Texel Air a Bahraini cargo airline launches a sister airline Texel Air Australasia located at Auckland International Airport New Zealand

Texel Air a Bahraini cargo airline launches a sister airline Texel Air Australasia located at Auckland International Airport New Zealand

- Texel Air Australasia was officially launched on Saturday 10 June 2023 from Auckland International Airport as New Zealand’s newest airline operating the B737- 800BCF.

- Texel Air Australasia will be adding two additional B737-800BCFs to the fleet by December 2023.

- Texel Air, an established cargo airline and MRO based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, is expanding operations into Australasia with the B737- 800BCF, the industry benchmark aircraft supporting regional logistic operators.

- Texel Air Bahrain operates Boeing 737 freighter aircraft from Bahrain International Airport with two B737-700FC aircraft, two B737-800BCF aircraft and one B737-300F aircraft.

- Texel Air was established in Bahrain in 2013 by Chisholm Enterprises WLL. The New Zealand operations increase the group fleet to six aircraft with further aircraft on order for delivery to New Zealand during 2023.

- Texel Air Bahrain has been operating the B737-300F (A9C – APC) in New Zealand since 3 April 2023 under contract to NZ Post/Parceline Express in preparation for the arrival of the B737-800 (MSN 29985) ZK-TXE. The New Zealand operations have been supported by flight crew and engineers from Bahrain.

The venture into Australasia initially commenced with domestic operations in New Zealand under contract for launch customers Parceline Express and NZ Post.

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