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Australian Air Express
399 Elizabeth St., Level 2
Melbourne 3000, Australia
Tel. +61-3-9297-3100
Fax +61-3-9297-3141

Type: Joint Venture
On the web: http://www.aae.com.au

Australian Air Express is one of the leading cargo carriers for Australia. The company offers scheduled and charter cargo services, including next flight, overnight, economy, and off peak, for domestic deliveries. It also offers cargo handling, customs clearance, express delivery, and warehousing as part of its international services, which operate in more than 200 countries. It operates offices and agencies in more than 20 locations in Australia and has a presence in about 50 other countries. Founded in 1992, the company is a joint venture between Qantas and Australia Post, which allows Australian Air Express to use its delivery network.

Officers:
CEO: Wayne Dunne
Chairman: Graeme T. John
General Manager Commercial: John Mason

Competitors:
Air New Zealand
FedEx
UPS

 
 
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Australian Air Express
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IATA
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ICAO
XME
Callsign
JETX
Founded 1992
Fleet size 4 (1 on order) destinations=Regular cargo destinations include: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney and Townsville
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Headquarters Melbourne Airport, Victoria, Australia
Key people
Website: http://www.aae.com.au

Australian Air Express is a cargo airline based in Melbourne, Australia. It operates freight-only services within Australia using leased Qantas aircraft. Its main base is Melbourne Airport, with a hub at Kingsford Smith International Airport, Sydney.[1]

History

Australian Air Express was established in early 1992 and started operations on 1 August 1992. It was established as a joint venture between Australia's largest airline, Qantas (50%) and government-owned postal provider Australia Post (50%).[1] AAE use freight capacity on Qantas domestic flights and also dedicated cargo services operated on their behalf by National Jet Systems using Boeing 727 and BAe 146 aircraft. Australian air Express have begun the phasing out of the 727s and they are being replaced by specially modified/converted Boeing 737 aircraft that were formerly part of the Qantas fleet.

Destinations

Australian Air Express currently operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at June 2007)[citation needed]: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney and Townsville

Fleet

The following aircraft are currently in the Australian Air Express fleet (at September 2007):[1]

Australian Air Express Fleet
Aircraft Total Notes
Boeing 737-300F 4 (1 on order) Taken from the Qantas fleet 2006-2008 and converted into freighters

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, pp. 80-81. 

 
 

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