Maximus Air

Emirati cargo airline

Maximus Air

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
6M	MXA^[1]	CARGO MAX

Founded

2004^[1]

Hubs

Abu Dhabi International Airport^[1]

Fleet size

3^[2]

Headquarters

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates^[1]

Key people

Mohamed Ebrahim Al Qassimi, CEO^[3]

Website

maximus.aero

Maximus Air is a cargo airline based at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.^[1]

History

The airline was established in 2004 as Experts Air Cargo and was renamed in 2006.^[1]

In 2011, it announced the purchase of three Airbus A300-600 previously operated by Japan Airlines for freighter conversion by EADS EFW in Dresden, Germany.^{[citation needed]} However, the entire fleet of then overall five Airbus A300 freighters was subsequently grounded in 2015 stating an insufficient cost basis to keep them operating.^[4]

Destinations

Maximus Air operates cargo services across the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia.^{[citation needed]} The airline formerly ran regular scheduled cargo services on behalf of Etihad Cargo.^{[citation needed]}

It also has been appointed as an air relief support partner of the Red Crescent of the UAE.^[2] In 2017, the airline additionally signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates.^[5]

Fleet

As of March 2024, Maximus Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[2]

Aircraft	Total	Orders	Notes
Antonov An-124	1	—	Cargo
Ilyushin IL-76TD	2	—	Cargo
Total	3	—

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ch-aviation.com - Maximus Air retrieved 24 March 2024
^ ^a ^b ^c maximus-air.com - About us retrieved 24 March 2024
^ maximus-air.com - NEW MAXIMUS AIR CEO SAYS FUTURE IS BRIGHT 6 November 2014
^ ch-aviation.com - Maximus Air grounds A300F fleet, cancels contracts in bid to retool 13 June 2013
^ ch-aviation.com - Maximus Air secures $500mn UAE Armed Forces contract 23 February 2017