Star Air Aviation
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| Founded | July, 2000 | |||
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| Hubs | Jinnah International Airport | |||
| Focus cities |
Allama Iqbal International Airport Islamabad International Airport Dubai International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 3 | |||
| Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan | |||
| Key people | Mr. Ahsan Urooj Khan, Mr. Arshad Urooj Khan, and Mr. Ghualm Hussain Khan | |||
| Website | http://www.starairaviation.net | |||
Star Air Aviation is a cargo airline based in Karachi, Pakistan. It operates to many cities in Pakistan including Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. It is also a large ground handling agent providing facilities to commercial, corporate and private airlines operating to and from Pakistan.
History
Star Air Aviation (SAA) was formed from several aviation veterans in July 2000 in Karachi. It became a member of the IATA Ground Handling Council,[1] which allowed the company to expand its facilities to cargo, chartered and private airlines that operated to and from Pakistan. The company also launched its own cargo airline which allowed the company to airlift cargo to several destinations abroad as well as locally.
It also has an Academy of Aviation Excellence (AAE) under its projects since 2011 at Karachi and Lahore. Currently AAE is providing the aviation industry with aircraft licensed Engineers (AMEL) courses i.e. EASA B1/B2, with many other commercial courses including ground and traffic handling, dangerous goods regulations, train the trainee, aviation legislation and human factors.
Operations
According to the IATA and the official website, the firm provides the following services:[2]
- Representation
- Administration
- Supervision
- Cargo handling
- Passenger Services
- Support Services
- Ramp Services
- Security
- Load control
- Comms and Ops
- Aircraft Maintenance
Destinations
- Domestic Operations
- Jinnah International Airport, Karachi
- Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore
- Peshawar International Airport, Peshawar
- Faisalabad International Airport, Faisalabad
Fleet
The Star Air Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2010):
- 1 Boeing 727-200F
- 1 Cessna 402C
- 1 Dornier 228
- 1 DC9
References
External links
- Photographs of Star Air Aviation
- Star Air Dornier Do-228-212 Photograph of fleet at Islamabad, from Jetphotos.net
- Star Air AP-BGF Dornier Photograph at Islamabad, from Airliners.net
- 1 Photograph from myaviation.net
- 2 Photograph from myaviation.net
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