Suid Cargo: South Africa’s newest Airline launching in 2023.

Suid Cargo is a start-up cargo airline that will be based at Johannesburgs OR Tambo International Airport. It expects to launch h flights in the second half of 2023 and currently has the backing of Africa’s largest dedicated cargo airline, Astral Aviation, which bought a 25% stake in the airline.

Astral Aviation chief executive Sanjeev Gadhia said: “We are honoured to support South Africa’s newest Cargo Airline, Suid Cargo Airlines, initially with our Boeing 727-200F and to offer our fleet of B747-400F, B767F and B757F on charter basis, which will enable the start up Cargo airline to scale its operations to cover Southern, West and East Africa including Asia, Middle East and Europe.”

A Boeing 727-200F leased from Astral Aviation will be used to launch flight operations. The airline will be operating chartered flights in 2023 and will only start scheduled flights in 2024. Suid Cargo hopes to expand its cargo fleet in 2024 with either the A320F or B737-800F, and in 2025 they hope to introduce E190Fs to the mix.