Maersk Air Cargo

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Maersk Air Cargo, formerly named Star Air and a subsidiary of Maersk Air airline, is a Danish cargo airline and part of Danish business conglomerate Maersk Group. It is headquartered in København, Denmark. It operates a fleet of 22 Boeing 767 and Boeing 777F cargo aircraft. Several of these are flown on contract to United Parcel Service (UPS) and are based at Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany & East Midlands Airport, UK. The airline was established in 1987 through the purchase of Alkair's Fokker 27 operations by Maersk Group. Originally Star Air had three Fokker F27 Friendships, which were later increased to four. These were used for both passenger and cargo operations. One was involved in a fatal accident in 1988. In 1993 the air carrier secured a last-minute deal with UPS, allowing it to start operations out of Cologne/Bonn airport with Boeing 727s. In that same year Star Air became a subsidiary of now defunct Maersk Air airline. The Fokkers were retired in 1996, after which time the airline...

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