Malaysia Airlines retires A380s, to take 737 MAX in 2024

Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) will try and sell all six of its A380-800s as it sees no place… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet targets five more B737 freighters

SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is planning to expand its dedicated freighter fleet with a further five B737 freighters, the chief… Read More »
Italy’s Poste Air Cargo debuts scheduled int’l ops

Poste Air Cargo (M4, Rome Fiumicino) launched its first scheduled international cargo route, from Rome Fiumicino to Tel Aviv Ben… Read More »
GA Telesis announces four more orders for 737-800SFs with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc.

GA Telesis, LLC (GAT) announces four additional firm orders for 737-800SF freighter conversions with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The contract… Read More »
Fiji Airways cleared for B737 MAX return

Fiji Airways (FJ, Nadi) has announced it has received the go-ahead from the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji (CAAF) to… Read More »
Mexico’s Aeronaves TSM orders more B737-400(SF)s

Aeronaves TSM (VTM, Saltillo) is set to significantly increase its fleet of Boeing dedicated freighters after it ordered four incremental… Read More »
China’s YTO Cargo Airlines secures B767 freighter feedstock

YTO Cargo Airlines (YG, Hangzhou) has bought its first B767-300(ER) for conversion into a freighter and expects to complete the… Read More »
ACC Aviation transacts Boeing 737-400 to Frontera Flight Holdings Inc. for Aeronaves TSM, Mexico

ACC Aviation, the global aviation consultancy offering asset management and financial solutions to airlines, lessors and financiers, has successfully transacted… Read More »
Transair Hawaii to add first B737-400(F)

Transair Hawaii (R9, Honolulu) has ordered a single converted B737-400(SF) from Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI), its first unit of the… Read More »
Russia’s S7 Airlines adds first B737-800 freighter

S7 Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) has taken delivery of B737-800(BCF) VP-BEN (msn 33545), its first-ever dedicated freighter. According to Flightradar24 ADS-B… Read More »
Bahrain’s Texel Air orders one B737-800(BCF)

Texel Air (XLR, Bahrain Int’l) has announced an order for a single converted B737-800(BCF) due for delivery by the end… Read More »
HK’s Greater Bay Airlines mulls cargo ops as launch option

Greater Bay Airlines (Hong Kong Int’l) is pondering launching as a cargo-only specialist if COVID-related border restrictions continue through summer… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet to wet-lease A330, B767 for cargo ops

SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has announced that it will wet-lease an unspecified A330 and a B767 for its growing cargo… Read More »
Hawaii’s Trans Executive Airlines eyes int’l B737 charters

Trans Executive Airlines (R9, Honolulu) is planning to launch international charters with a B737-200 and has asked the US Department… Read More »
Atlas Air to buy the last 747s ever built

Atlas Air, which operates the world’s largest 747 fleet, will buy the last four Boeing will build, scheduled for delivery… Read More »
Arizona’s Mesa Airlines looks at incremental cargo growth

Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) sees potential for further growth in the cargo sector and is currently evaluating adding… Read More »
ASL Airlines France adds maiden B737-800(BCF)

ASL Airlines France (5O, Paris CDG) took delivery of its first B737-800(BCF) in the form of F-HIQB (msn 33641) on… Read More »
Kenya Airways launches Johannesburg cargo base

Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has moved into a market gap left my stricken South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg… Read More »
Thailand’s K-Mile Air to add B737-800(F) for DHL ops

K-Mile Air (8K, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) is planning to add a B737-800(F) dedicated freighter in time for the March 2021 launch… Read More »
United, American Begin Charter Flights to Deliver Vaccine

U.S. airlines, expected to play a pivotal role in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, are ramping up to do just… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Cargo Air drops Boeing for AEI for B737-800(F)s

Citing conversion slot availability, Cargo Air (CGF, Sofia) has cancelled plans for two B737-800(BCF)s from Boeing and instead replaced them… Read More »
Air Canada trims A220, B737 MAX orders, eyes B767 freighters

Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has reached agreements with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) and Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) to adjust… Read More »