MK Airlines

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MK Airlines Ltd
IATA 7G	ICAO MKA	Callsign KRUGER-AIR
Founded		1990 in Ghana
Hubs		Ostend-Bruges International Airport
Secondary hubs		Luxembourg-Findel International Airport Kent International Airport Kotoka International Airport OR Tambo International Airport
Fleet size		9
Destinations		Worldiwide
Parent company		MK Airlines Limited
Headquarters		Hartfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Key people
Website: http://www.mkairlines.com

MK Airlines DC-8 at Manston, England

MK Airlines Boeing 747-200, at Filton Airfield, England. This picture was taken on October 10th, 2004, four days before this aircraft was destroyed in an accident in Canada

MK Airlines Boeing 747-200 at Ostend-Bruges International Airport, Belgium

MK Airlines is a cargo airline registered in the United Kingdom and providing worldwide freight operations. Its main base is Ostend-Bruges International Airport, Belgium, with hubs at Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, Kent International Airport, Kotoka International Airport, Accra and OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.^[1]. Other routes operated by MK Airlines Ltd include, MFM (Macau), LFW (LOME) and ALA (Alamaty).

It operates services throughout the world linking Africa and the rest of the world. MK Airlines' Commercial, Flight and Ground Operations, Technical, Finance and Administration teams are all based at their UK base in Upper Hartfield, East Sussex.^{[citation needed]}

MK Airlines Limited holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.^[2]

1 History
2 Incidents and accidents
3 Fleet
4 References

[edit] History

The airline was established, by Michael Kruger (Managing Director and Chief Executive) in November 1990 and operations started in 1991 with a single Douglas DC-8 aircraft and based out of London Gatwick Airport.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2006 the airline obtained a United Kingdom Operating Licence with permission to dry-lease six Ghanaian registered Boeing 747-200s pending transfer to the United Kingdom Civil Aircraft Register^[3].

As of January 2008 all the eight aircraft have been transferred to the United Kingdom Civil Aircraft Register [1].

In February 2008 MK Airlines trading as British Global has applied to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority to operate scheduled flights.^[4]

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On October 14, 2004 MK Flight 1602, a Cargo Flight, Crashed moments after takeoff from Halifax International Airport. 7 People were killed. ^[5]

There were 3 previous accidents, 1 fatal, which all took place in Nigeria. Details can be found here: http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/search_keyword.cgi?search=MK+Airlines

[edit] Fleet

The MK Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2008)^[1] :

8 Boeing 747-200F
1 DC-8 62

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