Tag: Astral Aviation

Etihad Cargo and Astral Aviation celebrate inaugural flight from Nairobi to Abu Dhabi

Etihad Cargo in partnership with Astral Aviation has successfully completed the inaugural flight from Nairobi, Kenya, to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 21 March 2024. The inaugural flight was strategically timed to accommodate the increased demand for flowers, demonstrating the synergy betwe...

Astral Aviation strengthens global presence with new partnerships in cargo marketing

Astral Aviation, a leading cargo airline based in Kenya, has expanded its global reach through strategic partnerships with Euro Cargo Aviation and Take Off Aviation. The General Sales Agent (GSA) agreements, effective since January 1, 2024, cover key regions including Europe, the United States, t...

Astral Aviation and Disaster Response Nonprofit Airlink Sign First Partnership Agreement MOU

Astral Aviation has signed its first formal partnership agreement (MOU) with disaster response nonprofit Airlink. In the agreement, Astral Aviation promises to transport 50 tons of humanitarian aid over the next year. Airlink will utilize the cargo space to support the movement of humanitarian...

Astral Aviation launches new freighter route to fly perishables from Nairobi to Tel Aviv

Astral Aviation inaugurated its maiden flight from Nairobi to Tel Aviv on 5th June on its Boeing 757 freighter which will operate on the new scheduled route.   The colorful inauguration ceremony held at Astral’s Hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport was attended by the Cabinet Secretary of...

Suid Cargo: South Africa’s Newest Cargo Airline Takes Flight

Suid Cargo Airlines, South Africa’s newest Cargo Airline, will begin non scheduled flights from its hub at OR Tambo International Airport in the second quarter of 2023 utilising a leased Boeing 727-200F from Kenya’s Astral Aviation Ltd, in addition to Astral’s Boeing 747-400F, Boeing 767 and ...

Etihad Cargo Signs MOU With Astral Aviation to Expand African Network

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astral Aviation Ltd to expand the partnership between the two parties and enhance the cooperation between Abu Dhabi and Nairobi, further growing Etihad Cargo’s reach into the African ma...

Astral Aviation partners with Air Logistics Group

Astral-aviation.com has entered into a strategic partnership with Air Logistics Group as it gears up for growth into Europe and the United States (USA) in 2023. The new commercial partnership with Air Logistics Group will enable Astral Aviation to offer more opportunities to its clients in Kenya,...

Astral Aviation collaborates with e-Cargoware to expand its digital footprint

e-Cargoware, a UK-based Software as a Service (SaaS) company providing core and ancillary cloud-based freight management software services for airlines, general sales agents (GSA)s, ground handling agents (GHA)s, express operators and freight forwarders has announced that the upcoming and rapidly gr...

Reliable Robotics and Astral Aviation Collaborate

Reliable Robotics, a leader in autonomous aircraft systems, and Kenya-based airline Astral Aviation today announced a strategic collaboration with the goal of enhancing aviation safety and increasing air cargo connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa through the use of automated aircraft. Africa is poi...

NAC places two Embraer E190F passenger-to-freight conversions with Astral Aviation

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the world’s largest regional aircraft leasing company, has agreed a memorandum of understanding to place the first two E190F passenger-to-freight conversions with Astral Aviation, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In May 2022, NAC and Embraer reached an agreement in princi...

Astral becomes launch operator for the A320F

ST Engineering announced this week that its Commercial Aerospace business has signed an agreement to lease up to five Airbus A320 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft to Vaayu Group (Vaayu). Astral Aviation, one of the world’s fastest growing all-cargo airlines based in Nairobi, Kenya, will ...

Silk Way West Airlines expands its footprint into Africa

Silk Way West Airlines continues to widen its network across the world. The carrier has signed an interline agreement with Kenya’s Astral Aviation. This interline agreement is to provide cross-selling benefits for both sides by using the wide network of flights to and from Africa. In line...

Volga-Dnepr Group and Astral Aviation Limited sign MoU

Volga-Dnepr Group and Astral Aviation Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim to foster cooperation in the humanitarian sector. The Group, which consist of Volga-Dnepr Airlines, AirBridgeCargo Airlines and ATRAN Airlines, will cooperate with Astral to intensify thei...

Astral Aviation announces its strategic plan for the B767F

Following the acquisition of the B767-200F from Air Transport Services Group, Inc. in October 2020, Astral Aviation will deploy the freighter on the Nairobi – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) route, with effect from 3rd February 2021, thus offering unrivalled capacity for 80 tonnes per week of...

Astral Aviation readies to perform vaccine flights within Africa

Astral Aviation, a member of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and Pharma.Aero, a powerful cross-industry collaboration for Pharmaceutical Shippers, has announced that it is ready to support the distribution of the recently discovered COVID-19 vaccines across its scheduled network of ...

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