Freighter aircraft transactions from mid-June through mid-July
Every week in Cargo Facts Update, we include a list of recent freighter aircraft transactions, and then a comprehensive summary...
Carriers
Volga-Dnepr moves world’s largest engine, 777X developments continue
Russia-based outsize and heavylift specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines transported the “world’s largest engine,” General Electric’s GE9X, from Victorville, California to Ohio...
2018: The year of the 777F?
So far this year, FedEx has taken delivery of two 777Fs (40683, 41440) from Boeing, and has announced an order...
Changes in Latitude: Latin America’s economy reverses years of cargo stagnation
Ten pallets of papayas are sitting in an industrial-sized refrigerator in one of the cool-chain facilities at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão...
FAA changes flight-hour policy for pilots in training, challenges lie ahead
Last week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made changes to the “Omnibus” final training rule, and will now allow...
NCA re-launches its first 747-F following government inspection
Today, Nippon Cargo Airlines’ first of eleven 747-Fs (36141) – resumed service with a roundtrip flight between Tokyo Narita (NRT)...
First NCA aircraft returns to service
On 4 July, Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) announced that a single 747-8F (36141) passed a government safety audit, and was...
Are security measures neutralizing airfreight’s chief asset?
Brandon Fried is the executive director of the U.S. Airforwarders Association “We live and die by the clock. We never...
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