Astral Aviation
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| Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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| 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 and to Liege in Belgium. Its main base is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.[1]
Destinations
At June 2011, Astral Cargo showed the following scheduled destinations in their online timetable.
Fleet
The Astral Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2015):[2][3]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
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| Boeing 727-200F | 1 | — | leased from AeroSpace Consortium |
| Boeing 737-400F | — | 2[4] | |
| Boeing 747-400F | 1 | — | leased from Atlas Air |
| Fokker 27-500F | 1 | — | leased from AeroSpace Consortium |
| 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 | 5 | 5 |
References
- ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 79.
- ↑ Amateur fleet list
- ↑ "Astral Aviation fleet". Astral Aviation. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Kenya's Astral Aviation due for two B737 freighters next month". ch-aviation.ch. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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