Production freighters outnumber conversion redeliveries in August

• Charles Kauffman
• September 23, 2019
• Aircraft, Conversions, Equipment, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, Narrowbody Conversions, News, Production Freighters, Widebody Conversions

Despite being a comparatively slow month for freighter aircraft transactions (FATs) with just 26 transactions logged in August, compared to 51 in July, it was a busy month for production freighter deliveries. Boeing delivered a total of five widebody freighters to express carriers with FedEx adding two 777Fs and two 767-300Fs, and UPS adding a […]

Air Atlanta Icelandic acquires second EVA 747F

• Jeff Lee
• August 23, 2019
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, Conversions, Features, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News, Strategy, Widebody Conversions

Air Atlanta Icelandic has acquired a 747‑400BDSF (27899) from EVA Air [FAT 005104]. The aircraft was ferried from Jakarta (CGK), where it had been stored, to Liège (LGG). Air Atlanta Icelandic told Cargo Facts that this is the second of two 747-400BDSFs recently purchased from the Taiwan-based carrier, confirming our previous suggestion that the Icelandic […]

Widebody freighter transactions accelerate during first half of May

• Caryn Livingston and Charles Kauffman
• May 27, 2019
• Freighter Aircraft Transactions

During the first fifteen days of May 2019, Cargo Facts recorded a total of fifteen freighter aircraft transactions, up three transactions month-over-month from April. In a major shift from last month, transactions involving widebody freighters represented 80% of the transactions during this period (twelve units) compared to just five units last month. Below, we include […]

Air Atlanta Icelandic preparing for a future post-747 ops

• Charles Kauffman
• January 9, 2019
• All Posts

ACMI and charter airline Air Atlanta Icelandic said it would enact a series of fleet modernization initiatives in the coming years as its ageing 747s exit service, the company announced in a statement yesterday, concurrently with a number of organizational changes. Although clear replacement options have emerged for passenger-configured 747-400s, Air Atlanta Icelandic’s freighter fleet […]

Freighter aircraft transactions through mid-August

• Caryn Livingston
• August 15, 2018
• Aircraft, All Posts, Conversions, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News

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 […]

Freighter aircraft transactions from mid-June through mid-July

• Caryn Livingston
• July 11, 2018
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, News

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 […]

Saudia Cargo’s refleet continues

• David Harris
• April 13, 2015
• Aircraft, Carriers

Air Atlanta Icelandic acquired a 747-400ERF (32867, ex-Air France) and will operate it on an ACMI basis for Saudia Cargo. This is part of a refleeting program forced on Saudia Cargo under a recently announced directive from the Saudi Arabian aviation authority requiring the Kingdom’s carriers to remove all aircraft over twenty years old from […]

Saudia’s first 777F

• David Harris
• February 5, 2015
• Video

As we recently reported, Saudia Cargo is in the process of re-fleeting, a program which began with retiring the carrier’s long-serving MD-11Fs (now all parked). The first of the replacements for these aircraft has now broken cover, as Cargo Facts can report that the first 777F for Saudia is on the flight line at Paine […]