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|founded = 2002
|ceased  = 2009
|headquarters = [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
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|website = http://www.aerolift.org/ (defunct)
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[[File:Aerolift Antonov An-12 Potters-1.jpg|thumb|Aerolift Antonov An-12]]
'''Aerolift''' was a South African [[airline]] based in [[Bryanston, Gauteng]], [[Johannesburg]], operating chartered passenger and cargo flights within [[Africa]] using [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-built aircraft.  Aerolift also offered [[aircraft lease]] services. The airline was launched in 2002 and shut down in 2009 following two fatal accidents that had occurred in the same year.<ref>[http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/africa/southafrica.htm Aerolift at airlineupdate.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916025317/http://airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/africa/southafrica.htm |date=2010-09-16 }}</ref><ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 48 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref>

== Fleet ==
Upon closure, the Aerolift fleet included the following aircraft:<ref name="FI"/>

*1 [[Antonov An-12]]
*1 [[Antonov An-26]]
*1 [[Antonov An-32]]
*1 [[Antonov An-72]]
*1 [[Antonov An-124]]
*1 [[Ilyushin Il-76]]
*1 [[Lockheed Tristar]]

==Accidents and incidents==

*On 20 February 2009, an Aerolift [[Antonov An-12]] crashed upon take-off at [[Luxor International Airport]], Egypt due to an engine fire, killing all five crew members on board.<ref name=Earth>{{cite web |url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256672,five-dead-in-ukrainian-plane-fire-at-luxor-airport--summary.html |title=Five dead in Ukrainian plane fire at Luxor airport - Summary |publisher=The Earth Times |accessdate=20 February 2009 |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129010708/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256672,five-dead-in-ukrainian-plane-fire-at-luxor-airport--summary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*On March 9, 2009 Aerolift [[Ilyushin Il-76]] S9-SAB crashed into [[Lake Victoria]] just after takeoff from [[Entebbe Airport]], Uganda, killing all 11 people on board. Two of the engines had caught fire on take-off. The aircraft had been chartered by DynCorp on behalf of [[AMISOM]]. The accident was investigated by Uganda's Ministry of Transport, which concluded that all four engines were time-expired and that Aerolift's claim that maintenance had been performed which extended their service live and that the work had been certified could not be substantiated.<ref name=AH41635291>{{cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=41635921/0002&opt=0 |title=Crash: Aerolift IL76 at Entebbe on Mar 9th 2009, impacted Lake Victoria after takeoff |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |accessdate=27 December 2010}}</ref>

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