ASL Airlines Belgium

ASLB737-490(SF) in standard livery
IATA ICAO Call sign 3V[1] TAY QUALITY
Founded	1999
Hubs	Liège Airport,Paris Charles De Gaulle
Fleet size	35
Destinations	6 (without contracted charters)[2]
Parent company	ASL Aviation Holdings
Headquarters	Liège,Belgium
Key people	Rinesh Ramissoon,CEO
Website	http://www.aslaviationholdings.com/

ASL Airlines Belgium,^[3] (ASLB) formerlyTNT Airways, is a Belgiancargo airline operating chartered flights mainly to European destinations. It has its head office andhub on the grounds ofLiège Airport.^[4] The airline was originally a subsidiary ofTNT Express but was acquired byASL Aviation Holdings and rebranded in 2016.^[5] ASL Aviation Holdings DAC,^[6] the parent company of ASL Airlines Belgium, is headquartered inSwords, County Dublin, Ireland.^[7]

ASLB operates worldwideBoeing 737 freighter services under the ASL Aviation Holdings brand and for major express integrator and e-commerce customers includingFedEx andAlibaba.^[8] In addition to its own fleet, the airline also manages various third-party airlines providing aircraft for FedEx's European network.^[9]

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TNT Express was established in Australia in 1947 by Ken Thomas.^[10] The company expanded from a single truck to road and rail freight services across Australia including, for the first time, new overnight services. In 1958, the company became known as Thomas Nationwide Transport or TNT for short and, by 1961, TNT was listed on theAustralian Securities Exchange.^[11]

The company was founded in 1999 asTNT Airways in Belgium.^{[citation needed]} Air cargo operations began in Belgium and operated fromLiège Airport. TNT Airways started to work with BAe 146-300 and Airbus A300.^[12] This transformation brought the company to an extension from a European to a Worldwide coverage. The Group introduced their first Boeing 737-300 in 2003.

In May 2004, TNT Post Group (TPG) announced major expansion of the TNT Express European air hub in Liège, Belgium. To consolidate and improve recognition of the TNT brand, the name 'TPG' was dropped in favor of 'TNT' in 2005.^[13]

The split-up of TNT N.V. which was announced in December 2010, materialized in May 2011 when TNT Express and TNT Post (now: PostNL) were separately listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

In May 2016, ASL Aviation Holdings acquires TNT Airways which joins the ASL portfolio of 9 other airlines in Europe, South Africa and Asia. Rebranded as ASL Airlines Belgium,^[14] the Airline signs a multi-year service agreement with the new Fedex/TNT combination.

As of November 2021, ASL Airlines Belgium serves six scheduled destinations inNorth America and China under its own brand name^[2] with several dozen more operated as contracted charters, e. g. on behalf ofDHL.

As of October 2025^[update], ASL Airlines Belgium operates the following aircraft:^[15]

In June 2021,ASL Aviation Holdings announced it had ordered up to 20737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) aircraft - 10 firm orders and 10 options at theParis Air Show.^[16] This was extended to an additional 20737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) in March 2022.^[17]  ASL's order, including options brings the number of 737-800BCF to 40 aircraft. Eleven aircraft operate for ASL Airlines Belgium,^[18]ASL Airlines France,^[19]ASL Airlines Ireland^[20] and ASL's joint venture airline,K-Mile Asia.^[21]

• On 15 June 2006,TNT Airways Flight 325N, aBoeing 737-300 cargo aircraft operating a flight fromLiège Airport toStansted Airport diverted toEast Midlands Airport due to poor visibility, afterholding for 30 minutes. Onfinal approach, an inappropriately timed company message was transmitted byATC to the aircraft. Theautopilot was then inadvertently disengaged for a short period by the pilot attempting to respond to the transmission.^[22] The aircraft touched down on the grass to the left of the runway, resulting in the right mainlanding gear being detached and the rightwing tip and engine scraping the ground. The flight crew managed to lift off again and subsequently made an emergency diversion toBirmingham Airport, where a landing was performed on the nose and left main landing gear, during which the aircraft scraped its nose and right engine. There were no injuries, but thousands of passengers had to be moved to other airports. The cause of the incident was determined to be an inappropriately timed message from ATC, the pilot inadvertently disconnecting the autopilot and subsequently losing situational awareness during the approach, the failure of the crew to make the required decision togo-around after the disconnection of the autopilot, and the co-pilot not calling "go-around" until after impact with the ground.^[23] The flight crewmembers were said by the airline to have managed the situation with skill once the error had been detected, but were dismissed from service with the company as a result of the incident.^[24]

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