Freighters carry medical aid from China to Europe

• Jeff Lee
• March 25, 2020
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Logistics, Narrowbody Conversions, News, Production Freighters, Strategy, Widebody Conversions

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens in Europe, a plethora of medical equipment and aid is now being flown in from China by a range of freighter aircraft, whether production, converted or makeshift. ASL Airlines Belgium is currently operating ten flights a week using 747-400Fs between Liege and China. While these flights transported medical supplies from […]

DHL-Ethiopian JV plans additional growth, but does that mean additional freighters?

• Jeff Lee
• September 24, 2019
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Narrowbody Conversions, Production Freighters, Strategy

DHL-Ethiopian Airlines Logistics Services, the joint venture between DHL Global Forwarding and Ethiopian Airlines, is looking to expand its operations in Ethiopia and has appointed Berhanu Kassa as its general manager. Kassa was previously director of logistics services at Ethiopian. While the JV isn’t solely focused on air logistics, this particular mode will be especially […]

Ethiopian Airlines nearing an order for more 737-800SFs

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• July 19, 2019
• Carriers, Features, Narrowbody Conversions, News

Now that Ethiopian Airlines has successfully put the first of two 737-800SFs into regional service, the carrier is nearing an order for two more of the aircraft type, sources close to the carrier tell Cargo Facts. Although a deal has not yet been inked, Ethiopian Cargo is expected to soon finalize a deal for two […]

Ethiopian Airlines takes delivery of its 10th 777F

• Caryn Livingston
• July 1, 2019
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, Features, Freighter Aircraft Transactions

Last week, Ethiopian Airlines announced on social media that it had taken delivery of its tenth 777F, MSN 65477, which was ferried from Boeing’s Paine Field (PAE) to Addis Ababa (ADD) [FAT 005028]. While Ethiopian’s cargo division has taken redelivery of at least two converted freighters so far this year, this is the first production […]

Freighter aircraft transactions through the end of March

• Caryn Livingston
• April 1, 2019
• Freighter Aircraft Transactions

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 […]

The first 7 operators of 737 NG freighters

• Caryn Livingston and Charles Kauffman
• March 22, 2019
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, News, Video

Earlier this week, Atran Airlines, the express carrier subsidiary of Russia-based Volga Dnepr Group, announced it successfully added its first 737-800BCF to its AOC (32616, ex-Nok Air), on lease from GECAS. Atran has become the seventh 737 NG operator, since Bedek redelivered the first freighter-converted 737-700 in September 2017. Today, there are three active conversion […]

Freighter aircraft transactions mid-February to mid-March

• Caryn Livingston
• March 15, 2019
• All Posts, Freighter Aircraft Transactions

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 […]

Will 737 MAX 8 concerns impact freighter conversion market?

• Charles Kauffman
• March 12, 2019
• All Posts, Carriers

Last Sunday, an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 departed Addis Ababa at 8:44 a.m. local time on flight ET 302, and had yet to reach cruising altitude when after just six minutes, the Nairobi-bound aircraft lost communication with air traffic controllers. Minutes later, the aircraft crashed, killing all 157 people on board. Although on the […]