ASL Airlines Belgium to lease China Airlines 747-400F

• Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee
• October 25, 2019
• Carriers, Exclusive, Production Freighters

A 747-400F (30762, ex-China Airlines) will soon join the ASL Airlines Belgium fleet, Cargo Facts has learned [FAT 005217]. Previously the aircraft had been in long-term storage at Victorville (VCV), where China Airlines has two other 747-400Fs in storage (30760 and 30761). The reactivation pushes the stored 747-400F fleet even lower. Cargo Facts estimates there are now just four 747-400F […]

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 […]

Turkish takes a sixth 777F

• Charles Kauffman
• October 3, 2019
• Aircraft, Equipment, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News, Production Freighters

On Oct. 1, Turkish Cargo took delivery of a 777F from Boeing (66578) [FAT 005155]. This was Boeing’s fourth 777F delivery this week following two deliveries to Qatar, and one to DHL Express on Sep. 30. For Turkish, the incoming widebody freighter was one of three 777Fs the carrier had on order with Boeing. Previously, […]

Boeing delivers a trio of 777Fs in a single day, buoying 3Q deliveries

• Charles Kauffman
• October 1, 2019
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Equipment, Production Freighters

On Sep. 30,  Everett Paine Field (PAE) resembled Memphis (MEM) with the frequency of 777F departures . Over the course of a single day, Boeing delivered three 777Fs to two different carriers. While we recall double-deliveries in the past, three large widebody freighters in a single day appears to be a record for Boeing. Production […]

Boeing delivers FedEx’s 43rd 777F

• Charles Kauffman
• September 24, 2019
• Aircraft, Equipment, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News, Production Freighters

On Sept. 20, FedEx took delivery of a 777F (40672) from Boeing [FAT 005143]. The aircraft is FedEx’s 43rd 777F. According to the integrator’s latest Stat Book, as of August 2019, FedEx was committed to purchase sixteen 777Fs. Following the recent delivery, 777F commitments stand at fifteen units. We note that this figure varies slightly from […]

Production freighters outnumber conversion redeliveries in August

• Charles Kauffman
• September 23, 2019
• Aircraft, Conversions, Equipment, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, Narrowbody Conversions, News, Production Freighters, Widebody Conversions

Despite being a comparatively slow month for freighter aircraft transactions (FATs) with just 26 transactions logged in August, compared to 51 in July, it was a busy month for production freighter deliveries. Boeing delivered a total of five widebody freighters to express carriers with FedEx adding two 777Fs and two 767-300Fs, and UPS adding a […]

FedEx to park or retire 35 freighters on express headwinds, severed Amazon ties

• Charles Kauffman
• September 18, 2019
• Aircraft, Carriers, Equipment, Express, News, Production Freighters

Concurrent with the release of its 1QFY20 earnings, FedEx announced plans to park or retire the equivalent of up to thirty-five MD-10-10F, A310-300F and MD11F aircraft by the end of its next fiscal year. The company blamed weaker than expected express demand on trade friction and other macroeconomic influences battering the industrial sector. FedEx also […]

ATSG will start flying for Amazon 767Fs previously operated by Atlas

• Charles Kauffman
• September 13, 2019
• Aircraft, Business, Carriers, Conversions, E-Commerce, Equipment, Exclusive, News, Widebody Conversions

Amazon is shifting 767-300Fs from Atlas Air to ATSG affiliate carrier Air Transport International (ATI) for CMI flying, Cargo Facts has learned. Although Atlas’ leasing affiliate, Titan Aviation Holdings, will continue to lease nineteen freighter-converted 767-300Fs to Amazon, CMI operations for at least two aircraft will be “assigned by Amazon to another provider,” Atlas confirmed […]