Recent freighter aircraft transactions
The last week has seen several freighter aircraft bought, sold, leased, or transferred; and some future transactions have been announced....
Carriers
Cargo is alive and well at Etihad and American
It will be another month before first-half financial and operational results are in from most of the world’s major carriers,...
Martinair for sale? Who will buy it?
KLM was once the most respected freighter operator in the world. Does it have a future? Earlier this year we...
Another MD-11F for Western Global?
US-based lessor GECAS leased an MD-11F (48415 ex-Shanghai Airlines) to an undisclosed customer, with the freighter now “in final prep...
Brazil’s postal service seeks a stake in Rio Linhas Aéreas
Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos SA, Brazil’s state postal service, filed a request with the country’s antitrust authority to...
Astral Aviation to expand freighter fleet
Kenya-based all-cargo carrier Astral Aviation will expand its freighter fleet and also move into the passenger business. Astral will sell...
ICBC to buy 747-8 Freighters?
According to a Bloomberg report, China-based ICBC Financial Leasing Co. is in talks with Boeing about the purchase of four...
GSS hangs onto AOC by a thread
The future of embattled Global Supply Systems (GSS), the UK-based operator (49%-owned by Atlas Air) that lost British Airways’ ACMI...
