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| Founded | August 2006; 18 years ago (2006-08) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 24 October 2006; 18 years ago (2006-10-24) | ||||||
| AOC # | CASA.AOC.0002 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Parent company | Qantas Freight | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||
Express Freighters Australia is a cargo airline based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in August 2006 and is wholly owned by Qantas Freight, a subsidiary of Qantas.
History
It commenced operations on 24 October 2006, initially operating one Boeing 737-300, and expanded to four aircraft during 2007.
The four 737s supplanted Boeing 727-200s previously operated on behalf of Australian airExpress (itself a joint venture between Qantas Freight and Australia Post) by National Jet Systems.
Fleet
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The Express Freighters Australia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2021):
Three 737-300 aircraft were formerly part of the Qantas passenger-carrying fleet and are still owned by Qantas. Express Freighters Australia also formally operated a Boeing 767-300F and currently operates a pair of Airbus A330P2F on behalf of its parent company Qantas Freight. All five Airbus A321P2Fs have been delivered to Express Freight Australia and are in service flying around Australia to major airports like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, and Perth airports.
See also
References
- ^ "Qantas subsidiaries". Qantas Airways. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- Australian air Express Media Release Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2007-12-10.
- "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 4.
- Australian civil aircraft register search Archived 11 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, using "Boeing 737-376" as the search parameter. Search conducted 6 May 2011.
- "QF ups freight capacity on Tasman". Australian Aviation. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- "VH-EBF CASA Registration Search". CASA. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- Qantas First to Fly Airbus A321P2F Airliner World October 2019 page 12
External links
Media related to Express Freighters Australia at Wikimedia Commons
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