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HeavyLift Cargo Airlines

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Australian cargo airline headquartered in Los Angeles, USA

HeavyLift Cargo Airlines Pty Ltd is a cargo airline based in Los Angeles, United States. Founded in Sydney, Australia, it started operations in 2004 and operates scheduled and charter cargo services. HeavyLift took over passenger airline OzJet in 2008.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1
  • HeadquartersCity of Sydney1

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HeavyLift Cargo Airlines Short Belfast PER Monty
Photo: Montague Smith, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons5

HeavyLift Cargo Airlines Pty Ltd is a cargo airline based in Los Angeles, United States. Founded in Sydney, Australia, it started operations in 2004 and operates scheduled and charter cargo services. HeavyLift took over passenger airline OzJet in 2008. HeavyLift sold Ozjet and its passenger aircraft to Air Australia in 2009. Heavylift transferred its business to the United States after the Australian Government banned operations of B727/737 stage III aircraft.2

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Destinations

Heavylift operated worldwide charter cargo services.

Fleet

As of November 2010 the Heavylift Cargo Airlines fleet consisted of:

1 Boeing 727-100F (Retired)

2 Boeing 727-200F (Retired)

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1 Short Belfast (Retired)

4 Douglas DC-8-73F

The Belfast is now stored at Cairns Airport. During 2006, work was also underway at Bournemouth Airport to refurbish another aircraft once operated by HeavyLift's unrelated namesake UK airline, the unique Conroy CL-44-0; however it has been reported on various aviation internet message boards that this aircraft will not be delivered. A feature of the airline is that most of its aircraft are not registered in Australia, but in the Philippines.

In May 2008, Heavylift bought passenger airline OzJet giving it access to an Australia air operator's certificate. Ozjet discontinued passenger operations in May 2009.

From Wikipedia’s article on HeavyLift Cargo Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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