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. Modern Logistics Chief Executive Cristiano Koga speaking at Cargo Facts LATAM 2024. (Photo/Cargo Facts) “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 epis ..read more

Drone manufacturer Moya Aero plans to develop an electric vertical takeoff and landing drone for the middle-mile segment after signing a deal with aircraft technology company Aeromot. The companies plan to advance the technology and explore cargo drone applications in challenging regions throughout Brazil, such as the Amazon rainforest, as well as offshore oil and ..read more

Atlas Air is set to discontinue all CMI operations for Amazon in the next year as part of its “One Atlas” strategy to concentrate on high-utilization and more lucrative international flying. Atlas expects the twenty-five Amazon freighters, including seventeen 767-300Fs owned by Atlas’ leasing arm Titan Aviation Leasing and eight 737-800BCFs owned by AerCap, to ..read more

Amerijet has recently changed its leadership structure and fleet operations, altering its strategy to adapt to slowing market demand for dedicated freighters. The Miami-based airline began removing 757 freighters from service in the first quarter of 2024, after negotiating a return of the aircraft to their lessors, as part of a financial restructure that saw ..read more

Afcom Holdings could soon begin flying a pair of leased 737-800BCFs to become the fourth 737NG freighter operator in India.  The company has agreed to dry lease two 2000-vintage units from Spectre Air Capital and is proposing an initial public offering of up to 6,840,000 equity shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange, according to a ..read more

SmartLynx is pausing its plans to enter the widebody freighter segment while it concentrates on its converted Airbus narrowbodies. SmartLynx’s A321 freighters meet its current capacity needs and it is focused on maximizing the capabilities of the fleet, the ACMI specialist told Cargo Facts. SmartLynx still plans to add the A330-300P2F but decided to postpone ..read more

Mas will soon expand its lift capacity after taking delivery of its youngest A330 freighter to date. The 2016-vintage A330-300P2F (1712, ex-Cebu Pacific) was ferried to Mexico City (MEX) from Mobile, Ala., (BFM) on May 24. The Airbus medium-widebody freighter, powered by Trent 700 engines, is being painted with the airline’s livery and completing conformity ..read more

Aergility accomplished a milestone on May 10, when its hybrid-electric Atlis drone prototype completed multiple hover tests. With those tests completed, Aergility plans to use a certificate of waiver authorization (COA) from the FAA to begin low-speed flight tests of thirty-five miles per hour in June for stakeholders including investors and potential customers at Marion ..read more

Nippon Cargo Airlines will allow Atlas Air to continue operating five of its CF6-powered 747-400Fs after Nippon Cargo and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings renewed an existing agreement. The deal extension allows Atlas to continue providing freighter services between the Asia-Pacific region and North America on behalf of NCA, enabling the carriers to meet growing demand, according to a May 22 press release. Unit 36133 is one of the five 747-400Fs flying with Atlas. (Courtesy/ProVia) Atlas and NCA expanded their arrangement in 2019 to increase the number of aircraft from two to five NCA-owned 747-40 ..read more

The first ATR 72 freighters with large cargo doors in Australia will soon start flying commercially with Aerlink. Two 1995-vintage ATR 72-212Fs (460 and 467, ex-Solenta Aviation Gabon) are joining Aerlink on lease from Ireland-based ACIA Aero Leasing, which said today that it recently upsized its revolving credit facility with South African bank Investec by ..read more