Titan Aviation’s Zapata joins Cargo Facts Symposium 2026

Juan Zapata, head of technical at Titan Aviation Leasing, will join Cargo Facts Symposium for the panel discussion “Technical aspects of freighter conversion and fleet management” on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 12:00 (GMT -5).

The 32nd annual Cargo Facts Symposium will take place Oct. 21-23 at the Grand Hyatt in Nashville, Tenn., where industry leaders and decision-makers will gather to assess the latest trends and developments in the freighter sector and share their insights to project the market’s growth trajectory.

View the Cargo Facts Symposium 2026 agenda.

Zapata will join LATAM Cargo Senior Vice President of Alliances and Network Gudny Genskowsky and Challenge Group Chief Commercial Officer Or Zak for this discussion on:

• The challenges of keeping conversion programs and heavy maintenance events on schedule;
• What happens when unexpected issues are found once an aircraft enters modification; and
• The best practices for managing limited MRO slots, maintenance planning and fleet availability.

Zapata has been head of technical since June 2024 after joining Titan in May 2022.

In this role, he oversees all technical asset management functions of the Titan portfolio of aircraft, including lease or purchase negotiations, aircraft transition management, passenger-to-freighter conversions and ongoing management while on lease to Titan customers.

Zapata has more than twenty-five years of technical management experience in the OEM, MRO, freighter conversion and dry leasing industries. He has held positions with Avionica, Commercial Jet, Aeronautical Engineers and Vx Capital.

Titan’s first Trent 700-powered A330-200P2F (832, ex-Air Belgium), on lease to JD Airlines, began commercial service in January. The lessor plans to deliver another ex-Air Belgium A330-200P2F (717) it acquired in 2025 to My Freighter this year, marking My Freighter’s entrance into the Airbus freighter market.

The company launched Titan Aircraft Investments II, a joint venture with private equity firm Bain Capital in 2025, as part of its expansion into the widebody freighter segment.

The new joint venture acquired a pair of A330-300P2Fs on lease to Mexico-based Mas from Airbus last year.

Cargo Facts Symposium 2026, the premier event for the freighter aircraft and air cargo industries, will take place in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 21-23. Find out more and register here.