Digital bookings on the rise, but are sales stuck in analog?

• Charles Kauffman
• February 19, 2020
• Capacity & Demand, Cargo Facts EMEA, Carriers, Editorial, News

Digitalization of the cargo sales and booking process was a popular discussion topic at this year’s Cargo Facts EMEA, held earlier this month in Frankfurt. While interfacing with online booking platforms like cargo.one and Freightos’ WebCargo is a practice gaining traction among carriers, human sales agents are still central to the process. “We have a […]

ANA Cargo to suspend own-operated 777F transpacific service

• Jeff Lee
• January 23, 2020
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Equipment, News, Production Freighters, Strategy

Japan-based ANA Cargo will stop flying its two 777Fs on its only own-operated transpacific route between Tokyo (NRT) and Chicago (ORD) starting March 29, according to the carrier’s newly released 2020 schedule. The timetable shows the only service to be operated by ANA’s 777F aircraft starting March 29 will be between NRT and Shanghai (PVG), a […]

17 Asia-Pacific fleet additions in 2019

• Jeff Lee
• December 13, 2019
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions, Production Freighters, Strategy, Widebody Conversions

Earlier this week, we looked at how the freighter fleet in mainland China has grown in 2019. As the year draws to a close, here’s an overview of the seventeen freighter aircraft that were added to carriers based elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region over the course of the year. [Note: for the purposes of this […]

UPS adds second leased 767-300BDSF

• Jeff Lee
• November 22, 2019
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News, Widebody Conversions

Atlanta-based UPS has received its second 767-300BDSF (28039, ex-Air Italy), on lease from Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), the leasing division of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) [FAT 005159]. This is also the third freighter-converted 767-300F to be dry-leased to UPS from CAM. Unit 28039 was converted by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in Tel Aviv (TLV) and […]

CAM receives second ex-ANA 767BCF to be placed with UPS

• Jeff Lee
• November 18, 2019
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, News, Widebody Conversions

Air Transport Services Group’s (ATSG) leasing arm Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has taken redelivery of the second 767-300BCF (24632) it acquired from Japanese carrier ANA Cargo and plans to lease to Atlanta-based UPS. The aircraft was ferried from Tokyo (HND) to Wilmington (ILN) via Anchorage (ANC), arriving on the morning of Nov. 15. Unit 24632, which […]

ANA Cargo puts own-operated 777F into trans-Pacific service

• Jeff Lee
• October 29, 2019
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, News, Production Freighters, Strategy

Japan-based ANA Cargo today commenced long-haul freighter operations with its own 777F aircraft. The carrier deployed its second of two 777Fs (65757) for the first flight on the new route between Tokyo (NRT) and Chicago (ORD). ANA Cargo told Cargo Facts that today’s inaugural flight carried approximately 80 tonnes of freight, consisting mainly of cars, […]

UPS continues fleet growth with double delivery

• Jeff Lee
• October 28, 2019
• Aircraft, Carriers, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News, Production Freighters, Strategy

As part of the continued growth of its freighter fleet, UPS Airlines has taken delivery of a 747-8F (64264) and a 767-300F (65907), flying them away from the Boeing factory on the same day [FATs 005218-005219]. With this double delivery, UPS has so far received ten aircraft in 2019. Unit 64264, which is UPS’ fourteenth […]

Ex-ANA Cargo 767-300BCF bound for UPS fleet

• Charles Kauffman
• October 10, 2019
• Aircraft, Conversions, Equipment, News, Widebody Conversions

A 767-300BCF (25136) Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) agreed to acquire from ANA Cargo earlier this year will soon be dry-leased to UPS. The aircraft currently carries a CAM registration (N327CM) but is in the process of being re-registered as N394UP, according to an update in the FAA registry. This is the third of four CAM-owned […]