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. ➤
B767-300F
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. ➤
Asia Pacific
DHL Express ups trans-Tasman capacity with new overnight freighter
DHL Express commences a new overnight direct freighter service connecting Melbourne, Auckland, and Christchurch. ➤
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 ➤
Cool Chain
FedEx Express kicks off new Miami-Columbia B767F service
FedEx Express has begun a new six-times weekly B767-300F service between Miami (MIA) and Columbia’s Bogota and Medellin from 1 July. The service is part of what the US express company says is its “aircraft ➤
Carriers
LATAM Cargo hooks up Scandinavia, Latin America
LATAM Cargo is now the first cargo airline to offer direct service between Scandinavia and Latin America after the Chile-based carrier added Denmark’s capital of Copenhagen as its newest destination in its network. The B767-300F ➤
E-commerce
Atlas Air B767 operating for Amazon crashes outside of Houston
US Federal investigators are busy combing through wreckage of an Atlas Air B767-300F flying for Amazon Air that crashed into a bay outside Houston, killing all three people on board Saturday. The aircraft was nearing ➤
Leasing ACMI
ATSG continues to see strong demand for leased B767 Freighters
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) delivers seven leased freighters by its Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) and ATSG West Leasing subsidiaries during the fourth quarter of 2018. The Ohio, US-based company says the deliveries point to ➤
Carriers
Amazon takes delivery of 40th B767-300F with partner Atlas Air
Amazon takes delivery of its twentieth B767-300 converted freighter from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, named ‘Valor’, ahead of the peak holiday season to serve its growing customer demand. The aircraft is the 40th B767-300 converted ➤
Asia Pacific
SF Airlines continues expansion with new Shenzhen-Chennai service
SF Airlines, a division of China’s SF Express, has continued its international expansion with the start of a new B767-300F Shenzhen (SZX)-Chennai (MAA) service on 5 August tapping general cargo and consumer electronics mainly from ➤