Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved plans for China Southern to establish a cargo subsidiary, based in Guangzhou, to be called China Southern Airlines Cargo. The new subsidiary will be 100% owned and funded by China Southern, and will...
The cargo division of International Airlines Group has partnered with IATA’s air cargo rates distribution platform, IATA Net Rates, to offer an additional platform which customers can use to do business with IAG Cargo. As the industry continues to progress digitally,...
Jin Air has begun flying cargo to the United States for the first time using its 777-200ER passenger jet. The flight from Incheon to Los Angeles carried 23 tons of displays and other electronic components in its belly cargo space. The company said it “plans to deliver...
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), which provides medium wide-body aircraft for lease, has reported a 10% increase in customer revenue during the third quarter of 2020 compared to the prior-year period to $404.1million. ATSG's principal business segments, aircraft...
ST Engineering, Airbus and their joint venture, Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) achieved a key milestone in their joint A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme in September this year with the re-delivery of the ‘head of version’ to launch customer, Vallair....
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), which provides medium wide-body aircraft leasing, air transportation, and related services, has announced that its leasing subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has delivered a fifth converted Boeing 767-300 freighter to...
ASL Airlines Belgium has entered into an agreement for two B747-400F with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA). The airlines will utilise the aircraft in a mutually beneficial relationship. ASL Airlines will continue to operate its current fleet of three Boeing 747-400F...
Equity Group Investments (EGI), Sam Zell’s private investment firm, has invested in Able Freight Services (Able), a provider of airfreight forwarding services focused on time-sensitive perishable goods. Able’s CEO Orlando Wong invested alongside EGI in the...
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Aviation Group has delivered the first Passenger-to-Cargo converted Boeing 737-700 to Chinese airline - Tianjin Cargo Airlines, which will become the first operator of this type of aircraft in China. The conversion work was carried...
Lufthansa Cargo’s latest Boeing 777F landed for the first time at Frankfurt Airport. The freighter with the registration D-ALFI was in flight as LH8145 for 10 hours and 10 minutes after take-off from Everett Airport (PAE) in Washington State. The new aircraft bears...
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has entered an agreement to provide Aviation Holdings III Investments, with its fourth 737-800SF freighter conversion. This news follows an order for 3 AEI B737-800SF conversions announced in May. The aircraft (MSN 29040) is...
IAG Cargo has announced a new direct service from the UK to Lahore, Pakistan, starting from October 2020. The service will run year-round, four times per week from London Heathrow. The new service will strengthen IAG Cargo’s existing presence in Pakistan, which since...