Startup Air Falcon receives first freighter

[caption id="attachment_412122" align="alignright" width="460"] Apart from the aircraft that has been redelivered to Air Falcon, Rostrum Leasing has three other ex-Southwest 737-300Fs. (Photo: Rostrum Leasing)[/caption] Pakistan-based Air Falcon has taken redelivery of its first aircraft, a 737-300F (27713, ex-Southwest Airlines) on lease from Rostrum Leasing [FAT 005417]. Unit 27713, converted by PEMCO in 2019 and stored in Victorville (VCV) since November, departed VCV May 15 to begin its ferry flight to Pakistan, stopping in Bangor (BGR), Keflavik (KEF) and Varna (VAR), before arriving in the country’s largest hub, Karachi (KHI), on May 18. Air Falcon is expecting to initially grow its freighter fleet to three units for domestic and regional charter and ACMI operations. The new carrier told Cargo Facts its second 737 will also be a 737-300F leased from Rostrum, and that it has an option for a third -300F from Rostrum unless it opts for a -400F. That decision will be finalized in the next sixty days. As for the source of a 737-400F, Air Falcon told Cargo Facts it is looking at a handful of lessors. We note that Vallair , which repossessed two 737-400Fs (26605 and 27087) previously leased to Brazil-based Connect Cargo but grounded in February, told Cargo Facts in April it was expecting to place them with new operators relatively soon. The Ireland-based Rostrum has three other ex-Southwest 737-300Fs (27710, 28398 and 28401), all converted by PEMCO in Tampa (TPA) or at the Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Co., Ltd. ( STAECO ) facility in Jinan (TNA). The lessor told Cargo Facts last year it had secured leases for units 27713 and 28401, but it is unclear if it was referring to Air Falcon. Pakistan is home to another cargo airline, Vision Air International, which operates two 737-300QCs (24387 and 24388, both ex-ASL Airlines) in cargo configuration. Both are leased from Aquiline International.

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