Dynamic Growth of Cargo Traffic at Katowice Airport
SUMMARY OF JULY 2021 During the seventh month of 2021, 2,607 tonnes of freight, i.e. 762 tonnes more (+41.3%) in… Read More »
Panama’s Copa Air to convert two B737-800s into freighters
Copa Airlines (CM, Panamá City Tocumen Int’l) is set to again operate in-house dedicated freighters after more than two decades… Read More »
Malaysia’s Kargo Xpress to add two B737-800(BCF)s
Kargo Xpress (KXP, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has ordered two B737-800(BCF)s from GECAS with deliveries scheduled for October 2021 and January 2022, respectively. The two Boeing freighters will… Read More »
The Pentagon is sending commercial airliners to Afghanistan
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) on Sunday, drawing commercial airline companies into… Read More »
Alaska Airlines 737 flight evacuates after landing at SEA due to cell phone fire
An Alaska Airlines flight arriving from New Orleans had to evacuate shortly after landing at Sea-Tac Airport due to a… Read More »
Colombia’s AeroSucre adds first B737-300 freighter
AeroSucre (KRE, Barranquilla) has expanded its fleet with the addition of its first B737-300(F), which arrived in Bogotá on August… Read More »
Ethiopian to open 767-300P2F line with IAI, and set to increase cargo fleet
Ethiopian Airlines has signed a partnership agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries for the opening of a B767-300 P2F conversion line… Read More »
DHL Express adds 12 electric aircraft to fleet
DHL has purchased 12 electric aircraft from Eviation which will operate on all routes currently serviced by piston and turbine… Read More »
Singapore’s transport minister says aviation sector recovery will be a ‘long haul’
Singapore is lifting some border restrictions but recovery in its important aviation sector remains challenging given the Covid-19 pandemic’s uncertain… Read More »
New gov’t may reconsider Samoa Airways’ B737 plans
The newly confirmed government of Samoa is not convinced that adding an in-house B737-800 for Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo),… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet to pursue separate AOC for cargo unit
India’s Minister of Civil Aviation VK Singh has said that SpiceXpress & Logistics, the cargo division of SpiceJet (SG, Delhi… Read More »
Amazon Air opens $1.5 billion air hub in Kentucky in latest push to speed deliveries
Amazon Air, formerly known as Amazon Prime Air opened its $1.5 billion air hub in northern Kentucky, which will help accelerate… Read More »
Compass Cargo Airlines receives latest 737-800SF freighter conversion from GA Telesis
GA Telesis has delivered its second B737-800SF passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion. Following the delivery of the first B737-800SF freighter to Ethiopian… Read More »
FedEx Ground Operators Order 120 Xos Trucks For 2021 and 2022 Delivery
Xos, Inc. (“Xos”), a leading manufacturer of fully electric Class 5 to Class 8 commercial vehicles that has announced a… Read More »
Canada’s OWG to add a B737-800 in 2022
OWG (Montréal Trudeau) has taken delivery of its first B737-800 as it prepares for the reopening of international travel from… Read More »
Aircraft Value Analysis: Boeing 777-300ER
The Boeing 777-300ER is one of the most successful wide-body aircraft made, with 838 net orders for this model since… Read More »
KL International Airport Welcomes Central Airlines As 18th Cargo Airline
16th July 2021 update: SEPANG – KL International Airport (KLIA) recently welcomed its 18th cargo airline, Central Airlines (IATA Code:… Read More »
Antigua’s Wadadli Cargo rebrands as Island Cargo
Wadadli Cargo (Antigua) has rebranded as Island Cargo ahead of its launch as it now wants to connect not just… Read More »
China’s New Hypersonic Aircraft Will Be Larger Than A Boeing 737
In a recent study published in Physics of Gases, scientists in China’s Mars and moon missions have revealed a new… Read More »
DHL Express will deliver packages sustainably with fully-electric aircraft
DHL Express, a world-leading express service provider, and Eviation, the global manufacturer of fully-electric aircraft, wrote aviation history on August 3… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia agrees with lessor early return of 9 Boeing 737 jets
Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will return nine leased Boeing 737-800NG aircraft ahead of schedule, as part of an agreement to… Read More »
Iceland’s BlueBird Nordic to add 25 B737 freighters
Bluebird Nordic (BO, Reykjavik Keflavik) has unveiled plans to dramatically scale up its fleet to include twenty-five B737-800 freighters by… Read More »
How Boeing, Airbus large freighters compare
Airbus has announced a freighter version of its wide-bodied A350 in a bid to loosen Boeing’s decades-old dominance of the… Read More »
Airbus A350 freighter launch challenges Boeing cargo dominance
Europe’s Airbus took aim at one of Boeing’s most profitable strongholds on Thursday with plans for a freighter version of… Read More »
Samoa Airways adds in-house B737-800
Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo) took delivery of its first in-house narrowbody jet, a B737-800, although it has yet to… Read More »
United Airlines is phasing out all-cargo flights as passengers return
United Airlines has mostly phased out use of jets for dedicated cargo service, returning them to full-time passenger operation as… Read More »