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GE Nears Deal With AerCap to Create Behemoth Aircraft Lessor

Minneapolis (MSP) is not a base for all-cargo carriers, and yet a freshly painted 737-800BCF (32605, ex-Hainan Airlines) landed at ...

Pos Malaysia relaunches freighter operations with 737-400F

byJeff Lee

June 24, 2020

Malaysian postal and aviation group Pos Malaysia has restarted own-controlled freighter operations with an owned 737-400F (25099, ex-Alaska Airlines) . ...

Cargo being loaded onto the passenger deck of a 767-300

Boeing counters capacity crunch with pax mods

byCharles Kauffman

May 20, 2020

The Boeing modification team has developed solutions for airlines that facilitate cargo carriage on passenger aircraft, reflecting the reality that ...

Robert Convey, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Aeronautical Engineers, Inc., Wolfgang Schmid, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at EFW, Jens Steinhagen, Interim Director of Freighter Conversions at Boeing and Zach Young, Director of Sales at 321 Precision Conversions/Precision Aircraft Solutions at Cargo Facts Asia 2020.

CFA 2020: Idled aircraft to become conversion feedstock

byCaryn Livingston

April 23, 2020

The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on passenger aircraft operations is a surprising boon to operators and lessors searching ...

CFA 2020: Industry nuances to limit new entrants to freighter leasing

byJeff Lee

April 22, 2020

Ongoing growth in the air cargo industry and freighter operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic may not extend to new entrants ...

Unit 28038, Cargo Air's latest 737-400 to be converted into freighter configuration.

Narrowbody fleet shaped by feedstock and FAA constraints

byCharles Kauffman and Jeff Lee

April 14, 2020

The year since we last tallied the narrowbody fleet has been full of unexpected twists and turns that have affected ...

Central Airlines continues to build 737-800F fleet

Central Airlines receives first 737-300F

byJeff Lee

April 14, 2020

China’s newest cargo carrier, Central Airlines, has received its first fully painted aircraft. The 737-300F (25998, ex-Suparna Airlines), acquired by the company ...