Connect Cargo becomes Brazil’s latest freighter airline

Brazilian startup Connect Cargo has completed its Part 121 certification with ANAC, Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency, and has been granted its AOC, paving the way for the launch of scheduled commercial operations. The company will base its two PEMCO -converted 737-400Fs (27087, ex-Malaysia Airlines, and 26605, ex-Japan Transocean Air) at Recife (REC) and fly them on domestic routes. Unit 27087 operated a series of training and route-proving flights last week as part of the certification program, flying to Sao Paulo (GRU), Brasilia (BSB), Manaus (MAO) and Santarem (STM) before returning to REC. Unit 26605, which had previously been temporarily stored at Sao Jose dos Campos (SJK) after conversion and prior to the launch, flew over to REC this Wednesday. Here is one of Connect Cargo’s 737-400Fs receiving the traditional water cannon salute at REC, shared by Infraero, the government-owned operator of Brazil’s major airports, via Twitter. #ConnectCargo | A chegada da empresa aérea foi marcada com o batismo de uma das aeronaves, celebrando o início da operação. Acompanhe com a gente! pic.twitter.com/Me2ZIulOAj

— Infraero Aeroportos (@infraero) June 27, 2019 Connect Cargo told Cargo Facts that, while it doesn’t yet have plans to add more 737 freighters this year, it will be introducing a 767-200F to the fleet by the end of the third quarter. The carrier will fly the 767 on domestic routes as well as potentially to other South American points. Connect Cargo has already been chartering twice-weekly 747-400F flights out of Hong Kong (HKG) that fly to GRU via Miami (MIA). The company is aiming to add an extra weekly frequency on the route and hopes that this will boost volumes on its own-operated network around the country. Fellow Brazilian carrier Azul also operates a pair of 737-400SFs (28053 and 28198, both ex-Miami Air International), on lease from Vx Capital Partners .

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