Astral Aviation

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Astral Aviation
IATA
8V
ICAO
ACP
Callsign
ASTRAL CARGO
Founded 2000
Hubs Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Fleet size 2 (+3 on order)
Headquarters Nairobi, Kenya
Key people Sanjeev S. Gadhia (Commercial Director)
Website http://www.astral-aviation.com/

Astral Aviation is a cargo airline based in Nairobi, Kenya. It was established in November 2000 and started operations in January 2001. It operates scheduled and non-scheduled/ad hoc cargo charters to regional destinations in Africa. Its main base is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.[1]

Destinations

At June 2011 Astral Cargo show the following scheduled destinations in their online timetable.

 Rwanda
 South Sudan
  • Juba Airport
 Tanzania
 Uganda

Fleet

The Astral Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2013):[2]

Astral Aviation Fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Notes
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-34F 2 To be replaced by McDonnell Douglas MD-83
1 leased from Aircraft Traders Belgium
McDonnell Douglas MD-83F 3 Replace McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Total 2 3

References

  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 79. 
  2. Amateur fleet list

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