MK Airlines

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MK Airlines DC-8 at Manston, England

MK Airlines Boeing 747-200, at Filton Airfield, England

MK Airlines is a cargo airline owned by Michael Kruger providing worldwide freight operations. It operates services throughout the world linking Accra, Ghana, their Licensed and Air Operator Certified base of operations, with Africa and the rest of the world. MK Airlines' Commercial, Flight and Ground Operations, Technical, Finance and Administration teams are all based at their UK base in Upper Hartfield, East Sussex. Its main base is Ostend International Airport (OST).

Contents 1 Code data 2 History 3 Incidents and accidents 4 Fleet 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Code data

• IATA Code: 7G
• ICAO Code: MKA
• Callsign: KRUGER-AIR ^[1]

[edit] History

• The airline was established by Micheal Kruger in November 1990 and operations started in 1991 with a single Douglas DC-8 aircraft and based out of London Gatwick Airport.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

• MK Flight 1602, a Cargo Flight, Crashed moments after takeoff from Halifax International Airport. 7 People were killed. Link to the Canadian Transportation Safety Board Report

[edit] Fleet

The MK Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006)^[2]:

• 7 Boeing 747-200F

Previously operated ^[2]:

• 1 Douglas DC-8-54F
• 1 Douglas DC-8-55FM
• 1 Douglas DC-8-55JT
• 3 Douglas DC-8-62F

The last but one Douglas DC-8F aircraft were retired in early 2006.

MK Airlines still continue to opearate the one DC-8 aircraft

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ ^{a b} Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[edit] External links

• MK Airlines
• MK Airlines Boeing Fleet Detail