Astar Air Cargo

Astar Air Cargo
IATA code :	HE
ICAO code :	DHL
Call sign :	DHL
Founding:	1969
Operation stopped:	2012
Seat:	Miami , Florida , USA
Home airport :	Wilmington Airport
Fleet size:	8th
Aims:	Keflavík ( Iceland ), Toronto and Ontario ( Canada ), Saltillo and Mexico City as well as Guadalajara ( Mexico ), Guantanamo Bay ( Cuba ), ( Bahrain ), USA
	Astar Air Cargo ceased operations in 2012. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Astar Air Cargo was an American cargo airline based in Miami , Florida .

history

Astar Air Cargo was founded in 1969 and carried out its first flights that same year. In 1983 the airline was renamed DHL Airways and expanded very rapidly. At that time Lufthansa took a 5% stake in the airline, and in 1992 it increased its stake to 25%. In 1998, Deutsche Post AG again took over 22.5% and increased this stake continuously until it finally owned 100% of the company in 2002. In July 2003 the airline was sold to a US investor group, which on June 30, 2003 renamed DHL Airways back to Astar Air Cargo.

Astar Air Cargo currently employs around 1,000 people and served 31 national and around 20 international connections from its Louisville International Airport hub in Kentucky . The largest customers were DHL Aviation and the US Air Force . After the expiry of the contract with DHL on June 1, 2012, Astar Air Cargo ceased operations.