# Avient Aviation > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Avient_Aviation > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Avient_Aviation.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avient_Aviation > Source revision: 1353323100 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) International cargo airline This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Avient Aviation" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) For the polymer manufacturer, see [Avient Corporation](/source/Avient_Corporation). Avient Aviation IATA ICAO Call sign Z3 SMJ AV AVIA Founded 1993 Ceased operations 2013 Hubs Liège Airport Sharjah International Airport Fleet size 4 Destinations 12 (scheduled) Headquarters Harare, Zimbabwe Key people Simon Clarke (chief operating officer); Andrew Smith (chief executive officer)[1] Website [1] An Avient [McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF](/source/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10) approaching [Oslo Airport, Gardermoen](/source/Oslo_Airport%2C_Gardermoen) (2009). **Avient Aviation** was an international [cargo airline](/source/Cargo_airline) with its head office in [Harare](/source/Harare), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe) and its commercial center in the United Kingdom. The company was established in 1993 and offered scheduled and chartered flights to Africa, South America, Middle East and Far East and the [Caspian region](/source/Caspian_Depression). Avient Limited was placed into administration on 5 April 2013, with flight operations taken over by AV Cargo Airlines Limited.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Corporate affairs The company Avient Aviation had its head office in [Harare](/source/Harare), Zimbabwe.[2][3] It had its [Continental Europe](/source/Continental_Europe) office on the property of [Liège Airport](/source/Li%C3%A8ge_Airport) in [Grâce-Hollogne](/source/Gr%C3%A2ce-Hollogne), Belgium. It had its United Kingdom office in Global House, Manor Court in Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9PY.[2][3] Andrew Smith founded Avient's UK sales office in the United Kingdom office in 2001[4] ## Fleet In 2009, Avient took delivery of an MD-11F[1] Avient originally planned to replace its DC-10s with A330s, however the company decided that the MD-11F was the more appropriate substitute.[1] As of December 2010, the Avient Aviation fleet consisted of the following aircraft with an average age of 29.7 years: Both aircraft are grounded, currently[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] at LGG airport, Belgium[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Avient Aviation fleet Aircraft In service McDonnell Douglas DC-10 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (leased) 3 Total 4 As of 2013, the DC-10 has been sold, and one MD-11 (Reg.: Z-BVT / CN: 48410) is grounded in Zurich since March 2013 (as of 29 April 2014). ## Accidents and incidents Further information: [Avient Aviation Flight 324](/source/Avient_Aviation_Flight_324) On 28 November 2009, an Avient Aviation [McDonnell Douglas MD-11](/source/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11)F crashed during its take-off roll at [Shanghai Pudong International Airport](/source/Shanghai_Pudong_International_Airport), resulting in the death of three persons on board and the aircraft being written off.[5] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aircargonews_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aircargonews_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-aircargonews_1-2) ["Avient adds MD-11F to fleet"](https://www.aircargonews.net/uncategorized/avient-adds-md-11f-to-fleet/). *Air Cargo News*. 16 November 2009. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Offices0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Offices0_2-1) ["Welcome"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051053/http://www.avient.aero/Welcome.htm). Avient Aviation. Archived from [the original](http://www.avient.aero/Welcome.htm) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. "With head office in Harare, Zimbabwe, Avient has two further offices; one in continental Europe and the other in the United Kingdom." 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Offices1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Offices1_3-1) ["Contact Us"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051113/http://www.avient.aero/ContactUs.htm). Avient Aviation. Archived from [the original](http://www.avient.aero/ContactUs.htm) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. "UNITED KINGDOM Global House, Manor Court, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9PY United Kingdom" and "BELGIUM Liege Airport, Cargo Nord, Rue Saint Exupery 22, B-4460, Grace Hollogne, Belgium" and "ZIMBABWE 191 Enterprise Road, Cnr. Drew Road, Chisipite, Harare, Zimbabwe" 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["AVIENT LIMITED – Overview (Free company information from Companies House)"](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04316662). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ASN281109_5-0)** ["Accident description"](http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091128-0). Aviation Safety Network. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091201010616/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091128-0) from the original on 1 December 2009. 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