Carriers
Amazon makes aircraft purchase foray with 11 B767s
E-commerce and logistics giant, Amazon announces its first-ever purchase of eleven B767-300 aircraft for conversion into freighters for its in-house cargo airline. ➤
Leasing ACMI
Airports
Cargojet expands ACMI services with DHL Express
Cargojet expands its dedicated ACMI aircraft agreement with DHL Express with the addition of three international routes. ➤
Carriers
ATSG delivers B767 dry lease freighter to MasAir
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) delivers a B767-300 converted freighter to Mexico’s Aerotransportes Mas de Carga (MasAir). The aircraft is going to MasAir under a five-year dry lease agreement with ATSG subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management ➤
Europe & CIS
Aircraft Finance Germany signs for two B737-800BCFs
Driven by strong near and long-term express cargo demand, Aircraft Finance Germany (AFG) is purchasing two B737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF). Based on the Boeing Next-Generation B737NG, the B737-800BCF offers operators newer technology, lower fuel ➤
E-commerce
ATSG to lease a dozen more B767 freighters to Amazon
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) announces an agreement to lease 12 additional B767-300 converted freighter aircraft to Amazon.com Services for its rapidly growing Prime Air air logistics division. ATSG – a leading provider of medium, ➤
Leasing ACMI
GECAS delivers B777-300ER to IAI for P2F conversion
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) delivers a B777-300ER to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the prototype passenger-to-freighter conversion for the ‘Big Twin’ programme announced last October. Ferrying from Dubai, the aircraft arrived in Tel Aviv ➤
Carriers
Atlas reactivates parked freighters amid Covid-19 demand surge
On the back of strong air freight demand Atlas Air Worldwide is reactivating three of its parked B747 converted freighters and is also now operating a B777F that was previously in its dry-leasing business. Atlas ➤
Carriers
Atlas Air donates two China-US uplifts of critical PPE
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings through its Atlas Air arm donates air cargo transport to NYU Langone Health for critical personal protective equipment (PPE) from China. Two flights were operated for this mission, including one from ➤
Carriers
Atlas Air Worldwide provides crucial Covid-19 support
Atlas Air Worldwide today confirmed its ongoing commitment to the fight against coronavirus, including coordination with the President’s Coronavirus Task Force, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Flexport.org’s Frontline Responders Fund, country governments and global ➤
Carriers
ATSG subsidiary wins US Postal sorting facility contract
Air Transport Services Group, (ATSG) says its subsidiary, LGSTX Services, has been awarded a contract with the US Postal Service (USPS) to design, install and operate a Surface Transfer Center (STC) in Aurora, Illinois. The ➤
