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Jetstream integrates ATRs into portfolio

Cebu Pacific is expecting to take another ATR 72-500 conversion from IPR Conversions. (Photo: IPR Conversions) ACIA Aero Capital has...

Four startups named in Cargo Facts EMEA’s 2020 DEMOvation Challenge

byGennette Cordova

January 14, 2020

Germany-based Cellumation won the Cargo Facts EMEA 2019 Demovation challenge for its “celluveyor,” a smart conveying technology that offers high...

Bedek's first freighter-converted 737-800BDSF takes to the skies over Tel Aviv.

DHL to add a pair of 737-800Fs

byCharles Kauffman

January 14, 2020

DHL Express plans to add to its fleet a pair of freighter-converted 737-800BDSFs, Cargo Facts has learned. Both aircraft are...

Ethiopian Cargo, launch operator for AEI's 737-800SF, took redelivery of the first of two aircraft leased from GECAS.

STC granted for AEI’s 737-800SF conversion

byGennette Cordova

January 14, 2020

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has issued Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) a Supplemental Type Certificate for its 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversion program, the 737-800SF,...

FAA responds to US carriers’ exemption requests for Middle East ops

byChelsea Toczauer

January 14, 2020

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) responded Jan. 10 to several U.S.-based air cargo and express carriers requesting exemption from...

ZTO Express’ dedicated freighter operation remains limited post-peak

byCharles Kauffman

January 13, 2020

The sole 737-800BCF in Tianjin Air Cargo's fleet is seen here in ZTO Livery. It has only been two weeks...

Airbus’ first BelugaXL enters service

byGennette Cordova

January 13, 2020

Airbus’ first BelugaXL freighter (1853) entered service on Jan.9, as expected, two months after receiving European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Type Certification. The OEM stated that another...