Florida West International Airways [SEP] inception
Florida West International Airways
Florida West International Airways, a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, was a cargo airline based at Miami International Airport. It operated scheduled and charter services worldwide, with its main markets in Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States.
History.
The airline was established in 1981 and was originally known as Florida West Airlines. Following entry into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 1994, its assets and subsidiaries, were sold to Florida West International Airways in August 1995. Operations restarted on 12
Logistics Group, Inc. and its two operating subsidiaries, Southern Air, Inc. and Florida West International Airways, Inc. 
In 2017 Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings shutdown Florida West International Airways and cancelled its operating certificate.
Pilot labor relations issues.
As of 2018, Southern Air and the pilots' union have signed an agreement changing the work rules to match those work rules contained in the Atlas Air pilots' contract. According to its union, Southern Air pilots have allegedly operated under one of the worst contracts in the aviation industry