Top 25 carrier rankings scrambled by fleet changes

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• August 12, 2020
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Editorial, Equipment, Features, Freighter Fleet Analysis, Logistics, News, Production Freighters, Strategy, Widebody Conversions

While the mix of carriers in the top-five bracket remained the same in 2019, the order in which they are ranked looks very different compared to a year ago, thanks to changes to their freighter fleets.  In our list of Top 25 Carriers by total FTKs, the top five leaders collectively added a net of twenty-three freighters in 2019. The […]

IAI redelivers two 767-300BDSFs to CAM

• Jeff Lee
• June 2, 2020
• Carriers, Editorial, Equipment, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News, Strategy, Widebody Conversions

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has redelivered two freshly converted 767-300BDSFs to Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), the leasing arm of ATSG, after another 767-300 (29429, ex-American), arrived May 28 at IAI’s facility in Tel Aviv (TLV) to undergo conversion into freighter configuration [FATs 005443-005446]. The first of the two freighters (29229, ex-LATAM), which arrived at TLV in August […]

CFA 2020: COVID-19 presents new Asia-Pacific airfreight challenges

• Caryn Livingston
• April 21, 2020
• Cargo Facts Asia, Carriers

After Asia-Pacific airfreight was challenged to adjust to the U.S.-China trade war in 2019 and early 2020, the new difficulties stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic have required different responses from industry operators. During the opening fireside chat of Cargo Facts Asia 2020, Toshiya Tamada, executive vice president of global marketing and sales at ANA […]

The new Cargo Facts Asia 2020 virtual agenda is live

• Jeff Lee
• March 26, 2020
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Cargo Facts Asia, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Events, Express, Logistics, News, Production Freighters

Cargo Facts has released an updated agenda for the ninth edition of Cargo Facts Asia, which will take place Apr. 21-22 as a digital event. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to our decision to change the format of the event and we believe the virtual experience will make it both safer and easier for our […]

ANA Cargo hands over third 767-300BCF to CAM

• Charles Kauffman
• March 4, 2020
• Aircraft, All Posts, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, News, Widebody Conversions

Japan-based ANA Cargo transferred a 767-300BCF (24400) to Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), the leasing arm of ATSG. The aircraft was ferried from Tokyo (HND) to Wilmington (ILN) via Anchorage (ANC), arriving March 2 [FAT 005098]. This is the third 767-300BCF ANA Cargo sold to CAM as part of an August 2019 agreement. Following conformity, the aircraft […]

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 […]