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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | OR Tambo International Airport Libreville International Airport Oued Irara–Krim Belkacem Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Johannesburg,South Africa | ||||||
| Website | solenta.com | ||||||
Solenta Aviation is anairline based inJohannesburg,South Africa, with its maintenance base atOR Tambo International Airport. The company was founded in 2000[1] and operates cargo flights on regional routes throughout theSub-Saharan Africa on behalf ofDHL Aviation. Solenta Aviation also operates extensively for the oil and gas industry ("OGP"), offering passenger charter, cargo andaircraft lease services.
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Solenta Aviation has adopted a de-centralised business model, thus being able to offer flexible short-haul cargo flights. From its home and maintenance base atOR Tambo International Airport, it operates a number of DHL flights on regional routes toMozambique,Zambia andZimbabwe using a fleet ofATR 42 andCessna 208 Caravan cargo aircraft.[2]
There are several subsidiaries under separateairline licenses:
Further aircraft of Solenta Aviation are based and operated out of several other airports, including:
As of August 2025[update], Solenta Aviation operates the following aircraft:[11]
| Aircraft | In Service | Notes |
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| ATR 42-500 | 1 | |
| ATR 72-500 | 4 | |
| Beechcraft 1900D | 3 | |
| Embraer ERJ 135LR | 1 | |
| Total | 9 |
The Solenta Aviation fleet previously included the following aircraft:[citation needed]
On 6 June 2011 at 10:25 local time, anAntonov An-26 (registered TR-LII) ditched into theGulf of Guinea 2.3 kilometres offLibreville,Gabon. The aircraft was operated byScorpion Air, a Bulgarian company.[12] It had been onFlight 122A forDHL Aviation fromPort Gentil to Libreville.[13][14] The three crew members and one passenger on board received only minor injuries.[13] Prior to the ditching, they had reported hydraulic problems; eyewitness reports suggest that an engine failure may have occurred.[14][15] As a consequence, the Gabonese government declared a temporary ban on aircraft of the typesAntonov An-12,An-24 andAn-26 in the country, pending the outcome of the investigation into the cause for the crash.[16]
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