Editing DAS Air Cargo (section)

==History==
[[File:Boeing 707-321C, DAS Air Cargo JP42536.jpg|thumb|DAS Air Cargo [[707-320C]]]]

The airline was established in 1983 in [[Ghana]] and started operations in June 1983. It initially provided ad hoc charters and wet-lease flying for established operators.<ref name="FI"/> In 1987 it began regular cargo services between London and Lagos and Entebbe. In 1990, the DAS Air Cargo USA division was opened to operate cargo operations there  for the airline. The division was based in [[Miami, Florida]], and shared its offices with DAS Air Cargo's main business partner, passenger [[charter airline]] [[First Choice Airways]]-another airline which later went bankrupt.

DAS Air Cargo also had an EASA 145 approved maintenance facility at [[Kent International Airport]] in the UK. The facility was used for maintenance on their own aircraft as well as those of [[World Airways]], [[Gemini Air Cargo]] and [[Avient Aviation]].

In 2006 DAS Air Cargo was banned from conducting flights within the [[European Union]]. On 6 March 2007, the [[European Commission]], the EU's executive arm, removed DAS Air Cargo from its list of banned aircraft after they made safety improvements.<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/278&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en European Union Press Release]</ref>

The company called in the administrators on 17 September 2007 and all flying stopped. Their aircraft were stored at [[RAF Manston|Manston]], England, which subsequently closed in 2015.

On 20 November 2007, it was announced on  that Continental Aviation Services (Nigeria) Ltd bought all of the business and assets (including the sole remaining DC-10), however the liabilities remain with Das Air Ltd.<ref>http://www.dasair.com/news/news-item.asp?id=7{{Dead link|date=July 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>