Astral Aviation
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.
Destinations
Astral shows the following scheduled destinations in their 2017 online timetable.;Belgium
- Liege Airport
- Kigali International Airport
- Hargeisa International Airport
- Mogadishu International Airport
- Juba Airport
- Dar Es Salaam Airport
- Mwanza Airport
- Zanzibar International Airport
- London Stansted Airport
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Fleet
Current fleet
, The Astral Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft:Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
Boeing 727-200F | 1 | --- | |
Boeing 747-400BDSF | 2 | — | leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic |
Boeing 747-400F | 1 | — | leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic |
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30CF | 2 | — | |
Total | 6 |
Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft :- 2 Boeing 737-400F
- 1 Boeing 747-400F, leased from Atlas Air
- 1 Fokker 27-500F, leased from AeroSpace Consortium