Speakers from ATR and SF Express to speak at Cargo Facts Symposium

• Charles Kauffman
• October 4, 2019

In just a few weeks, Gilles Collaveri, asset manager & freighter director at ATR and George Li, group vice president of SF Express and president of SF Airlines will speak at  Cargo Facts Symposium 2019. Don’t miss your chance to join us Oct. 16-18 at the Intercontinental San Diego. Collaveri is currently in charge of the […]

SF Airlines adds second 747-400ERF

• Charles Kauffman
• September 9, 2019
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, E-Commerce, Features, Production Freighters

Shenzhen-based SF Airlines’ second 747-400ERF (35174, ex-Jade Cargo) has officially joined the carrier’s freighter fleet [FAT 005129]. Including the 757-200PCF (29441, ex-TUI Airways) redelivered to SF last week, the carrier’s fleet now numbers 57 freighters. The widebody freighter was one of a pair of 747-400ERFs SF won in an auction that took place on Alibaba’s […]

Express companies attempt to shift from serving as mere e-commerce delivery subcontractors

• Frederic Horst
• September 6, 2019
• Cargo Facts Consulting, Carriers, Express, Features, News, Strategy

In mid-September, Cargo Facts Consulting will publish a new report, the Global E-Commerce Logistics Outlook, to help companies craft their strategies towards a segment that has become increasingly important in logistics. This is the third of a series of articles leading up to the publication of the report that provides a window into our research.  […]

SF Airlines’ 757F fleet reaches 30 units with latest Precision redelivery

• Charles Kauffman
• September 5, 2019
• All Posts, Carriers, Conversions, Express, Narrowbody Conversions

Earlier this week, Shenzhen-based SF Airlines took redelivery of a 757-200PCF (29441, ex-TUI Airways) following conversion to freighter configuration by Precision Aircraft Solutions at the AMECO facility in Chengdu (CTU) [FAT 005119]. This is the carrier’s thirtieth 757-200F and fifty-sixth freighter. How many more 757-200Fs might be joining SF’s fleet? Cargo Facts believes the carrier […]

CFA: Lack of widebodies, slot constraints to limit Asia-Pacific air cargo growth [VIDEO]

• Charles Kauffman
• May 3, 2019
• Cargo Facts Asia, Carriers, E-Commerce, News, Video

During a roundtable panel discussion at the 8th annual Cargo Facts Asia symposium held earlier this month in Shanghai, executives from Atlas Air and YTO Express discussed the most pressing bottlenecks to growth of the Asia-Pacific air cargo market and freighter fleet. Although airport slot shortages are certainly an issue, limited widebody freighter capacity could […]

Freighter orders, deliveries slow in 1Q19

• Caryn Livingston and Charles Kauffman
• May 2, 2019
• Capacity & Demand, Conversions, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News

Freighter orders and deliveries fell 5.6% last quarter to 14 deliveries and redeliveries of production freighters and freighter conversions, Cargo Facts reports. Cargo Facts tracks global freighter aircraft transactions in its FAT database here. Starting with orders for production and converted freighters during 1Q19, totals were significantly slower than during 1Q18, when fifty-two orders or […]

Cargo Facts Asia: SF Airlines targeting 100 large freighters by 2022

• Caryn Livingston and Charles Kauffman
• April 17, 2019
• All Posts, Cargo Facts Asia, Express

SHANGHAI – China’s fastest-growing express carrier, SF Express, is planning to grow its widebody freighter fleet from just eight units today to more than 100 by 2022, according to remarks from George Li, VP, SF Express, during a presentation this morning at Cargo Facts Asia.   The expanded freighter fleet will play into SF’s three-tier aviation […]

Speakers from Cainiao, Finnair Cargo join Cargo Facts Asia speaker faculty

• Charles Kauffman
• March 25, 2019
• All Posts, Cargo Facts Asia

The lineup of air cargo industry visionaries speaking at Cargo Facts Asia 2019 in Shanghai has recently expanded to include Terry Xie, head of linehaul & planning, Cainiao and Fredrik Wildtgrube, head of global sales, Finnair Cargo. Cargo Facts Asia 2019 will be held 15-17 April at the Langham Shanghai. For more information, or to register, […]