Astral Aviation’s CEO Sanjeev Gadhia, says African airlines must invest in cargo operations to complement growing passenger demand. The year 2020 marks your 20-year anniversary in operation. Looking back, how has been your journey? Challenges, opportunities? The journey has been memorable with a number of challenges...
June 17, 2020: Bollore Transport & Logistics Kenya in association with Astral Aviation has transported medical equipment from Nairobi, Kenya to Khartoum, Sudan for the NGO Save the Children International. The teams have successfully delivered two separate shipments of 14 tonnes and 12 tonnes using a direct...
African air cargo will recover faster from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic than the passenger traffic industry, Sanjeev Gadhia, CEO of Kenyan cargo airline Astral Aviation, tells The Africa Report. Next year will be “challenging” as global trade will be affected by this year’s recession,...
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There is nothing more liberating when your father gives you wings to fly. On the occasion of Father's Day, Kush Gadhia, Sanjeev Gadhia's son and the business development manager of Astral Aerial Solutions, talks to STAT Media Group, on how his dad's rational and level-headed...
Imagine a fleet of 50 self-regulating drones lit up in different colors against the night sky, homing in on their landing area and deciding amongst themselves in which order and from which direction (depending on the wind) they are going to land. What sounds a...
Astral Aerial Solutions has collaborated with Wingcopter for last mile delivery solutions. Geoffrey Nyaga, chief operations officer of Astral Aerial announced it during a webinar organised by the Logistics Update Africa on ‘Drones for improving healthcare supply chains and creating drone corridors for Africa'. “It is important for all of us to develop solutions for...
PRESS RELEASE ASTRAL AVIATION INCREASES FLIGHTS WITHIN AFRICA DURING COVID-19 The cargo airline will launch new freighter services this month and continues to operate cargo flights to 13 destinations in Africa from its Nairobi hub throughout the pandemic Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday 20th May 2020 : Astral Aviation is pleased...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Astral Aviation wishes to advise its clients that its freighter flights are operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, in conformity with the regulatory directives of the countries that we are operating into[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Astral will operate a limited number of frequencies on its...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Astral Aviation wishes to advise its clients that its freighter flights will continue to operate throughout the crisis.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Astral will have key-staff working in its HQ at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport while rest of the staff will be working from...