Canada’s Chrono Aviation begins 737-800(SF) operations
Chrono Aviation (NDL, Québec) began B737-800(SF) operations on February 15, 2022, when C-GVZB (msn 32799) operated its first flight from… Read More »
Atlas Air and Cainiao expand partnership with one new Boeing 747-8F freighter
Atlas Air, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAWW), and Cainiao Network (“Cainiao”), the logistics arm… Read More »
Cathay Pacific Cargo suffers a 31.8% fall in January’s volumes
Quarantine measures imposed on Hong Kong-based aircrew saw Cathay Pacific suffer a 31.8% fall in January’s cargo volumes to 74,242… Read More »
China’s Jiangxi Cargo and Sichuan Airlines add A330P2F freighters
Jiangxi Cargo Airlines (Nanchang) and Sichuan Airlines (3U, Chengdu Shuangliu) have agreed to lease A330-300(P2F)s from CDB Aviation. In a… Read More »
Singapore Airlines Cargo and cargo.one announce global partnership
Singapore Airlines Cargo and cargo.one have announced a global partnership to bring the airline’s cargo services to the real-time digital… Read More »
Western Global Airlines orders two Boeing 777 Freighters
Boeing and Western Global Airlines announced on Feb. 16 a firm order for two 777-200LRF Freighters, the first new-production freighters… Read More »
Etihad Airways orders seven Airbus A350F freighters
Etihad Airways has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for seven Airbus A350F freighters to add to its existing fleet… Read More »
Singapore Airlines orders seven A350F freighter jets to replace its 747-400F fleet
Singapore Airlines signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Airbus in December 2021 to purchase seven of the recently launched… Read More »
SmartLynx Airlines orders six Airbus A321-200P2F passenger-to-freighters jets
Latvia’s SmartLynx Airlines orders six Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighters (P2F) from conversion firm EEFW, a European ACMI charter and cargo company… Read More »
Eastern Air Cargo launches 777 service with Flexport
Flexport has become the launch partner for Eastern Air’s express freighter service, with a multi-year contract using Boeing 777s with… Read More »
CDB Aviation orders an additional 12 Airbus A330 P2F freighter conversions
CDB Aviation has ordered an additional twelve A330 P2F conversions with Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), expanding its fleet of this… Read More »
Babcock, Rolls Royce exit UK’s AirTanker parent company
Rolls-Royce and Babcock International have completed the sale of their respective stakes in AirTanker Holdings Limited to private equity firm… Read More »
AirAsia X announces freight partnership with Teleport
AirAsia X has announced that Capital A’s (formerly AirAsia Group) logistics venture Teleport will be using the full belly space… Read More »
Brazil’s Azul inducts first fully converted E195 freighter
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Sao Paulo Viracopos) has completed the conversion and certification of the world’s first E195 dedicated… Read More »
Qatar Airways Cargo delivers 60 million roses in the run-up to Valentine’s Day
Qatar Airways Cargo has flown 60 million roses out of Ecuador, Colombia and Kenya in the run-up to this year’s… Read More »
Airbus reports Asia Pacific airlines will need 17,620 new passenger and freighter jets by 2040
Asia Pacific airlines will require 17,620 new passenger and freighter aircraft by 2040, with nearly 30% of these replacing older,… Read More »
AirAsia X targets air cargo revenue with new deal
AirAsia X (AAX) has secured full belly space utilisation for one third of its widebody A330-300 fleet as it strives… Read More »
ST Engineering leases five Airbus A320P2F cargo jets
ST Engineering’s commercial aerospace business has signed an agreement to lease up to five Airbus A320 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft to… Read More »
UK’s DHL Air takes first Boeing 777-200LRF
DHL Air (D0, East Midlands) has inducted its first Boeing 777-200F into service after G-DHLY (msn 67138) was ferried from… Read More »
Korean Air’s acquisition of Asiana Airlines will not reduce cargo competition
Korean Air’s acquisition of Asiana Airlines will not reduce cargo competition, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has… Read More »
Autonomous cargo drone developer Natilus announces orders for 440+ aircraft worth $6 billion
Autonomous cargo drone developer Natilus has announced advanced purchase commitments of more than $6bn for the delivery of 440+ aircraft… Read More »
India’s Jet Freight Logistics eyes own cargo airline
Indian freight-forwarding specialist Jet Freight Logistics is planning to establish its own in-house cargo airline to help ramp up capacity… Read More »