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Cargo Facts Connect

Cargo Facts Connect addresses all things freighters and aircraft. Connect delves into what"s new in freighter transactions, belly capacity trends, conversion activity and aircraft finance. Brought to you by Cargo Facts, long the industry"s leading information resource on freighter aircraft, Cargo Facts Connect gets you inside the freighter business. Cargo Facts has been the newsletter of record of the air cargo and freighter aircraft industries for over 40 years. Cargo Facts, published by Royal

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17:03

Crestone strengthens freighter, engine footprint

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2024/11/12

Crestone Air Partners plans to continue enlarging its presence in the freighter and engine markets.The Denver-based lessor has grown its portfolio to about $500 million in assets under management since becoming an independent subsidiary of Air T in July 2022. That portfolio includes freighter and passenger aircraft and engines as well as landing gear, Crestone Chief Executive Kevin Milligan says in this week’s episode of “Cargo Facts Connect.”The lessor started its freighter activities by

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17:39

ATSG’s Berger bullish on expansion strategy

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2024/10/26

ATSG Chief Executive Mike Berger is looking forward to receiving the group’s first A330P2F even as demand for 767 freighters remains solid.Over the past year, carriers in countries including Georgia and Uzbekistan have entered the medium-widebody market and grown using 767s from ATSG’s leasing arm, CAM.“The thing that we’re very keenly aware of is how much capacity can be absorbed into this market,” Berger said in a fireside chat at Cargo Facts Symposium 2024 in San Diego last week. “And

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15:34

Lessors navigate narrowbody freighter market challenges

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2024/10/22

Prolonged strong demand from the passenger segment for narrowbody aircraft and engines is still creating a challenging freighter leasing market, especially on 737-800s, speakers on a panel agreed at Cargo Facts Symposium 2024 in San Diego last week.The panel on freighter aircraft and engine leasing, moderated by Mylene Scholnick, senior manager and head of worldwide fleet and carriers at Amazon Global Air, discussed recent trends and developments in the segment, including market saturation

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16:05

TAAG Angola eager to grow with African cargo market

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2024/09/27

TAAG Angola Airlines is keen to capitalize on the potential of the African market to grow its cargo business, having brought on an industry veteran and introduced its first 737NG freighter into operation less than a year ago.TAAG took delivery of a 2003-vintage 737-800BCF (33552, ex-Ryanair) on lease from BBAM in September 2023, but had not yet put it into service when the carrier appointed David Ambridge as director of cargo and mail that November. Ambridge helped put the freighter to work

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19:13

Pascan Aviation enters freighter market with Saab 340BF

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2024/09/13

Canadian regional carrier Pascan Aviation will soon become the first Saab 340B freighter operator in the country after recently entering the dedicated cargo segment.Pascan began a fleet changeover to passenger Saab 340Bs during the pandemic and has carried cargo on its passenger flights since operations began in 1999. Only recently did it give serious consideration to the freighter market and ended up with a deal to fly a Saab 340B freighter for a customer, President and Chief Executive

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11:54

Aeros dirigible platforms to serve as aerial drone hubs

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2024/08/31

Airship manufacturer Aeros plans to launch two multi-role airships to deliver large payloads globally while serving as aerial hubs for cargo drones.The smaller of the two airships, the Aeroscraft ML866, can carry up to 66 tonnes of payload up to 3,100 miles, while the larger ML868 is expected to carry up to 250 tonnes over a range of 6,200 miles, Aeros Chief Executive and Chief Engineer Igor Pasternak says in this week’s episode of “Cargo Facts Connect,” recorded at the 2024 FAA Drone and

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13:33

De Havilland’s bulk and LCD Dash 8 freighters to come...

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2024/08/16

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is progressing past the engineering phase for its bulk and large-cargo-door conversions for the Dash 8-400, and plans to certify the programs in 2025.The two new products build on De Havilland’s Dash 8-400 Quick Change conversion, for which it recently obtained Transport Canada certification.“We feel that there’s significant market potential in the regional space to connect Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities into main distribution hubs for cargo carriers,” Vice

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21:08

AeroUnion, Avianca on freighter fleet upgrade

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2024/08/02

AeroUnion in June started flying its first A330-300P2F as part of a fleet renewal and collaboration strategy between it and Avianca Cargo.AeroUnion has based the 2006-vintage unit 791 (ex-SmartLynx) in Mexico City (NLU) for flights within Mexico and to Colombia and the United States, including some on an ACMI basis for the Colombia-based Avianca Cargo.“We are really happy to welcome the new technology to our company because it’s a radical turnover to our numbers in terms of ability and

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17:34

ATSG leadership on group’s new direction

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2024/07/19

ATSG is bullish about its growth strategy after a series of changes that culminated with Chief Executive Mike Berger’s appointment June 4. As part of the leadership change, Jeffrey Dominick became ATSG’s president June 4 after more than seven years as a board member, bringing his Wall Street background to the role. Dominick’s goal for 2024 is to help continue to position ATSG to evolve further, whether on the asset, customer or capital side, he told Cargo Facts during a visit this week to

