Air cargo charter Magma Aviation is adding two narrowbody freighter aircraft to the fleet to serve customers in the Middle East and Africa.
The cargo management company, headquartered in Gatwick, England, recently announced the appointment of Peter Kerins as CEO. He replaced Conor Brannigan, who stepped down to join New York-based cargo airline Atlas Air as Vice President, Strategy.
Magma Aviation further stated that it had acquired two converted freighters, an Airbus A321 and a Boeing 737-800, and based them in Dubai.
Magma Aviation is part of the sprawling aviation conglomerate Avia Solutions Group based in Dublin and with roots in Lithuania. It is part of Chapman Freeborn, a large air charter broker Avia acquired in 2019.
The two standard-size cargo jets were transferred from sister companies in Latvia and Slovakia, stated Audrone Keinyte, Director, Magma Aviation DMCC, the name of the new aircraft marketing company established in Dubai.
Keinyte remarked that Magma’s geographic expansion was made to meet growing demand from freight forwarders and charter brokers for air transport in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Indian subcontinent. The aircraft are already operating on an ad hoc basis.
