Garuda keen to expand freighter ops

• Jeff Lee
• October 4, 2019
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Conversions, News, Strategy

As e-commerce continues to drive airfreight growth, Garuda Indonesia could grow its freighter fleet to eight units by the end of next year. The Indonesian carrier told local media outlet Kontan that it has already been using three freighters this year. Garuda said that it plans to add both A330Fs for international routes and 737-800Fs […]

Atlas says Southern to begin flying 2 Amazon 737-800Fs this month

• Caryn Livingston
• May 1, 2019
• Earnings

Atlas Air Worldwide’s Southern Air subsidiary will begin flying two 737-800Fs on a CMI basis for Amazon Air this month, Atlas President and CEO Bill Flynn said today during the company’s first quarter 2019 earnings call. Those two aircraft are among five that Southern Air will begin flying for Amazon this year, and potentially among […]

Cargo Facts Asia: 2 fast-growing Asian express carriers pursuing ACMI

• Caryn Livingston and Charles Kauffman
• April 16, 2019
• All Posts, Cargo Facts Asia, Express

SHANGHAI – Tianjin Air Cargo and Juneyao Air Logistics, two fast-growing Chinese express carriers, will consider ACMI leasing of widebody and narrowbody freighter aircraft, respectively, the companies said at today's eighth annual Cargo Facts Asia here. Although carriers serving the e-commerce fueled express markets would ultimately prefer to control their own long-haul capacity, panelists agreed […]

The narrowbody freighter fleet part II: 737 NG conversions enter the fleet

• Caryn Livingston
• April 5, 2019
• Features, Freighter Fleet Analysis, Narrowbody Conversions, Narrowbody Fleet Analysis

Today we continue our three-part analysis of the worldwide fleet of narrowbody jet freighters with a look at active and emerging conversion programs for the narrowbody freighter types currently available and set to enter the market in late 2019 and early 2020. In part III next week, we will break down the fleet on a […]

Freighter aircraft transactions through the end of March

• Caryn Livingston
• April 1, 2019
• Freighter Aircraft Transactions

Every week in Cargo Facts Update, we include a list of recent freighter aircraft transactions, and then a comprehensive summary in the monthly issue of Cargo Facts. Each reference to a freighter aircraft transaction (FAT) in our publications contains a unique FAT code linked to the FAT database on the CargoFacts.com website. This database is […]

CF EMEA 2019: PEMCO announces 737-700F launch customer

• Caryn Livingston
• February 6, 2019
• Cargo Facts EMEA, Conversions

FRANKFURT – Today at the first-ever Cargo Facts EMEA conference, held this year at the Westin Grand Frankfurt, Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services subsidiary PEMCO Conversions announced a launch customer for its full-freighter 737-700 conversion program. PEMCO originally launched passenger-to-freighter and passenger-to-combi 737-700 programs at the 2017 Cargo Facts Asia event in Shanghai. At the […]

Spectre refinances 737 NG freighters in what may be a trend of freighter financing

• Caryn Livingston
• January 22, 2019
• Aircraft, All Posts

US-based Spectre Cargo Solutions, through its Irish affiliate NGF Genesis Limited, closed its first round of a long-term senior debt facility led by Erste Bank, Spectre announced yesterday. The debt facility will be used to refinance seven 737-700 and -800 converted freighters under the management of NGF Genesis and on lease to multiple operators. Spectre […]

Top 5 freighter aircraft transactions of 2018

• Caryn Livingston
• December 24, 2018
• Freighter Aircraft Transactions

Season’s greetings from Cargo Facts! Many of our readers are spending today at home with family and friends, rather than at the office. But the holidays are also a good time to reflect over the year just past. Today, enjoy a look back at some of the highlights of this year’s freighter aircraft transactions. With […]