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13:32

Modern Logistics’ Koga at Cargo Facts LATAM 2024

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2024/05/31

Brazil added its second 737NG freighter operator this year when Modern Logistics began flying the type, even as some of the country’s other carriers take on more Classics.Modern Logistics is undergoing a transformation to grow its presence in the logistics industry.“Part of this investment plan was to bring new aircraft,” Chief Executive Cristiano Koga said during a fireside chat at Cargo Facts LATAM 2024 in Panama City this month. Excerpts of this conversation are included in today’s

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12:44

Hamden Aviation discusses LatAm’s freighter appetite

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2024/05/17

Hamden Aviation is focusing on Latin America as it looks to grow its presence in the freighter segment. The Hamden, Conn.-based lessor began supporting the industry by providing CFM56-3C1 engines to cargo operators with 737 Classics. “It was just sort of an organic entry [into the freighter space] from the -3C1 market, then working with Classics, then having opportunities, primarily with a focus on emerging markets,” Executive Vice President Dora Alexander told Cargo Facts at Cargo Facts

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16:35

Singapore Airlines’ Tan at Cargo Facts Asia 2024

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2024/04/27

Singapore Airlines is preparing for the arrival of its first A350F as it continues to manage the hurdles challenging the freighter market.The airline will gradually retire its 747-400Fs as Airbus starts delivering its new large-widebody in 2026, but no estimate has been given for when the transition will be complete.“It’s really a lot of work, and rightly so,” Singapore Airlines Senior Vice President of Cargo Marvin Tan said during a fireside chat at Cargo Facts Asia 2024 in Singapore last

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22:07

Airbus’ Hamilton on A350F, plus CFA 2024 preview

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2024/04/13

Airbus is making steady progress in the industrialization phase of its new A350F program as components come together and test rigs take shape.“We’re sorting through and finalizing the processes for assembly ready for next year, into final assembly and then first flight,” Airbus Head of Freighter Marketing Crawford Hamilton tells Cargo Facts in this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast. “In the meantime, we test and test and test because one of our big targets is to make sure

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16:41

Emirates’ Nadeem Sultan on cargo growth

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2024/03/23

Dubai-based Emirates is due to start taking delivery of some of its five new 777Fs this year as part of a 2022 order with Boeing.The carrier has returned four 777Fs to lessor DAE Capital over the past five years but also added two new units in May and June 2023, bringing its fleet back to eleven 777Fs.Further growth is on the way, with Emirates planning to convert ten 777-300ERs with IAI.Though 2023 may have been a lackluster year for freighter operators, Emirates is more optimistic about

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7:26

Haite’s Chin on strategic growth, freighter conversions

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2024/03/11

ST Engineering last week took redelivery of the first EFW A321-200P2F conversion to be carried out at the Haite Tianjin facility.Freighter conversions are not new to Haite Tianjin, but the company plans to increase its activity in the segment.“This business is a very strategic decision because we need to have a mixture of work and the type of work is important to us,” General Manager Ivan Chin tells Cargo Facts in this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, recorded at the

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10:59

7Air Cargo prepares for launch

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2024/02/24

The United States will soon get a new freighter operator when Miami-based 7Air Cargo gains certification.The startup airline has agreed to lease two 2006-vintage 737-800SFs from Aircastle as its first freighters. The first of those (34799, ex-SpiceJet) finished receiving its new paint job in Goodyear, Ariz., (GYR) this week.7Air Cargo expects to start flying proving runs in March and hopes to obtain its AOC in April.“We’re on track as of today,” Chief Executive Amos Rodriguez says in this

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9:06

Backbone Freighter Leasing on 777 conversions

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2024/02/09

Beatrice Peters and David Thimm, vice presidents of new business at Backbone Freighter Leasing, part of the Dr. Peters Group, joined Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee live from Cargo Facts EMEA 2024 in Amsterdam earlier this week. Germany-based Backbone Freighter Leasing is the launch customer of the Kansas Modification Center 777-300ERCF conversion program, with a firm order for three slots and options for seven more. “It’s a very promising and sensible way to use our feedstock,” Peters says in

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7:18

Camex, Texel, Avensis, Challenge preview CF EMEA 2024

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2024/01/30

The freighter aircraft industry will gather Feb. 5-7 in Amsterdam for Cargo Facts EMEA 2024 to discuss the latest developments in the space. Ahead of the event, several industry leaders join this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast.Joining Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee on the podcast are:George Seturidze, chief executive of Camex Airlines;Michael Hamelink, chief financial officer of Chisholm Enterprises and chief executive of Texel Air;Cristian Sutter, chief executive of

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15:27

Modern Logistics’ Koga on international expansion

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2024/01/13

Brazil-based Modern Logistics will soon deploy its first 737-800BCF to help grow the company’s international presence. The 2004-vintage aircraft (33566, ex-Ryanair) arrived in October and has been undergoing certification with the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority. “We are in the final process with the regulator, and if everything goes well in the next three to four weeks, we expect to have the final certification by the beginning of February, before Carnival season in Brazil,” Modern

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18:47

Reliable Robotics’ Rose on flight automation

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2023/12/16

Reliable Robotics this month announced it had performed the first flight of a remotely operated Cessna 208B without a pilot on board as the company works to certify its flight automation technology.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company aims to achieve certification in 2025, after which it will be able to operate uncrewed flights carrying commercial cargo using the Cessna 208B.“Our opinion is that the right way to bring these sorts of systems to market is to follow the process,” co-founder

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