July transactions climb to 117

The number of Freighter Aircraft Transactions (FATs) Cargo Facts logged in July was slightly above average at 117 for the month, more than June’s eighty-eight, but below the 137 FATs in May. The 737-800BCF conversion program made headlines at the Farnborough International Airshow in July as BBAM placed a conversion order for nine , Georgian Airlines signed up for three and GOL confirmed a lease order for six from AerCap . Meanwhile, the 767-300 freighter continues to command attention with four factory-built and fourteen conversion orders for the month. Not too far behind, Airbus made its presence felt by revealing that the previously unidentified customer for seven firm A350Fs was none other than Etihad Airways. And the regional conversion market showed signs of life with Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ordering five ATR 72-600F conversions and Astral Aviation signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for two E190Fs . Below is a complete list of FATs recorded in July. These transactions originally appeared in our August 2022 issue , available to subscribers, and are in our FAT Database . All Nippon Airways placed a firm order for two 777-8Fs with Boeing [FATs 007767-7768]. Etihad Airways firmed up an order for seven A350Fs with Airbus [FATs 007760-7766]. Emirates took delivery of a 777F (67463) from Boeing [FAT 007721]. China Cargo Airlines took delivery of a 777F (67770) from Boeing [FAT 007843]. FedEx Express retired an MD-10-30F (47820) and ferried it to Victorville (VCV) [FAT 007740]. DHL Express took redelivery of an A330-300P2F (1401, ex-Hi Fly) after conversion with Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) in Dresden (DRS) [FAT 007844]. Aircraft Finance Germany acquired an A330-200 (926, ex-Middle East Airlines) ahead of conversion with EFW [FATs 007777-7778]. Air Canada took delivery of two 767-300Fs (67023 and 67024) from Boeing [FATs 007738-7739]. FedEx Express took delivery of a 767-300F (63136) from Boeing [FAT 007744]. Amazon took redelivery of a 767-300BDSF (30575, ex-Delta Air Lines) after conversion with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in Mexico City (MEX) [FAT 007749]. Cargojet took redelivery of a 767-300BDSF (27958, ex-Neos) after conversion with IAI in Tel Aviv (TLV) [FAT 007750]. Jetran acquired a 767-300ER (41748, ex-LATAM) [FAT 007751]. DHL inducted for conversion a 767-300ER (40592, ex-LATAM). The aircraft will be converted with Boeing in Guangzhou (CAN) [FAT 007782]. Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) took redelivery of a 767-300BDSF (25121, ex-Air Canada) after conversion with IAI at TLV [FAT 007842]. CAM also inducted for conversion a 767-300ER (26388, ex-Air Canada). The aircraft will be converted with IAI at TLV [FAT 007810]. SF Airlines inducted for conversion two 767-300ERs (33421, ex-Air Canada, and 30853, ex-Euro Atlantic Airways). The aircraft will be converted with Boeing in Singapore (QPG) and at CAN, respectively [FATs 007811 and 007840-7841]. Saltchuk Aviation placed an order for three 767-300BCF conversions with Boeing along with one option [FATs 007822-7825]. UPS acquired a 767-300ER (40364, ex-Japan Airlines) ahead of conversion with Boeing [FATs 007833-7834]. Maersk took delivery of a 767-300F (67026) from Boeing and placed it with Amerijet for CMI operation [FATs 007835-7836]. LATAM took redelivery of a 767-300BCF (40593) after conversion with Boeing at QPG [FAT 007854]. Cargojet acquired a 757-200PCF (26251, ex-Royal Flight) from AerSale after conversion with Precision Aircraft Solutions in Goodyear (GYR) [FATs 007742-7743]. SF Airlines took redelivery of a 757-200PCF (32446, ex-TUI Airways) after conversion with Precision Aircraft Solutions in Chengdu (CTU) [FAT 007745]. SF also acquired and inducted for conversion a 757-200 (32448, ex-American Airlines). The aircraft will be converted with Precision Aircraft Solutions at CTU [FATs 007826-7828]. BlackRock inducted for conversion a 757-200 (30394, ex-TUI Airways). The aircraft will be converted with Precision Aircraft Solutions in Xiamen (XMN) [FAT 007781]. Asia Pacific Airlines acquired a 757-200 (30339, ex-Uzbekistan Airways) ahead of conversion with Precision Aircraft Solutions [FATs 007784-7785]. YTO Cargo Airlines took redelivery of a 757-200PCF (32380, ex-American Airlines) after conversion with Precision Aircraft Solutions at XMN [FAT 007809]. Aquila Air Capital acquired a 757-200PCF (25397, ex-ASL Airlines Belgium) and placed it on lease to MIAT Mongolian Airlines [FATs 007829-7832]. Raya Airways placed a lease order for two A321-200P2Fs and two A320-200P2Fs from ST Engineering [FATs 007756-7759]. CAM acquired an A321-200 (1807, ex-SAS) [FAT 007853]. China Southern Airlines (CSA) Leasing signed a memorandum of understanding for ten A320P2F conversions with EFW [FATs 007728-7737]. ST Engineering took redelivery of an A320-200P2F (2737, ex-IndiGo) after conversion with EFW and placed it on lease to Vaayu Group, which then subleased it to Pradhaan Air Express [FATs 007804-7806]. Aero Capital Solutions took redelivery of a 737-800SF (29986, ex-Korean Air) after conversion with Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) and placed it on lease to iAero Airways [FATs 007716-7717]. Aero Capital Solutions acquired a 737-800 (32919, ex-Caribbean Airlines) [FAT 007855]. BBAM took redelivery of a 737-800BCF (33549, ex-Ryanair) after conversion with Boeing and placed it on lease to Camex Airlines [FATs 007719-7720]. DHL Express took redelivery of a 737-800BDSF (28318, ex-Scandinavian Airlines) after conversion with IAI and placed it with Kalitta Charters II for CMI operation [FATs 007769-7770]. China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC) placed an order for a 737-800SF conversion with AEI and inducted the aircraft (30516, ex-Air China) for conversion in Jinan (TNA) [FATs 007774-7775]. Georgian Airlines placed an order for three 737-800BCF conversions with Boeing [FATs 007786-7788]. GOL placed a lease order for six 737-800BCFs from AerCap [FATs 007789-7794]. BBAM placed an order for nine 737-800BCF conversions with Boeing [FATs 007795-7803]. ASL Aviation Holdings acquired and inducted for conversion a 737-800 (30231, ex-Blue Air). The aircraft will be converted with Boeing at TNA [FATs 007812-7813]. ASL also acquired another 737-800 (34797, ex-SpiceJet) [FAT 007814]. AerCap took redelivery of a 737-800BCF (34965) after conversion with Boeing in Shanghai (PVG) and placed it on lease back to GOL [FATs 007838-7839]. ASL Airlines Belgium returned a 737-400BDSF (28881) off lease to AerCap. The aircraft will join Estafeta [FATs 007807-7808]. Aventus Air Leasing acquired a 737-300F (25173, ex-China Postal Airlines) [FAT 007852]. Astral Aviation signed a memorandum of understanding to lease two E190F conversions from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) [FATs 007815-7816]. FedEx took delivery of an ATR 72-600F (1722) from ATR and placed it with ASL Airlines Ireland for CMI operation [FATs 007746-7747]. NAC placed an order for five ATR 72-600F conversions with Aeroconseil [FATs 007817-7821]. Loganair placed a lease order for an ATR 72-500F (541, ex-Poste Air Cargo) from NAC [FAT 007783]. Aeronaves TSM inducted for conversion a CRJ200 (7599, ex-ExpressJet Airlines). The aircraft will be converted with AEI in Dothan (DHN) [FAT 007780]. Aeronaves TSM also took redelivery of a CRJ200SF (7692, ex-ExpressJet Airlines) after conversion with AEI at DHN [FAT 007851]. FedEx took delivery of a Cessna 408 from Textron Aviation and placed it with Empire Airlines for CMI operation [FATs 007837 and 7860]. 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