Amazon dominates June Freighter Aircraft Transactions activity

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• July 13, 2020
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, Narrowbody Conversions, News, Production Freighters, Strategy, Widebody Conversions

Amazon dominated the narrowbody freighter aircraft transactions (FATs) recorded by Cargo Facts for the month of June, having taken redelivery of four 737-800BCFs on lease from GECAS and placed them with Sun Country Airlines to be CMI-operated. By number of freighters, this was more than any other carrier or operator had received. Other highlights include […]

Crisis could diversify next-gen narrowbody leasing market

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• July 8, 2020
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions, Narrowbody Fleet Analysis, News, Strategy

Minneapolis (MSP) is not a base for all-cargo carriers, and yet a freshly painted 737-800BCF (32605, ex-Hainan Airlines) landed at the airport on June 26, having arrived empty from Everett (PAE). The aircraft had arrived in Everett in early June after conversion to freighter configuration by Boeing in China. In the past three months, GECAS, […]

More 737-800BCFs for Amazon Air

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• June 11, 2020
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Narrowbody Conversions, News

At least nine more 737-800BCFs are on their way to join Amazon Air, Cargo Facts has discovered. The e-tailer has already added to its fleet four 737s since late April. Sun Country Airlines is committed to operating six more 737-800BCFs on a CMI basis for Amazon, which is leasing them from GECAS. But beyond those […]

Operator mix expands with new own-controlled networks

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• May 29, 2020
• Aircraft, All Posts, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions, News

The number of carriers operating on a CMI-basis on behalf of e-commerce and/or express companies in the United States grew by two in the first half of the year, with Phoenix-headquartered iAero Airways and Minneapolis-based Sun Country Airlines becoming the second and third U.S.-based 737-800Fs operators, respectively. In early May, DHL added iAero as a new […]

Sun Country launches Amazon 737-800F ops

• Jeff Lee
• May 11, 2020
• Aircraft, Carriers, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions, News

Sun Country Airlines has started flying 737-800BCFs for Amazon, making the airline the third operator of the 737-800F in the U.S. Sun Country brought the first aircraft (32348, ex-Pegasus) to its base in Minneapolis (MSP) on April 22, after it had been ferried from Shanghai (PVG) to Everett (PAE) in March upon conversion. A test […]

First 737-800BDSF begins flying with DHL

• Jeff Lee
• May 6, 2020
• Aircraft, Carriers, Conversions, Editorial, Equipment, Express, Narrowbody Conversions, News, Strategy

In a series of firsts, the freshly certified 737-800BDSF has entered service with DHL Express and begun its first scheduled operations with the integrator. The first aircraft of its type to start regular flying anywhere in the world, unit 30498 (ex-Transaero Airlines) is also the first 737-800 to be converted by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). […]

Amazon Air to hand over first 737-800BCF to Sun Country Air

• Charles Kauffman
• March 24, 2020
• Aircraft, All Posts, Conversions, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions

Even as demand for passenger travel falters amid the Covid-19 outbreak, low-cost carrier Sun Country Air will soon be adding flights — not to carry passengers, but rather to haul cargo on behalf of Amazon Air. On March 22, a 737-800BCF (32348, ex-Pegasus) departed Shanghai (PVG) for Everett (PAE) ahead of redelivery to GECAS [FAT […]

Sun Country Air to operate ten 737-800BCFs for Amazon

• Charles Kauffman
• December 17, 2019
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Equipment, Narrowbody Conversions, News

Minneapolis-based low-cost carrier Sun Country Air has agreed to operate ten 737-800BCFs on a CMI-basis for Amazon for a period of six years. The carrier will become Amazon’s third ACMI operator in the United States after Air Transport Services Group and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings. Amazon will lease all ten 737-800BCFs from GECAS, and transfer […]