Freighter aircraft transactions mid-February to mid-March

[caption id="attachment_180818" align="alignright" width="450"] Lufthansa Cargo will add two 777Fs to its own fleet in 2019.[/caption] Every week in Cargo Facts Update , we include a list of recent freighter aircraft transactions, and then a comprehensive summary in the monthly issue of Cargo Facts . Each reference to a freighter aircraft transaction (FAT) in our publications contains a unique FAT code linked to the FAT database on the CargoFacts.com website. This database is available to subscribers as an interactive tool on our website, and you can go to it from the “FAT Data” tab at the top of the home page, or directly at https://cargofacts.com/fat/ Below, we include the transactions from recent issues of Cargo Facts Update, and we encourage you to make use of the FAT database here on our website. AirBridgeCargo took delivery of a 747-8F (63787), on lease from Aviation Capital Group [FAT 004793]. The Russia-based carrier’s parent, Volga-Dnepr Group, plans to take delivery of at least four 747-8Fs, though some will likely be financed, as was the case with ABC’s most recent delivery. UPS took delivery of a 747-8F (64260) from Boeing, leaving eighteen still on-order for the express carrier [FAT 004801]. In late February, Lufthansa Cargo took delivery of the first of at least two 777Fs (66089) the German carrier plans to add to its own fleet this year [FAT 004791]. This marks the third 777F Boeing has delivered in 2019 in a string of deliveries that will continue for the remainder of the year. China Southern to add two 777Fs. China Southern converted an existing order with Boeing for the purchase of two 777-300ERs to the 777F freighter variant, the company announced in a notice that appeared on the Shanghai Stock Exchange last week [FATs 004798-4799]. An Atlas Air 767-300BCF (25865) crashed near Houston [FAT 004797]. All three people on board perished in the tragic accident which is still under investigation by the NTSB. DHL inducted a 767-300ER for conversion to freighter configuration (27686, ex-Royal Air Maroc) by Bedek at the Mexicana facility in Mexico City [FAT 004800]. FedEx took delivery of a 767-300F (63104), which was ferried from Boeing’s Paine Field (PAE) facility to FedEx’s hub at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) [FAT 004802]. Four new 767-300F orders on Boeing’s backlog. An order for four 767-300Fs, destined for “Unidentified Customer(s),” appeared on Boeing’s order book as placed on 22 February [FAT 004803-4806]. Though not confirmed, the freighters may also be destined for FedEx’s fleet, as the express operator’s orders make up most of Boeing’s current sixty-five unit backlog, and has previously placed orders for the type that were not disclosed in Boeing’s order book at the time. SF Airlines took redelivery of a 767-300BCF (35155, ex-Shanghai Airlines), bringing the number of 767Fs in its fleet up to seven [FAT 004807]. The carrier has another 767 in conversion at Boeing’s authorized conversion center in Taipei (28979, ex-TUI Airways). Cargo Aircraft Management acquired a 767-300ER (26913, ex-Air New Zealand [FAT 004808]. This is the third ex-Air New Zealand 767-300ER the company has acquired in the past twelve months, and the final 767 in Air New Zealand’s passenger fleet. The first aircraft in the three-unit tranche (26915) was redelivered by Bedek in December 2018. The second (26912) was ferried to Tel Aviv and inducted for conversion to freighter configuration in August. Cargo Facts expects the third aircraft will be on its way to a Bedek MRO facility shortly. Uzbekistan-based Silk Road Cargo parked an A300-600F (733) following the end of an agreement with Hong-Kong based forwarder Janco Holdings Ltd., which ACMI-leased the freighter for an own-controlled project called Hub Airways [FAT 004792]. Janco confirmed to Cargo Facts that, while this particular project did not work out, it remains committed to Hub Airways and plans to launch a similar project in the near future. FedEx removed an A310-300F (539) from service and ferried it to Victorville (VCV) for storage, leaving only four A310 freighters operating in FedEx’s fleet [FAT 004796]. Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of a 737-800SF (29121), on lease from GECAS, following conversion to freighter configuration by Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. [FATs 004794-4795]. This is AEI’s first 737-800SF redelivery. GECAS has nineteen orders and options for additional 737-800 conversions with AEI. Ethiopian has agreed to take a second -800SF from GECAS. Those interested in learning more about future trends in freighter transactions are invited to join us at Cargo Facts Asia 2019, to be held 15-17 at the Langham Shanghai where Cargo Facts Consulting will present the 2019 edition of its annual twenty-year Freighter Forecast. For more information, or to register, visit www.cargofactsasia.com .

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