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Australian air Express is a cargo airline based in Melbourne, Australia. It operates freight-only services within Australia using leased Qantas, National Jet Systems, and Pel-Air aircraft. Its main base is Melbourne Airport.[1]
[edit] History    Australian air Express was established in early 1992 as a Domestic air freight company with the ability of pick-up and delivery services using both vans and trucks. AaE 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%) as a main competitor to the then Ansett Australia. AaE operates more than 50 nightly inter-capital freighter services.[1] AaE use freight capacity on Qantas domestic flights and also dedicated cargo services operated on their behalf by several different companies, principally using Boeing 727 aircraft. Australian air Express began the phasing out of the 727s in September 2006[2] and they are being replaced by specially-converted Boeing 737 aircraft that were formerly part of the Qantas fleet, operated by Qantas subsidiary Express Freighters Australia. The first Boeing 737 entered service on 24 October 2006.[2] [edit] OperationsAaE flight operations are somewhat complex and varied. "Next Flight" services use space on the next available scheduled Qantas passenger flights. Items carried for Overnight, 2 Day Economy and Off-Peak deliveries are flown on both Qantas and Australian air Express aircraft operated by Express Freighters Australia, National Jet Systems subsidiary National Jet Express, and Pel-Air. Due to the three different service providers, AaE flights operate using different flight numbers and callsigns. The Express Freighters Australia Boeing 737s use Qantas flight numbers and callsigns as the ground handling is done by Qantas/Express Freighters,[3] while National Jet Express uses the callsign "Jetex" and uses the IATA designator XM for its flight numbers (and uses the ICAO designator XME).[2][4] Pel-Air flights also use XM flight numbers but have no specific callsigns. AaE also has an international Division called Australian air Express International. [edit] DestinationsAustralian air Express currently operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at February 2008):[5][2][4]
[edit] FleetThe following aircraft are currently in the Australian air Express fleet (at September 2008):[1][4][6][7]
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