Kenya's Astral Aviation temporarily deploys a B727 freighter

Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has supplemented its short/medium haul fleet of two DC-9-30(F)s and a Fokker 27(F) with a B727-200(F), 5Y-GMA (msn 21930), temporarily wet-leased from fellow Kenyan operator, AeroSpace Consortium (AKQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta).

Astral Aviation offers extensive coverage of East, West and Central Africa with an Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) B747-400(F) also providing long-haul connectivity to Europe in cooperation with ANA Aviation.

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