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 in Sydney, Australia. It was established in August 2006 and is wholly owned by Qantas.

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] retrieved 2007-12-10.] , 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) by National 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] retrieved 2007-12-11.] .

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&regholdin=&regopin=&serialin=&num_results=50&Search=Search Australian civil aircraft register search] using "Boeing 737-376" as the search parameter. Search conducted 2007-12-10.] .

External links

* [http://www.expressfreightersaustralia.com Express Freighters Australia]

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