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Maximus Air Cargo

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Emirati cargo airline

Maximus Air is a cargo airline based at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan, Maximus Air Cargo AN1396398
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Maximus Air is a cargo airline based at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.2

The story

The airline was established in 2004 as Experts Air Cargo and was renamed in 2006.

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. 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.

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Products and brands

Destinations

Maximus Air operates cargo services across the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia. The airline formerly ran regular scheduled cargo services on behalf of Etihad Cargo.

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

Fleet

As of March 2024, Maximus Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:

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Timeline

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