Avient Aviation
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Liège Airport Harare International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 25 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||
| Key people | Andrew Smith (Managing Director) | ||||||
| Website | http://www.avient.aero/ | ||||||
Avient Aviation is a freight charter airline based in Zimbabwe. It was established in 1993 and operates scheduled services between Europe (Hub in Liège airport) and Africa and UAE, as well as charters.
Destinations
Destinations that Avient Aviation flies to: (current as of July 20, 2008)
Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Sierra Leone
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
Asia
Europe
Fleet
The Avient Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft (as of November 28 2009) [1]:
- 1 Ilyushin IL-76
- 3 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF (Z-AVT, Z-ARL, Z-ALT)
Accidents and incidents
- On 28 November 2009, an Avient Aviation McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, registration Z-BAV (c/n 48408), crashed on take-off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on a flight to Bishkek-Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan with the loss of 3 lives. The plane was written-off.[1] Avient took delivery of Z-BAV on 20th November 2009.[2]
External links
References
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "MD-11 delivery". Airfleets. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
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