MNG and ULS keen to add A330P2Fs

• Jeff Lee
• June 5, 2019
• Aircraft, All Posts

MUNICH – Turkish carriers MNG Airlines and ULS Airlines Cargo are both considering A330P2Fs to renew their Airbus freighter fleets and could introduce at least five of the freighter-converted aircraft to Turkey over the next few years. On the sidelines of Air Cargo Europe 2019, executives from MNG told Cargo Facts the carrier is planning […]

Uni-Top Airlines adds sixth A300-600F

• Caryn Livingston
• October 8, 2018
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions

Yesterday, Uni-Top Airlines took redelivery of its sixth passenger-to-freighter converted A300-600F (741, ex-China Eastern), after its conversion at the EFW facility in Dresden. The aircraft is now headed to the Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co, Ltd (GAMECO) facility for painting before it enters operations. The China-based carrier announced plans to add converted A300Fs into its […]

The distribution of widebody freighters

• David Harris
• March 5, 2018
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Express, News

Last month, we presented a detailed multi-part analysis of the widebody freighter fleets of airlines worldwide. That analysis (available here) showed that, as of the end of January 2018, seventy-three airlines operated 1,035 widebody jet freighters in commercial service, with 122 more widebody production freighters on order. While the number of freighters increased slightly over […]

The widebody freighter fleet — Part II

• David Harris
• February 13, 2018
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Conversions, Freighter Fleet Analysis, News, Strategy, Widebody Fleet Analysis

Yesterday, in Part I of this analysis of the widebody freighter fleet as it stood at the end of January 2018, we offered an overview of the entire fleet – which carriers are operating which freighters. We concluded Part I with a chart showing every airline that operates widebody jet freighters in commercial service, including […]

The widebody freighter fleet: Growing again, but slowly

• David Harris
• February 12, 2018
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Conversions, Freighter Fleet Analysis, News, Strategy, Widebody Fleet Analysis

Today we begin a multi-part analysis of the worldwide fleet of widebody jet freighters in commercial service, as of 31 January, 2018. We start with a look at the entire fleet – which carriers are operating which freighters – and in the coming days will move on to the ways in which the fleet has […]

UPS firms up options for fourteen 747F-8Fs, orders four 767Fs

• Charles Kauffman
• February 1, 2018
• Aircraft, Express, News, Strategy

Concurrent with the release of its 4Q17 earnings, Atlanta-based UPS announced two major deals with Boeing for new-build freighters. First, the company doubled-down on its commitment to large widebody freighters by converting existing options for fourteen 747-8Fs into firm orders.  Separately, the global logistics giant placed an order for four 767-300Fs, adding that like the […]

The distribution of widebody freighters — Part II

• David Harris
• March 9, 2017
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Express, News

Yesterday we began an analysis of the way the 1,002 widebody freighters currently in service are operated and how the different types of widebody freighters are distributed within the fleet by type. You can read Part I here, and today we conclude with an examination of the distribution by manufacturer, by operator type, and by geographical […]

Uni-Top takes first A300-600F… now what?

• David Harris
• August 25, 2015
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Strategy

China-based Uni-Top Airlines took redelivery of an A300-600F (763, ex-China Eastern), following conversion to freighter configuration by EFW. This is the first of seven A300-600s Uni-Top is having converted by EFW, and marks a significant change in the carrier’s strategy. Uni-Top currently operates three 747-200Fs in international service to India from its base in Wuhan, but, […]