Cargo Facts Connect
127 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★ - 4 ratingsCargo Facts Connect addresses all things freighters and aircraft. Connect delves into what's new in freighter transactions, belly capacity trends, conversion activity and aircraft finance. Brought to you by Cargo Facts, long the industry's leading information resource on freighter aircraft, Cargo Facts Connect gets you inside the freighter business.
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Cargo Facts produces the following leading industry events: Cargo Facts EMEA, Cargo Facts Asia and the Cargo Facts Symposium.
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Airbus’ Hamilton on A350F, plus CFA 2024 preview
April 13, 2024 00:27 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBAirbus is making steady progress in the industrialization phase of its new A350F program as components come together and test rigs take shape. “We’re sorting through and finalizing the processes for assembly ready for next year, into final assembly and then first flight,” Airbus Head of Freighter Marketing Crawford Hamilton tells Cargo Facts in this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast. “In the meantime, we test and test and test because one of our big targets is to ...
Emirates’ Nadeem Sultan on cargo growth
March 23, 2024 00:14 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBDubai-based Emirates is due to start taking delivery of some of its five new 777Fs this year as part of a 2022 order with Boeing. The carrier has returned four 777Fs to lessor DAE Capital over the past five years but also added two new units in May and June 2023, bringing its fleet back to eleven 777Fs. Further growth is on the way, with Emirates planning to convert ten 777-300ERs with IAI. Though 2023 may have been a lackluster year for freighter operators, Emirates is more opti...
Haite’s Chin on strategic growth, freighter conversions
March 11, 2024 20:25 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBST Engineering last week took redelivery of the first EFW A321-200P2F conversion to be carried out at the Haite Tianjin facility. Freighter conversions are not new to Haite Tianjin, but the company plans to increase its activity in the segment. “This business is a very strategic decision because we need to have a mixture of work and the type of work is important to us,” General Manager Ivan Chin tells Cargo Facts in this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, recorde...
7Air Cargo prepares for launch
February 24, 2024 02:31 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBThe United States will soon get a new freighter operator when Miami-based 7Air Cargo gains certification. The startup airline has agreed to lease two 2006-vintage 737-800SFs from Aircastle as its first freighters. The first of those (34799, ex-SpiceJet) finished receiving its new paint job in Goodyear, Ariz., (GYR) this week. 7Air Cargo expects to start flying proving runs in March and hopes to obtain its AOC in April. “We’re on track as of today,” Chief Executive Amos Rodriguez ...
Backbone Freighter Leasing on 777 conversions
February 09, 2024 19:43 - 9 minutes - 8.37 MBBeatrice Peters and David Thimm, vice presidents of new business at Backbone Freighter Leasing, part of the Dr. Peters Group, joined Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee live from Cargo Facts EMEA 2024 in Amsterdam earlier this week. Germany-based Backbone Freighter Leasing is the launch customer of the Kansas Modification Center 777-300ERCF conversion program, with a firm order for three slots and options for seven more. “It’s a very promising and sensible way to use our feedstock,”...
Camex, Texel, Avensis, Challenge preview CF EMEA 2024
January 30, 2024 01:03 - 7 minutes - 6.71 MBThe freighter aircraft industry will gather Feb. 5-7 in Amsterdam for Cargo Facts EMEA 2024 to discuss the latest developments in the space. Ahead of the event, several industry leaders join this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast. Joining Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee on the podcast are: George Seturidze, chief executive of Camex Airlines; Michael Hamelink, chief financial officer of Chisholm Enterprises and chief executive of Texel Air; Cristian Sutter, chief ex...
Modern Logistics’ Koga on international expansion
January 13, 2024 00:04 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBBrazil-based Modern Logistics will soon deploy its first 737-800BCF to help grow the company’s international presence. The 2004-vintage aircraft (33566, ex-Ryanair) arrived in October and has been undergoing certification with the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority. “We are in the final process with the regulator, and if everything goes well in the next three to four weeks, we expect to have the final certification by the beginning of February, before Carnival season in Braz...
Reliable Robotics’ Rose on flight automation
December 16, 2023 02:33 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBReliable Robotics this month announced it had performed the first flight of a remotely operated Cessna 208B without a pilot on board as the company works to certify its flight automation technology. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company aims to achieve certification in 2025, after which it will be able to operate uncrewed flights carrying commercial cargo using the Cessna 208B. “Our opinion is that the right way to bring these sorts of systems to market is to follow the process,...
Pacific Air Cargo’s Tanja Janfruechte on Hawaii ACMI market
December 02, 2023 00:49 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBPacific Air Cargo has been heavily involved in the relief efforts in Maui as the island recovers from the destructive wildfires in August due to a long-term ACMI arrangement with Kalitta Air for the carrier’s 747-400F capacity between Los Angeles and Honolulu. At the same time, the company has been exploring other avenues of growing its business. “We have traditionally always focused on Asia eastbound interline agreements and those agreements and partnerships are still valuable to...
