Air Foyle HeavyLift
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Air Foyle Heavylift is an aviation company based in Bishops Stortford, United Kingdom. It provides marketing and promotion of outsize cargo business for Antonov Airlines as well as providing operations management.
Code Data
- ICAO Code: ADB
History
The airline was established in February 2001 and started operations in October 2001. It was formed as a joint venture between Air Foyle (established on 3 May 1978) and HeavyLift Cargo Airlines (founded as TAC HeavyLift on 31 October 1978). The latter has since ceased operations in its own right, but the joint venture continues to operate successfully. The company is owned by Air Foyle (50%) and HC Holdings (50%).
Arms shipments to Sierra Leone
In March 1999 the company flew 68 tons of weapons, including 3,000 Kalashnikov rifles, from the Ukraine to Burkino Faso, from where they were transported on to Sierra Leone (in breach of the UN embargo). The company denied any knowledge of their final destination and no action was taken by the UK government. [Source: Cooper, N. and Pugh, M. (2002) Security-sector transformation in post-conflict societies (London, The Conflict, Security and Development Group)]
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