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. ➤
MRO & Conversion
Logistics - 345PL
Kuehne+Nagel shifts gears into P2F conversion logistics
Kuehne+Nagel is tapping its KN InteriorChain logistics service in developing an integrated end-to-end solution to support passenger to freighter (P2F) conversions. ➤
Asia Pacific
SF Airlines brings fleet to 61 with another B757-200 P2F
SF Airlines, the air carrier division of China’s SF Express, has taken delivery of its latest B757-200F converted freighter. ➤
Aircraft Manufacturers
Boeing opens two more P2F conversion lines in Asia
Boeing is opening two additional lines for B737/B767 passenger to freighter (P2F) conversions in Guangzhou, China, and Singapore. The move is based on what Boeing says is “strong market demand,” as the US air-framer announced ➤
Asia Pacific
U-Freight seeing MRO project activity despite Covid-19
Hong Kong-based freight forwarder and logistics company, U-Freight says project activity for airline repair companies has been holding up despite the pandemic dampener. U-Freight says the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a significant reduction in movements ➤
Asia Pacific
Cathay Pacific’s first B777 ‘preighter’ takes flight
Cathay Pacific Cargo joins the ‘preighter’ club with the first of two B777 passenger aircraft converted to all-cargo through the removal of passenger seats. With the seats removed in the Economy and Premium Economy cabins, ➤
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 ➤
Asia Pacific
E-commerce demand sees DHL Express add four B767-300BCFs
DHL Express is adding four B767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) as part of the global logistics company’s efforts to continue modernising and growing its fleet. The four aircraft will enter service in 2021. Driven by ➤
Asia Pacific
ST Engineering receives approval for aircraft drone inspections
ST Engineering receives regulatory approval for its in-house developed drone solution, DroScan to carry out General Visual Inspection (GVI) during aircraft maintenance at its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities in Singapore. The approval was ➤
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 ➤
