EAST Africa-based charter service provider air Bonanza Express is hoping to capitalise on a shortage of oversize capacity covering the African market, reports London's Air Cargo News.
The company, which is based in Kenya and South Sudan, recently took delivery of an IL-76 freighter with a capacity of around 45 tons as it looks to meet the shortage.
Chief executive Boniface Kimani says his company will target general charters, oil and gas industry, freight forwarders, humanitarian organisations, mining companies, charter brokers, oversized, bulky, heavy and abnormal loads requiring transport both into and out of Africa and within Africa.
'The key driver for the IL-76 is the shortage of oversized freighters in the market, especially the African region,' said Mr Kimani. 'Another factor driving the need is a remarkable increase in construction projects in various sectors within Africa.'
In the past, the company has operated AN-26, AN-28, AN-74, Fokker 50 and a B737 classic to serve the humanitarian sector in South Sudan.
The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-12. It was developed to deliver heavy machinery to remote, poorly served regions.
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The company, which is based in Kenya and South Sudan, recently took delivery of an IL-76 freighter with a capacity of around 45 tons as it looks to meet the shortage.
Chief executive Boniface Kimani says his company will target general charters, oil and gas industry, freight forwarders, humanitarian organisations, mining companies, charter brokers, oversized, bulky, heavy and abnormal loads requiring transport both into and out of Africa and within Africa.
'The key driver for the IL-76 is the shortage of oversized freighters in the market, especially the African region,' said Mr Kimani. 'Another factor driving the need is a remarkable increase in construction projects in various sectors within Africa.'
In the past, the company has operated AN-26, AN-28, AN-74, Fokker 50 and a B737 classic to serve the humanitarian sector in South Sudan.
The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-12. It was developed to deliver heavy machinery to remote, poorly served regions.
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