CAM acquires three ANA 767 freighters

Cargo Aircraft Management ( CAM ), Air Transport Services Group’s ( ATSG ) leasing subsidiary, has acquired three 767 freighters from Japanese carrier ANA Cargo [ FAT 005097-005099 ]. While ATSG mentioned during its Q2 earnings call earlier this month that it had acquired three 767s from ANA without specifying the variant, ANA Cargo has now confirmed to Cargo Facts that the three frames are all -300BCFs (25136, 24400 and 24632). Unit 25136 was ferried from Tokyo (HND) to Wilmington (ILN) via Anchorage (ANC) last week. This aircraft was delivered to ANA in passenger configuration in July 1991 and redelivered in July 2009 after freighter conversion. Units 24400 and 24632 were delivered to ANA in passenger configuration in June and October 1989 respectively. Both were converted into freighters and redelivered in 1989. These three 767s are all around the thirty-year-old mark and are the oldest in ANA Cargo’s fleet. The carrier told Cargo Facts that it made the decision not to keep them more than a year ago to reduce maintenance costs and because it was expecting the arrival of its two 777Fs, which would more than make up for the lost capacity of three 767Fs. ANA Cargo added its first 777F in May this year and the second in June, and has been flying them on a Tokyo (NRT) – Osaka (KIX) – Shanghai (PVG) – NRT routing five times per week. From 26 August, they will be deployed non-stop between NRT and PVG six times a week. ANA is expecting to begin flying the 777F on the carrier’s first own-operated trans-Pacific freighter route to Chicago (ORD) starting this October. Returning to the 767-300BCFs, it is currently unclear with which customer these three aircraft will eventually be placed, and when that will happen. We note that they appear older than the airframes CAM is slated to dry lease UPS , which CAM announced as a new customer earlier this year . They could be making their way into Amazon ’s fleet, which is operated by an ATSG affiliate carrier on Amazon’s behalf. The e-tailer agreed with CAM at the end of last year to lease ten additional 767-300Fs , with six joining by the end of 2019. Or could ATSG have been referring to these three ANA 767Fs when it hinted at possible growth with customers in the Far East ? In any case, these will be the first 767-300BCFs for CAM, which until now had only had -300BDSFs in its portfolio. Excluding the three 767Fs going to CAM, ANA Cargo’s fleet consists of five 767-300BCFs and four production 767-300Fs, with the next-oldest -300BCF being unit 25616 at just over twenty-seven years old.

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