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 »
Allair delivers the world’s first Airbus A321 freighter converted aircraft to launch operator Qantas Freight
Vallair, the mature aircraft asset specialist, has delivered its pioneering Airbus A321 P2F (passenger to freighter) conversion to launch operator… Read More »
Vallair signs LoI with GlobalX to lease ten converted A321 freighters
Vallair, the mature aircraft and asset specialist, and launch lessor for the Airbus A321 freighter conversion (A321F), has signed a… Read More »
VALLAIR leases two A321-200 freighters to SmartLynx Malta
Vallair, the mature aircraft and asset specialist, and launch customer for the A321 freighter conversion (A321F), has signed an agreement… Read More »
Nigeria’s Allied Air takes first B737-800(F)
Allied Air (4W, Lagos) took delivery of its first B737-800(SF), N846AG (msn 36846), which has also become the world’s youngest… Read More »
No jet orders, more 737 MAX cancellations for Boeing as crises drag on
Boeing Co lost another three orders for its grounded 737 MAX jetliner in September, and delivered 11 total aircraft to… Read More »
Brazil’s Azul certified to use Embraer E195 as cargo aircraft
Brazilian airline Azul SA AZUL.N said late on Sunday in a securities filing that one of its Embraer E195 has been certified… Read More »
Malaysia’s Asia Cargo Express sold to fund cargo facilities
Network courier Pos Malaysia’s sale of a 51% stake in Asia Cargo Express (3G, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) to Asia Cargo… Read More »
Freighter conversion: a way to double an aircraft’s life and add cargo capacity
Airlines are grappling with the difficulties of increasing their freight capacity while holding off adding unnecessary capacity into the passenger… Read More »
Boeing books two 737-800BCF orders, says new freighter conversion lines opening
Boeing said on Sunday a customer had ordered two converted 737-800BCF freighters and that it had signed agreements to open… Read More »
ATR’s first purpose-built regional freighter flies
ATR, the world number one regional aircraft manufacturer, announced the successful first flight of its new purpose-built regional freighter aircraft… Read More »
Southwest says half of grounded Boeing 737-800 planes back in service
Southwest Airlines Co LUV.N said on Thursday it has now returned to service about half the 115 Boeing BA.N 737-800 aircraft it temporarily grounded… Read More »