Listen: Sustainable engines, inoperative engines and widebody competition
In this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider...
Engines
737-800 engines may pose challenge for freighter conversions
SAN DIEGO — The availability of good CFM56 engines for 737-800 conversions may be limited in the short term as...
Engine Noise: Will costly mods reshape engine market share for narrowbody freighters?
With redeliveries of the previous generation of narrowbody freighters humming along, even as new types become available, there has never...
SmartLynx CEO Surintas to speak at Cargo Facts Symposium 2021
Zygimantas Surintas, CEO and board member of Latvia-headquartered ACMI carrier SmartLynx Airlines, will speak at Cargo Facts Symposium 2021. As...
ATSG and GA Telesis form JV to build engine hospital
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) and GA Telesis plan to form a joint venture company that will establish an engine...
New round of retirements prompts second look at 757 conversions
Aircraft traders and operators of freighter-converted 757-200s that had looked beyond the platform to newer types or larger-gauge aircraft are circling back...
Listen: 777 freighter unaffected as Pratt-powered airframes face grounding
Two unrelated instances of engine failure occurred over the weekend involving different models of Pratt & Whitney engines powering a...
Boeing 777 Engine Blast Spurs Grounding of Some Older Jets
Airlines grounded dozens of older Boeing Co. 777 aircraft after the failure of a Pratt & Whitney engine showered debris...
