Eastern Airlines LLC

Eastern Airlines LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Kansas City, Missouri, operates as an air transportation and logistics prime contractor providing domestic and international charter air services and heavyweight delivery to the Department of Defense on a full and open competitive basis, holding two major indefinite delivery vehicles with the Air Mobility Command worth approximately $1.64 billion combined.

Eastern Airlines competes across two core capability areas: Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) air transportation services for passenger and cargo movement, and heavyweight delivery logistics for shipments exceeding weight thresholds. The vendor's award portfolio is dominated by delivery orders—the 848 recent awards carrying $3.06 billion in combined potential value represent task orders under two parent IDVs with Air Mobility Command. Representative work includes a $2.66 million domestic charter air transportation delivery order issued October 2024 under the CRAF vehicle; a $1.58 million civil reserve air fleet delivery order for Kuwait operations awarded February 2026 under the International Charter Airlift Services CRAF IDV; and a $983 thousand heavyweight delivery services order from the Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded February 2025 under the Global Heavyweight Services (GHS) contract. The $161.52 million International Charter Airlift Services in support of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet IDV, awarded October 1, 2024, and running through September 2030, carries 41 task orders valued at $34.1 million to date. The underlying $1.503 billion Global Heavyweight Services multiple-award vehicle, managed by Air Mobility Command, has generated 63 task orders to Eastern Airlines worth $15.3 million combined.

Customer concentration is absolute within the Air Force. The Air Mobility Command accounts for 763 awards (90% of award count) carrying $3.04 billion in combined potential value. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (using Air Mobility Command-managed vehicles) holds the remaining 85 awards worth $19.7 million. Place of performance spans domestic military installations—Riverside, California; Fort Drum, New York; multiple Air Force bases—and international locations including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Romania, Germany, Jordan, and other strategic theaters.

Activity has moderated slightly year over year from a 2023 peak of 188 awards to 170 in 2024 and 150 in 2025. The vendor carries minimal near-term recompete exposure: only four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, combined potential value $3 million. The broader IDV vehicles—both awarded in late 2024—extend through September 2026 and September 2030, securing the contracting relationship through the decade.

Eastern Airlines operates exclusively as a prime contractor; no subcontract footprint appears in the award data. SCI-reportable federal service contract activity is negligible (two sub records, 7.4 FTEs in FY2024), indicating the vendor's federal revenue derives almost entirely from goods and logistics deliveries—charter flights and heavyweight cargo movement—rather than billable labor services.

The vendor competes without set-aside advantages. All awards carry "No Set-Aside Used" designations, reflecting full and open competitive procurement despite the vendor's small disadvantaged business certification. This posture signals either vendor preference to compete on merit or customer agency practice of using full-and-open vehicles rather than reserved procurement channels.