Air Cess

Air Cess

IATA ICAO Call sign — ACS —
Operating bases	Sharjah Airport, United Arab Emirates
Fleet size	5 (as at August 2006)

Air Cess was a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It was founded by Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. ^[1]

Code data

• ICAO Code: ACS (not current) ^[2]

Fleet

The Air Cess fleet included the following aircraft in August 2006:

• 1 Antonov An-12
• 2 Antonov An-24
• 1 Antonov An-26
• 1 Antonov An-72 ^[3]

The fleet also included the Umm Al Quwain Ilyushin Il-76. ^[4]

References

1. Schmidle, Nicholas (27 August 2014). "Disarming Viktor Bout". The New Yorker . Retrieved 10 December 2022.
2. Airline Codes
3. Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
4. "The Soviet IL-76 in the Middle of an Arab Desert". airwaysmag.com. Retrieved 2025-06-14.