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TAE Avia, formerly named TransAVIAexport Airlines, is a Belarusian
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cargo airline Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of air cargo, cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines. In 2018, airline ...
. It is based at
Minsk International Airport Minsk National Airport, formerly known as Minsk-2 (, ; russian: Национальный аэропорт Минск), is the main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km (26 mi) to the east of the capital Minsk, geographic ...
in
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, with a hub at
Sharjah International Airport Sharjah International Airport ( ar, مطار الشارقة, Maṭār aš-Šāriqa) () is an international airport located east-southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is spread over an area of . It has one runway, making it the only ai ...
, in the
United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
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History

TransAVIAexport Airlines was established in December 1992 in Belarus. The airline operates worldwide cargo flights. On December 2, 2021, TransAVIAexport and two aircraft belonging to the airline were added to the
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. In 2021, the airline changed its name to TAE Avia.ch-aviation.com - TAE Avia
retrieved 9 April 2022


Fleet

TAE Avia's fleet included the following aircraft (as of August 2019): * 1 Boeing 747-300SF * 5
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Accidents and incidents

*On March 9, 2007, a TransAVIAexport Airlines
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(s/n 1003499991, registered EW-78826), on approach at
Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
,
Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
, was hit by a projectile, which was later confirmed to be a RPG by Belarus officials. The aircraft landed safely but sustained substantial damage. *On March 23, 2007, a TransAVIAexport Airlines
Ilyushin Il-76TD The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comme ...
(s/n 1013405192, registered EW-78849) was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile while taking off from Mogadishu, Somalia.Hassan, Mohamed Olad
"Cargo Plane Is Shot Down in Somalia,"
''Associated Press'', March 23, 2007.
*On August 22,
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, a TransAVIAexport Airlines
Ilyushin Il-76TD The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comme ...
(registered EW-78799) on approach to Juba, South Sudan struck a tree short of the runway, destroying several houses and killing a 5-year-old girl.


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