Star Air Aviation

Star Air Aviation

IATA ICAO Callsign 6S URJ STARAV
Founded	July, 2000
Hubs	Jinnah International Airport
Focus cities	Allama Iqbal International Airport Dubai International Airport
Fleet size	3
Destinations	7
Headquarters	Karachi, Pakistan
Key people	Mr. Ahsan Urooj Khan, Mr. Arshad Urooj Khan, and Mr. Ghualm Hussain Khan
Website	http://www.starairaviation.net

Star Air Aviation is a cargo airline based in Karachi, Pakistan. It operates to many cities in Pakistan including Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. It is also a large ground handling agent providing facilities to commercial, corporate and private airlines operating to and from Pakistan. Established in 2000 in Pakistan by a few aviation industry veterans, Star Air aviation has now grown into a specialist airline management services provider designing and delivering innovative airline solutions to customers across the globe.

Star Air Aviation (S.A.A.), being a member of IATA Ground Handling Council, provides various aviation services including aircraft for cargo companies and freight forwarders, complete ground handling services for all local and international carriers and scheduled and unscheduled chartered flights. We have our own fleet of aircraft including Boeing 727 for cargo airlift on local and international routes, Dornier 228 and Cessna 402 for international and local passenger chartered flights.

Headquartered in General Aviation Area of Jinnah International Airport, Karachi S.A.A. has site offices at both Lahore and Dubai International Airports. S.A.A. has a team of dedicated and experienced engineers, professionals, pilots, navigators, and airline marketing personnel as illustrated in the following graphical structure.

History

Star Air Aviation (SAA) was formed from several aviation veterans in July 2000 in Karachi. It became a member of the IATA Ground Handling Council,^[1] which allowed the company to expand its facilities to cargo, chartered and private airlines that operated to and from Pakistan. The company also launched its own cargo airline which allowed the company to airlift cargo to several destinations abroad as well as locally.

Airline Academy

Star Air Aviation established Academy of Aviation Excellence (AAE) in 2011 to train airline staff. The AAE campuses are located in Karachi and Lahore. Currently AAE is providing the aviation industry with aircraft licensed Engineers (AMEL) courses i.e. EASA B1/B2, with many other commercial courses including ground and traffic handling, dangerous goods regulations, train the trainee, aviation legislation and human traffic.^[2]

Operations

According to the IATA and the official website, the firm provides the following services:^[3]

• Representation
• Administration
• Supervision
• Cargo handling
• Passenger Services
• Support Services
• Ramp Services
• Security
• Load control
• Comms and Ops
• Aircraft Maintenance

Destinations

Country	City	Airport	Status
Pakistan	Islamabad	Benazir Bhutto International Airport
Pakistan	Faisalabad	Faisalabad International Airport
Pakistan	Islamabad	Benazir Bhutto International Airport
Pakistan	Karachi	Jinnah International Airport	Hub
Pakistan	Lahore	Allama Iqbal International Airport	Focus City
UAE	Dubai	Dubai International Airport|Template:Focus City	Focus City
UAE	Abu Dhabi	King Abdul Aziz International Airport
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwait International Airport

Fleet

The Star Air Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2010):

Aircraft	Total	Orders
Boeing 727-200F	1	0
Cessna 402C	1	0
Dornier Do 28	1	0
Total	3	0

References

1. Company: Star Air Aviation (PVT) Ltd.
2. Academy of Aviation Excellence
3. and IATA: Star Air Aviation Company Information

External links

• Photographs of Star Air Aviation
• Star Air Dornier Do-228-212 Photograph of fleet at Islamabad, from Jetphotos.net
• Star Air AP-BGF Dornier Photograph at Islamabad, from Airliners.net
• 1 Photograph from myaviation.net
• 2 Photograph from myaviation.net