- Express Freighters Australia
Infobox Airline
airline= Express Freighters Australia
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founded=2006
parent= Qantas Airways Limited
headquarters=Sydney ,New South Wales ,Australia
fleet_size= 4 (2007)
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website= [http://www.expressfreightersaustralia.com/ www.expressfreightersaustralia.com]Express Freighters Australia is an all-cargo
airline based inSydney ,Australia . It was established in August2006 and is wholly owned byQantas .History
Qantas announced that Express Freighters Australia would start operations in October 2006 with one aircraft and four pilots, increasing to four aircraft and up to 40 pilots by March 2007 [ [http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/subsidiaries/index#jump3 Qantas subsidiaries] retrieved 14 May 2007] . It was intended that the airline would be a dedicated domestic air freight carrier for time-sensitive freight such as mail, electrical equipment and computers [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/qantas-set-to-fly-on-air-freight/2006/08/16/1155407883478.html The Age] 17 August 2006.] . It commenced operations on
24 October 2006 , initially operating one Boeing 737-300 [http://www.aae.com.au/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-79/87_read-52/ Australian air Express Media Release] retrieved2007 -12-10 .] , and expanded to four aircraft during 2007.The four 737s supplanted Boeing 727-200s previously operated on behalf of
Australian air Express (itself a partially-owned subsidiary of Qantas) byNational Jet Systems . As Express Freighters Australia flies exclusively for Australian air Express, it does not have IATA or ICAO identifiers of its own [ [http://www.airlineupdate.com/data_pages/airlines/Australia/australia.htm Airline Industry Update Australia page] retrieved2007 -12-11 .] .Fleet
As of December 2007 the Express Freighters Australia fleet consists of [ [http://www.casa.gov.au/casadata/aoc/download/SY503021-28.pdf Express Freighters Australia AOC] retrieved
2007 -12-10 .] :* 4 Boeing 737-300
The four aircraft were formerly part of the
Qantas passenger-carrying fleet and are still owned by Qantas [ [http://www.casa.gov.au/casadata/regsearch/airsresults.asp?VHin=&framein=all&manuin=&modelin=737-376®holdin=®opin=&serialin=&num_results=50&Search=Search Australian civil aircraft register search] using "Boeing 737-376" as the search parameter. Search conducted2007 -12-10 .] .External links
* [http://www.expressfreightersaustralia.com Express Freighters Australia]
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