Express Freighters Australia

Australian cargo airline based in Sydney

Express Freighters Australia | IATA | ICAO | Call sign

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QE  | EFA  | QANTAS
Founded| August 2006; 19 years ago (2006-08)
Commenced operations| 24 October 2006; 18 years ago (2006-10-24)
AOC #| CASA.AOC.0002
Fleet size| 8
Parent company| Qantas Freight
Headquarters| Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Express Freighters Australia is a cargo airline based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in August 2006 and is wholly owned by Qantas Freight, a subsidiary of Qantas.[1]

## History

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It commenced operations on 24 October 2006, initially operating one Boeing 737-300,[2] and expanded to four aircraft during 2007.[citation needed]

The four 737s supplanted Boeing 727-200s previously operated on behalf of Australian airExpress (itself a joint venture between Qantas Freight and Australia Post) by National Jet Systems.[citation needed]

## Fleet

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### Current fleet

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Express Freighters Australia Boeing 737-300 at Melbourne Airport in 2007

As of August 2025[update], Express Freighters Australia operates the following aircraft:[3]

* 6 Airbus A321P2F
* 2 Airbus A330P2F

### Former fleet

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Express Freighters Australia previously operated the following aircraft:

* 1 Boeing 737-400F

Three 737-300 aircraft were formerly part of the Qantas passenger-carrying fleet and are still owned by Qantas.[4] Express Freighters Australia also formally operated a Boeing 767-300F and currently operates a pair of Airbus A330P2F on behalf of its parent company Qantas Freight.[1][5][6] All five Airbus A321P2Fs have been delivered to Express Freight Australia and are in service flying around Australia to major airports like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, and Perth airports.[7]

## See also

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* List of airlines of Australia

## References

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1. ^ a b "Qantas subsidiaries". Qantas Airways. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
2. ^ Australian air Express Media Release Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2007-12-10.
3. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Express Freighters Australia". Airliner World: 50. September 2025.
4. ^ Australian civil aircraft register search Archived 11 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, using "Boeing 737-376" as the search parameter. Search conducted 6 May 2011.
5. ^ "QF ups freight capacity on Tasman". Australian Aviation. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. ^ "VH-EBF CASA Registration Search". CASA. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
7. ^ Qantas First to Fly Airbus A321P2F Airliner World October 2019 page 12

## External links

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Media related to Express Freighters Australia at Wikimedia Commons

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