercury Air Center


Founded in 1956 by three members of Claire Chennault\nulls legendary AVG Flying Tigers, today Los Angeles based-Mercury Air Group is an aviation success story. Mercury Air Group is one of the world\nulls leading providers of aviation petroleum products, cargo and services, aviation information technology, aviation services to international and domestic airlines, business and general aviation and U.S. government aircraft. Mercury continues to receive widespread acclaim within the aviation community as well as within the business sector worldwide.

Mercury\nulls aviation services include providing fuel, cargo and general aviation services to commercial, corporate and government aircraft through Mercury Air Centers, Aviation Fuel Sales, Mercury Air Cargo, Inc., Hermes Aviation, Inc., RPA Airline Automation Services, and Maytag Aircraft Corporation. Mercury, which is traded on the American Stock Exchange as "MAX," has seen rapid growth in recent years. In 1994, the company\nulls revenue was $103 million. For the 1999 fiscal year, Mercury Air Group\nulls revenue grew to $224.7 million.

Mercury Air Group\nulls Chairman of the Board is Seymour Kahn and the Company\nulls President and CEO is Joseph Czyzyk. Kahn and Czyzyk have more than 50 years of combined leadership in the aviation industry.

With an independent management style that allows Mercury\nulls division heads to act quickly and take advantage of opportunities as they arise, the company continually provides rapid response and high quality service to all of its clients.