Kenya's Astral Aviation switches B747 freighter provider

Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has secured a B747-400(F) on wet-lease from Air Atlanta Icelandic (CC, Reykjavik Keflavik).

ch-aviation analysis of Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows TF-AMU (msn 27603) was positioned to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta on Wednesday, November 8, for use in running 2x weekly Nairobi-London Stansted cargo flights. Operated through Network Airline Management, it replaces a B747-400(F) that had been contracted from previous partner, Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK).

Astral Air also operates one B727-200(F), two DC-9-30(F)s, and a Fokker 27(F) on scheduled cargo flights spanning East Africa.

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