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Astral Aviation
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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, as well as humanitarian-aid flights, to regional destinations in Africa, Asia and to Liège in Belgium as its only European destination, as of 2023.[4][5][2] Its main base is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.[6] It has one subsidiary operating in India since October 2022, Pradhaan Air Express, which leased an Airbus A320P2F cargo aircraft, thus making it the world's first airline to have such an aircraft in its fleet.[1]
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Founded | November 2000; 23 years ago (2000-11) | ||||||
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Hubs | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Hong Kong International Airport | ||||||
Focus cities | Al Maktoum International Airport O.R. Tambo International Airport Sharjah International Airport | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Pradhaan Air Express[1] | ||||||
Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
Destinations | 25 (excl. Charters)[2] | ||||||
Headquarters | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||
Key people | Sanjeev S. Gadhia (CEO)[3] | ||||||
Website | Astral Aviation |
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