Avient Aviation

Avient Aviation
IATA ICAO Call sign
Z3 SMJ AV AVIA
Founded1993
Ceased operations
2013
HubsLiège Airport
Sharjah International Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations12 (scheduled)
HeadquartersHarare, Zimbabwe
Key peopleSimon Clarke (chief operating officer); Andrew Smith (chief executive officer)
Website
An Avient McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF approaching Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (2009).

Avient Aviation was an international cargo airline with its head office in Harare, Zimbabwe and its commercial center in the United Kingdom. The company was established in 1993 and offered scheduled and chartered flights to Africa, South America, Middle East and Far East and the Caspian region. Avient Limited was placed into administration on 5 April 2013, with flight operations taken over by AV Cargo Airlines Limited.

Corporate affairs

The company Avient Aviation had its head office in Harare, Zimbabwe. It had its Continental Europe office on the property of Liège Airport in Grâce-Hollogne, Belgium. It had its United Kingdom office in Global House, Manor Court in Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9PY. Andrew Smith founded Avient's UK sales office in the United Kingdom office in 2001.

Fleet

In 2009, Avient took delivery of an MD-11F

Avient originally planned to replace its DC-10s with A330s, however the company decided that the MD-11F was the more appropriate substitute.

Accidents and incidents

On 28 November 2009, an Avient Aviation McDonnell Douglas MD-11F crashed during its take-off roll at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, resulting in the death of three people on board and the aircraft being written off.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Avient adds MD-11F to fleet". Air Cargo News. 16 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Welcome". Avient Aviation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. "With head office in Harare, Zimbabwe, Avient has two further offices; one in continental Europe and the other in the United Kingdom."
  3. 1 2 "Contact Us". Avient Aviation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. "UNITED KINGDOM Global House, Manor Court, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9PY United Kingdom" and "BELGIUM Liege Airport, Cargo Nord, Rue Saint Exupery 22, B-4460, Grace Hollogne, Belgium" and "ZIMBABWE 191 Enterprise Road, Cnr. Drew Road, Chisipite, Harare, Zimbabwe"
  4. ↑ "AVIENT LIMITED – Overview (Free company information from Companies House)".
  5. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

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