Georgia’s CAMEX Airlines eyes 2H22 cargo market debut
CAMEX Airlines (Tbilisi) has applied to the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) for an air operator’s certificate (AOC) after securing… Read More »
Qantas to convert two A330-200s into freighters
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has announced it will convert two of its A330-200s into A330-200(P2F)s to increase its international… Read More »
China Eastern Airlines co-founds new logistics giant
China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) has taken part in formally establishing a new state-owned logistics giant to bolster domestic… Read More »
VietJetAir to launch European flights in early 3Q22
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) has announced it will launch services to Russia from three Vietnamese airports on July 3, 2022, marking… Read More »
Air Canada Cargo received its first Boeing 767-300ER converted aircraft
Air Canada has welcomed the first of its converted Boeing 767-300ER aircraft for Air Canada Cargo into its fleet, marking… Read More »
Malaysia’s Kargo Xpress takes first 737-800(BCF) freighter
Kargo Xpress (KXP, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) took delivery of its first B737-800(BCF) – N248GE (msn 34267) – on November 19,… Read More »
Nigeria’s K-Impex eyes cargo, pax ops in 2022
Another Nigerian startup – K-impex Airline (Abuja) – is planning to enter the local scheduled passenger, charter, and cargo market… Read More »
Zambia Airways adds first aircraft, a damp-leased Dash 8-400
Zambia Airways (ZN, Lusaka) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a Dash 8-400 on damp lease from equity partner… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet mulls Goshawk, De Havilland settlements
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is reportedly working towards settling a lawsuit filed by Irish lessor Goshawk and its trustee Wilmington… Read More »
Swissport partners with Speedcargo in digital push to increase utilization of cargo space
Swissport will launch proof of concept trials of the Cargo Eye sizing system and the AI-powered Cargo Mind software solution… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet to induct 50 MAX by YE23, eyes freighters
As SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) resumed operations with its B737-8s on November 23, its chairman said the carrier would deploy… Read More »
Bahrain’s MENA Cargo Airlines issues RFP for 737 freighters
MENA Cargo Airlines (Bahrain Int’l) is seeking two or three B737 freighters for urgent dry lease or acquisition and has… Read More »
Lufthansa joins 777X freighter talks
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has confirmed it is in talks with Boeing concerning the as-yet unconfirmed B777X freighter, fueling speculation… Read More »
US’s Northern Aviation Services eyes 737 Classic renewal
Northern Aviation Services, the owner of Alaska’s Northern Air Cargo (NC, Anchorage Ted Stevens), Hawaii’s Aloha Air Cargo (KH, Honolulu),… Read More »
US’s iAero Airways looks to remove fleet cap and eyes 767s
iAero Airways (SWQ, Greensboro) has revealed plans to induct widebody jets as part of a petition to the US Department… Read More »
US’s Atlas Air, Southern Air complete move to a single AOC
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has announced it has completed the integration of Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) and Southern… Read More »
FedEx to close Hong Kong crew base due to quarantine rule
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is closing its crew base at Hong Kong Int’l and relocating its pilots but will… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet orders 2+4 777 Mammoth freighters
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) has ordered two B777-200(LR)(MF) converted freighters from Mammoth Freighters, with options for a further two… Read More »
FedEx relocates pilots from Hong Kong over city quarantine rules
Global delivery giant FedEx said Nov. 17 it was closing its crew base in Hong Kong and relocating pilots overseas… Read More »
Canada’s Enerjet rebrands as Lynx Air, eyes 2Q22 debut
Canadian budget startup Lynx Air is to debut early next year with a fleet of three new B737 MAX on… Read More »
Air Tanzania confirms Boeing 737 MAX, 787, 767 freighter plans
The Tanzanian government has reached an agreement with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for the purchase of four aircraft including one… Read More »
Boeing to add three new air freighter conversion lines
Boeing will open three new air freighter conversion lines, one in London and the other two in Kelowna, British Columbia,… Read More »
Boeing exec says “The freighter markets are on fire right now. That’s where we see real growth”
A top executive at Boeing has underlined the importance that cargo now plays in the aerospace industry, nearly two years… Read More »
DHL orders nine 767-300(BCF) freighters
DHL Express has ordered nine additional B767-300(ERBCF)s from Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare). A statement issued during the ongoing Dubai Air… Read More »
Canada’s Air Inuit takes first Dash 8-300F with LCD
Air Inuit (3H, Kuujjuaq) has completed the conversion of its third DHC-8-300(F), which is also the world’s first unit of… Read More »
Malaysia’s My Jet Xpress eyes 737NG, widebody freighters
My Jet Xpress Airlines (N7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) will acquire two B737-800 freighters and even a widebody transport as it… Read More »