Emirates SkyCargo has added 2 Boeing 747-400Fs to its freighter fleet and is expecting 15 more freighters to join its fleet from announced orders and its freighter conversion program. The new aircraft will add immediate capacity along with the expected deliveries of...
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NAC announces deal with Bolzano-based Sky Alps
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has signed a sale agreement with Sky Alps for four Dash 8-400 aircraft. The Ireland-based lessor announced the deal with the Italian carrier on May 8.
Avia Solutions Group announces more details of Dublin move
Avia Solutions Group (ASG) is to create "up to 50 permanent job positions", or jobs, at its new Dublin headquarters. The headquarters is in Leopardstown, a part of the city better known for its horse-racing track The company's move to Ireland was announced in March,...
J&C Aero finishes A320 makeover for Arena Aviation
J&C Aero has finished a full-cycle Airbus A320 reconfiguration project for aircraft asset investment company Arena Aviation Capital. “Aircraft transition between operators is a complex process involving various risks, including those related to aircraft cabin...
ATSG to lease two newly-converted Boeing freighters to Amerijet
Freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has acquired two newly converted Boeing 767-300 freighters. Cargo Aircraft Management, an ATSG subsidiary, will deliver both aircraft to Amerijet International, taking the Miami-based airline to 11 ATSG aircraft on...
ATSG cut fuel by almost 20 million gallons in 2022
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has published a sustainability report covering 2022, saying it "cut fuel usage" by 19.9 million gallons compared to the year before. The company set up a management sustainability committee "to further integrate ESG matters into the...
Leaseworks launches utilisation records software for lessors
Cloud-based solutions and services company Leaseworks has announced the launch of a new tool called the LeaseWorks Utilization Tracker. The tracker works in Aeris MATCH software "ecosystem", and, Leaseworks said, "is designed to facilitate the collection of...
GA Telesis delivers Boeing cargo jet to Bluebird Nordic
GA Telesis has delivered the first of two scheduled Boeing 737-800SF cargo aircraft to Bluebird Nordic (BBN), an Avia Solutions Group company. The 737 is owned by Tokyo Century Corporation, GAT's parent company, and was delivered from the Aeronautical Engineering,...
AerCap to lease two Boeing freighters to new Indonesian carrier Raindo
Irish lessor AerCap has announced a deal to send two converted Boeing 737-800s to Rusky Aero Indonesia, a newly-launched cargo airline operating as Raindo United Services (Raindo). Suryo Pratomo, Indonesia's ambassador to Singapore, attended the announcement ceremony...
Bluebird Nordic receives converted Boeing freighter
AviaAM Leasing has delivered a Boeing 737-800 converted freighter to fellow Avia Solutions Group (ASG) company Bluebird Nordic, an Icelandic leasing and cargo airline. The aircraft is the fourth to be handled by AviaAM under its passenger-to-cargo conversion...
airBaltic leases more aircraft after criticising engine maker Pratt & Whitney
Latvia's airBaltic says it needs to temporarily lease extra aircraft for two months from March 27 due to "the manufacturer's inability to fulfil the obligations of engine maintenance in a timely manner". "We are strongly committed to our contractual obligations to...
Crianza to part out ex-SIA A380
Korean lessor Crianza Group has bought an Airbus A380 (msn o58) from German fund investors that had leased the aircraft to Singapore Airlines in 2011. The lease was arranged and extended in 2020 by German company EastMerchant Capital, a partner in Crianza. The...