Yellow Air Taxi (a marketing name of Friendship Airways) was an air taxi airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It operated on-demand passenger services in the Southeast, Florida, the Caribbean and, the Bahamas. YAT grew from a small operation out of Pompano Beach to a fleet of four Cessna 402Cs, all painted in yellow with a white/black checkerboard tail. The carrier had some issues with the US DOT, bordering on offering scheduled service as a charter airline. Once legal to fly more than four flights a week, YAT expanded to Naples & Key West, along with offering three flights a day to Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay from Ft. Lauderdale. Miami service was attempted in 2009. YAT started being affected by the high-seasonality of both the Florida Keys and Bahamas and the carrier relinquished their scheduled authority in 2009. Yellow Air Taxi has since gone out of business. On February 18, 2011, an involuntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 was filed against Friendship Airways Inc. Destinations Florida Fort Lauderdale Tampa Previous destinations Key West International Airport Naples Municipal Airport Marsh Harbour International Airport Bimini Treasure Cay North Eleuthera international Airport Miami International Airport Fleet The Yellow Air Taxi fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2010: References Companies based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Airlines based in Florida Defunct companies based in Florida Defunct airlines of the United States Airlines established in 2003 2003 establishments in Florida