Astral Aviation has acquired a second freighter from the US ahead of the peak season for horticulture exports even as it has been granted permission to operate direct cargo flights to Israel, making it the second largest cargo operator in Africa after Ethiopian Airlines.
The cargo carrier received the Boeing 757 last month and has been issued permission by the air authorities in both Kenya and Israel to operate cargo on the Nairobi-Tel Aviv route. This is the second high-capacity freighter that the carrier has received in the last two years and will see it expand to more routes, including Riyadh.
