Group
Chapman Freeborn Group / Avia Solutions Group
Hub
LGG
Since
2009
Legal
Magma Aviation Limited
AWB-Sendungsverfolgung
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Cargo hubs & stations
Magma Aviation publishes no complete station list on its own website. Only the points evidenced by primary sources are recorded: Liege (LGG) as base and Nairobi (NBO) as a scheduled station.
Fleet & capacity
Magma Aviation operates no aircraft of its own. The listed types are provided by partner carriers on an ACMI basis; the company does not publish current unit numbers.
Boeing 747-400BCF
0 · Wide-body freighter Europe-Africa
Provided by partner carriers on an ACMI basis, among them Air Atlanta Icelandic. Magma Aviation holds no air operator certificate of its own.
Boeing 747-400F
0 · Wide-body freighter deployed from Europe to Africa and the Middle East
Provided by partner carriers on an ACMI basis, among them Air Atlanta Icelandic and Atlas Air. Magma Aviation does not publish current unit numbers.
13000
block hours per year
Figure published by Magma Aviation on its home page, as of September 2026. The hours are flown by partner carriers on an ACMI basis.
Company figure
Special cargo
Perishables
Live animals
Pharma
Products
Availability may vary by station, route and aircraft type.
Produkte
General Cargo
General cargo on full and part charters and block space, including automotive parts and machinery components.
Produkte
Perishables
Temperature-controlled handling for time-critical perishables, with a focus on Kenyan flower exports from Nairobi to Liege.
Produkte
Pharma
Temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipments to customer specification; Magma Aviation does not state a CEIV Pharma certification of its own.
Produkte
Live Animals
Live animal transport with groom attendance on board according to the company.
Produkte
E-commerce
Capacity for e-commerce shipments with tight delivery windows, on a charter and block space basis.
Produkte
Outsize and special loads
Use of the Boeing 747 nose door and main deck for outsize loads; the company cites mining equipment, helicopters and boats as examples.
Magma Aviation Limited is a British air cargo capacity provider with its registered office in Gatwick, West Sussex. The company was incorporated on 17 December 2009 and started operating in 2010. It belongs to the Chapman Freeborn Group and therefore to Avia Solutions Group. Magma Aviation is not an operator in the regulatory sense: it holds no air operator certificate of its own and carries neither an IATA nor an ICAO designator. According to its own description, it commercially manages wide-body freighter capacity contracted exclusively from third-party carriers. The company names Air Atlanta Icelandic, Atlas Air, ASL Airlines France, AirExplore and Air ACT as its flying partners. For the forwarder this means the air waybill always runs under the prefix of the operating carrier, never under Magma itself. The fleet consists of Boeing 747-400BCF and Boeing 747-400F aircraft. One 747 freighter is based at the cargo airport of Liege (LGG), another aircraft is deployed from Europe towards Africa and the Middle East (as of September 2026). The network focuses on Europe-Africa traffic; together with MidnightZulu, Magma serves Nairobi (NBO) - Liege on a scheduled basis, a route reinforced in January 2026 by an additional seasonal rotation for the Kenyan flower export season. Products are long-term flying programmes, part and full charters, ad-hoc charters and block space agreements. Sales run through own offices in Gatwick, Dublin and Dubai and through a GSA network including Chapman Freeborn in Frankfurt and Shanghai, Euro Cargo Aviation in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and HAE Group in the United States. Magma operates no shipment tracking of its own; status information is obtained from the operating carrier or the responsible GSA.
Management
- Peter Kerins · Chief Executive Officer
- Paul Hoatson · Commercial & Network Planning Director
- Emma Brooks · Finance and Administrations Director
- James le Poer Trench · Head of Operations
Milestones
- 2026 · Additional seasonal rotation Nairobi - Liege
- 2025 · Fourth Boeing 747 freighter added
- 2010 · Start of operations
- 2009 · Incorporation in the UK companies register
Sources
- Magma Aviation - Who We Are · Company and business model
- Companies House - Magma Aviation Limited (07106976) · Legal form, registered office and status
- Magma Aviation - Aircraft Availability · Fleet and network
- CAPA - Magma Aviation Airline Profile (IATA n/a, ICAO n/a) · Codes
- IATA Clearing House - Member List Report (09.09.2026) · Codes and AWB prefix