AeroUnion is set to become the second A330 freighter operator in Mexico. The cargo airline expects to add the first A330-300P2F to its fleet around June and will likely base it at Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles International Airport (NLU), a source familiar with AeroUnion’s fleet and plans told Cargo Facts. The freighter is the 2006-vintage ..read more

A proposed section in the 2024 FAA reauthorization bill that seeks to extend the 767-300F’s production deadline would leave a door open in the medium-widebody freighter segment for Boeing as passenger 767 conversion feedstock candidates become increasingly scarce. Section 1105 in the latest version of the bill, updated May 1, is titled “Limitations for certain ..read more

Aerospace and alternative energy company H2 Clipper has received a patent for its “warehouse in the sky,” a dirigible that integrates cargo delivery and pickup via drone. The hydrogen-powered dirigible would be 1,000 feet long — about four times the length of a Goodyear blimp — and could carry 400,000 pounds. The dirigible would feature ..read more

A FedEx Corp. cargo plane made a hard landing at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday after the jet’s front landing gear couldn’t be deployed due to a hydraulic failure. Bu sabah, İstanbul Havalimanı’mızda ön iniş takımları açılmayan, ekiplerimizin başarılı yönlendirmesi sayesinde gövde üstü sorunsuz iniş yapan kargo uçağının pilotlarını ve kabin ekibini profesyonel şekilde tahliye ettik ..read more

Levu Air Cargo has sourced its first A321 freighter through SmartLynx as it prepares for launch after it receives its AOC. The Brazilian startup will sublease the 1998-vintage unit 775 (ex-Ural Airlines) from SmartLynx on a dry-lease basis, the two companies confirmed to Cargo Facts. Unit 775 is an A321-200PCF with CFM56 engines. SmartLynx added ..read more

ATSG’s ABX Air will add ten Amazon 767-300 freighters to its fleet on a CMI basis this year as part of an expanded five-year agreement between ATSG and Amazon. It will be the first time ABX Air has operated 767-300Fs for Amazon. To date, the airline has flown only 767-200Fs for the e-tailer, ATSG confirmed ..read more

Pablo Rousselin, vice president of aviation and general manager of Panama at DHL Express, will join Cargo Facts LATAM 2024 for the panel discussion “The future of freighters in Latin America: Supply, demand and opportunity” on Tuesday, May 14, at 09:15 (UTC -5). The second annual Cargo Facts LATAM takes place May 13-15 at the Hilton Panama, where industry leaders will gather to share their outlook on the air cargo sector in Latin America. View the full event agenda. DHL placed the final ex-LATAM 767-300ER (41993) conversion on its Panama-based DHL Aero Expreso subsidiary in the first quarter ..read more

Renegade Air is modernizing its cargo fleet by adding its first ATR 72-500F and is looking to add its first regional jet freighter. The Kenya-based operator expects to take delivery of the 2009-vintage ATR 72-500F (875, ex-Trujet) this week, it told Cargo Facts. Unit 875 was the first ATR 72 to be converted at the ..read more

Cargo Facts is pleased to announce that Cargo Facts LATAM 2024 will be the host for a panel discussion on trade trends in the Americas that includes Gloria Morales, director and founder of Supply and Global Management Consulting; Demostenes Perez, chief commercial officer and co-founder of IPL Group; and Eddie Tapiero, economic adviser to the National Presidency of Panama. The second annual Cargo Facts LATAM takes place May 13-15 at the Hilton Panama in Panama City, where industry leaders will gather to share their outlook on the air cargo sector in Latin America. The panel will be on Wednesda ..read more

The number of EFW A330P2F conversions is set to surpass the thirty-eight production A330-200Fs Airbus made. Since redelivering the first A330-300P2F conversion (116, ex-Malaysia Airlines) in December 2017, EFW has to date completed and redelivered at least thirty-eight A330P2Fs at its various conversion sites around the world: twenty-five -300P2Fs and thirteen -200P2Fs. Cargo Facts believes at ..read more