Avient Aviation

Avient Aviation
IATA
Z3
ICAO
SMJ
Callsign
AV AVIA
Founded 1993
Hubs Liège Airport
Sharjah International Airport
Fleet size 2
Destinations 12 (scheduled)
Headquarters Harare, Zimbabwe
Key people Andrew Smith (Managing Director), Simon Clarke (Chief Operating Officer), Samantha Smith (Commercial Director)
Website www.avient.aero

Avient Aviation is an international cargo airline with its head office in Harare, Zimbabwe. The company was established in 1993 and offers scheduled and chartered flights to Africa and now operates scheduled services out of its hubs at Liège Airport in Belgium and at Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. Some routes are operated on behalf of DHL Express.

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Corporate affairs

The company Avient Aviation has its head office in Harare, Zimbabwe.[1][2] It has its Continental Europe office on the property of Liège Airport in Grâce-Hollogne, Belgium. It has its United Kingdom office in Units 6 and 7 of the Minton Distribution Park in Amesbury, Wiltshire.[1][2] Its sales office is located in the United Kingdom office.[3]

Destinations

As of September 2010, Avient Aviation offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:[4][5]

Africa

Asia

Europe

Fleet

As of December 2010, the Avient Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 29.7 years:[6]

Avient Aviation fleet
Aircraft In Service
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 1
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 1
Total 2

Accidents and incidents

On 28 November 2009, an Avient Aviation McDonnell Douglas MD-11F crashed during its take-off roll at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, resulting the death of three persons on board and the aircraft being written off.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Welcome." Avient. Retrieved on 8 August 2011. "With head office in Harare, Zimbabwe, Avient has two further offices; one in continental Europe and the other in the United Kingdom."
  2. ^ a b "Contact Us." (Direct link to frame) Avient Aviation. Retrieved on 8 August 2011. "UNITED KINGDOM Units 6 & 7, Minton Distribution Park, London Road, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7RT. United Kingdom" and "BELGIUM Liege Airport, Cargo Nord, Rue Saint Exupery 22, B-4460, Grace Hollogne, Belgium" and "ZIMBABWE 191 Enterprise Road, Cnr. Drew Road, Chisipite, Harare, Zimbabwe"
  3. ^ "Map." (Image) Avient. Retrieved on 8 August 2011. "Sales Units 6 & 7, Minton Distribution Park London Road Amesbury Wiltshire, SP4 7RT"
  4. ^ Avient Aviation scheduled flights out of Liège
  5. ^ Avient Aviation scheduled flights out of Sharjah
  6. ^ Avient Aviation fleet list at planespotters.net
  7. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091128-0. Retrieved 28 November 2009. 

External links

Zimbabwe portal
Companies portal
Aviation portal