News / New cargo airline for South Africa will fill a wide gap in the market

South Africa has its own cargo airline with the launch of Suid Cargo, which will be based in OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg.

Announced this week at the Air Cargo Africa conference in Johannesburg, the carrier already has its AOC and will begin flying, using a leased Astral Aviation 727-200, in the second quarter of this year.

Suid Cargo is 25% owned by Astral, which was unable to take a larger stake owing to South Africa’s foreign ownership rules. The remaining 75% comes ...