Australian Air Express

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Australian Air Express
IATA XM	ICAO XME	Callsign JETX
Founded		1 August 1992
Fleet size		1 Boeing 737 5 Boeing 727 3 BAe 146
Destinations		Regular cargo destinations include: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney and Townsville
Headquarters		Melbourne Airport, Victoria, Australia; and Kingsford Smith International Airport, New South Wales, 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]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 3.1 Previously operated 4 See also 4.1 External links 5 References

[edit] 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 727's BA146's aircraft. Australian air Express have begun the phasing out of the 727's and they are being replaced by specially modified/converted 737 aircraft that were formerly part of the Qantas fleet.

[edit] Destinations

Australian Air Express currently operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005)^{[citation needed]}: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney and Townsville.

[edit] Fleet

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

• 1 x Boeing 737-300

[edit] Previously operated

^{[citation needed]}

• 5 x Boeing 727-200
• 2 x BAe 146-300
• 1 x BAe 146-100

[edit] See also

• Qantas
• Australia Post
• Cargo airlines

[edit] External links

• Australian Air Express
• Qantas
• Australia Post

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Flight International 27 March 2007