News / 'Time to wake the sleeping giant that is Africa', says Kenyan air cargo carrier boss

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Astral Aviation, the Kenyan cargo airline, is adding a 737-300 freighter to its fleet in November and aims to acquire two more in 2016.

CEO Sanjeev Gadhia originally planned to bring in three MD-83Fs to replace a 727-200F and two DC-9Fs (one of which remains in service). He told The Loadstar on the sidelines of the Freighters and Belly conference this week, that the change of strategy made more sense as 737s would be more fuel efficient and are available at ...