FedEx orders more freighters as revenues improve in Q3
Express giant FedEx has announced the order of eight Boeing 777 freighters and 10 ATR 72-600 turboprops as third-quarter profits and revenues both improved. In an investor release, the company said that in March 2025 it had exercised options to purchase an additional eight 777F aircraft as part of its fleet modernisation programme. Three of […]
Boeing: Air Cargo Traffic to Double by 2043 as Emerging Markets Drive Growth
With a strong air cargo market exceeding pre-pandemic levels, Boeing [NYSE: BA] forecasts continued long-term growth, saying air cargo traffic will increase by an average of 4% per year through 2043. These projections appear in Boeing’s 2024 World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF), the biennial overview and long-term outlook for the air cargo industry. «As the […]
Turkish Cargo eyes a fleet of 40 freighters
Turkish Airlines has given more details on its plans to expand its freighter fleet over the coming five- to 10-year period. Speaking at the Tiaca Executive Summit hosted by Brussels Airport, Turkish Airlines chief cargo officer Turhan Özen said the carrier had ambitious plans for its passenger fleet and in line with this is also […]
Aerolineas Argentinas delves into freighters
Argentina-based airline Aerolineas Argentinas will acquire freighters for the first time this year. The government-owned Buenos Aires-based airline currently has a 100% passenger aircraft fleet, but said in a LinkedIn post on December 30 that it plans to add two B737-800 freighters. “We are going to incorporate two B737-800 freighters destined to carry Argentine and […]
Alaska Air Cargo selects Boeing to convert two passenger aircraft to freighters
Alaska Air Cargo announced Boeing will provide the conversion work for two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) to add to its dedicated freighter fleet serving the state of Alaska. The conversion work will be done at Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales (COOPESA) in Costa Rica. The two 737-800BCF aircraft will increase the Alaska Air Cargo […]
Air Canada Cargo Announces Launch Routes For its Newly Converted Freighter Aircraft Arriving This Fall
Air Canada and Air Canada Cargo today announced the initial list of planned routes for the Boeing 767-300ER freighters scheduled to enter service this fall. Air Canada is in the process of fully converting several of its Boeing 767 aircraft into dedicated freighters in order to fully participate in global cargo commercial opportunities. When the […]
Lufthansa Cargo increases freighter services to India
Close on the heels of announcing fairly positive financial numbers for the first half of 2017, Lufthansa Cargo chief executive and chairman of the executive board Peter Gerber held a press conference in Mumbai to formally announce the launch of additional freighter services to Mumbai. Since July, the airline operates four instead of three freighter […]
