Astral Express covers automotive spares, urgent medical equipment and other time-critical shipments. Its page describes reserved capacity after booking confirmation, loading priority, dedicated storage and milestone tracking. Confirm the route and acceptance cut-off with the cargo team.

Astral Pharma lists 2–8°C cold and 15–25°C controlled-room-temperature services, with -20°C deep-frozen service on request. It describes data loggers, validated packaging and transit cold storage. Confirm the commodity, route and required temperature range.

Astral DGR describes handling lithium batteries, dry ice, chemicals and other dangerous goods, subject to current permissions and routing. Shipper declarations, labels, markings and packaging are checked before uplift is confirmed; a listed class is not blanket acceptance.

Astral Fresh covers flowers, produce, seafood and chilled meat, with priority loading and unloading, cold storage, expedited acceptance and temperature/visual checks. Holds are pre-cooled on applicable routes. Listed cold-storage locations include Nairobi JKIA, Johannesburg and Dubai.

Astral Protect uses separate handling, dedicated secure storage, tamper-evident seals and signed, timestamped custody handovers. Optional armed ground escort is available on request at Nairobi JKIA and Johannesburg; it is not automatically included at every station.

Astral advertises ad hoc and scheduled cargo charters for emergency humanitarian lifts and ongoing projects. Options include 737-400F, 767-200F and 767-300F aircraft, matched to cargo type, volume and route rather than guaranteed at every airport.

The official enquiry asks for origin and destination airport/city, preferred date, estimated weight and commodity description, plus company and contact details; special requirements can be added in notes. The page states a preliminary quote and availability response within four business hours and recommends calling for urgent charters.

The charter page lists IATA Live Animals Regulations-compliant charters with specialist handlers and climate-controlled holds. Have the team confirm species, quantity, routing and arrangements. This is a cargo-charter service, not permission for pets in a passenger cabin.

The charter page says flights operate under Astral’s KCAA AOC, with insurance, crew, ground handling and applicable permits arranged. It advertises all-in pricing for crew, permits and ground handling. The final quotation and charter contract determine the precise scope.

Astral Protect offers specialist cargo-insurance referrals for high-value shipments needing declared-value coverage. This is referral assistance; it does not mean that insurance is automatic or that all cover is included in the freight charge.