Astral’s Gadhia on African market, fleet growth
November 17, 2023 16:50 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, hear from Astral Aviation founder and Chief Executive Sanjeev Gadhia at the Dubai Airshow. Astral’s own-operated and wet-leased freighters fly within, into and out of Africa. The performance of the trade lanes has been mixed this year, Gadhia said. “The intra-Africa market, I would say, compared to 2022 has actually grown by about 5%,” he said. “But next year, we’re expecting double-digit growth. And we’re very confident...
CFS 2023 preview with GlobalX, Reliable Robotics, Empire execs
October 20, 2023 20:26 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBIn this episode, hear from three speakers who will join us next week at Cargo Facts Symposium in San Diego. Ed Wegel, chairman and chief executive of Global Crossing Airlines, will share in a fireside chat the story of certifying a new airline during the pandemic and its cargo ambitions as the first operator of A321 freighters in the Americas. “We’re very bullish on the narrowbody market and we’ve got a lot of airplanes coming, so we feel pretty good about our position and t...
ST Engineering’s Tan on Airbus narrowbody freighters
October 07, 2023 01:19 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode, hear from Boon Keng Tan, senior vice president, general manager and head of aircraft and freighter leasing at ST Engineering. In 2021, ST set up Juniper Aviation Investments, a joint venture with the Singaporean state-owned investment company Temasek, to focus on developing a freighter leasing portfolio that specializes in narrowbodies. Juniper has delivered four A321-200Fs and one A320-200F to date, with more in the pipeline. All were converted with EFW, in which...
Buffalo Airways’ McBryan on launching jet freighter ops
September 23, 2023 00:25 - 19 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode, hear from Mikey McBryan, general manager of Buffalo Airways, which is on the cusp of launching commercial service with its first 737-300 freighter in Canada. The 1986-vintage 737-300BDSF (23512, ex-Swiftair) that Buffalo purchased in 2022 had been in storage in the U.K. since 2017; it finally arrived in Canada last month after two years of maintenance and overhaul. Buffalo had to install additional avionics upgrades on the aircraft once it landed in Edmonton (YEG)...
Awesome Cargo’s Luis Ramos on A330 launch, Mexican market
September 11, 2023 22:01 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBIn this episode, hear from Luis Ramos, founder and chief executive of Awesome Cargo. The Mexico-based startup is in the certification process and nearing its AOC. It has leased two 2011-vintage A330-200s from Air Lease Corp. and plans to operate them in the Medius Class E cargo configuration from U.K.-based Avensis Aviation ahead of full-freighter conversion. Awesome Cargo registered its first A330-200 (1218, ex-Alitalia) in Mexico in June. The carrier intends to introduce 737-800...
Boeing Global Services’ Bob Weiss on BCF programs
August 26, 2023 01:03 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIn this episode, hear from Bob Weiss, director of 737 and 767 BCFs at Boeing Global Services. Boeing continues to diversify its conversion locations, with the Joramco facility in Jordan announcing this week that it will host a conversion line for the 737-800BCF program, joining other upcoming sites like KF Aerospace in Canada and GMR Aero Technic in India. After redelivering its 100th 737-800BCF last year, Boeing has also hit other milestones on its narrowbody conversion program i...
Avensis CEO Sutter discusses A340, A330 conversions
August 11, 2023 21:58 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIn this episode, hear from Cristian Sutter, chief executive of U.K.-based Avensis Aviation, which offers a range of cargo modifications for Airbus widebodies. Avensis most recently launched a full-freighter conversion for the A340 with German startup Universal Sky Carrier, a project that is entering an advanced stage of development, Sutter said. In the meantime, Avensis has obtained certification for its reversible Class E modification on the A330-200 and -300. Tune in as Cargo F...
Xtreme CEO on 10th anniversary, expansion ahead
July 31, 2023 22:28 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBIn this episode, hear from Carlos Cock, chief executive of Miami-based Xtreme Aviation, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in the city last week. Xtreme expanded into the freighter leasing segment when it acquired its first 737-300F in 2022 and has worked with carriers in Latin America, including Colombia-based Aerosucre and Dominican Republic-based Sky High. The company last year also completed its first PEMCO 737-300F conversion at its facility in Opa-Locka (OPF) and is look...
Teleport CEO on freighter fleet growth
July 14, 2023 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this episode, hear from Pete Chareonwongsak, chief executive of Teleport, the logistics unit of Capital A, as the company unveiled its first A321 freighter on lease from BBAM in a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on July 12. Teleport says it already is the largest air logistics network in Southeast Asia but has ambitious plans for further growth with its incoming fleet of freighters. “This freighter allows us to carry more, do more, and cover more,” Chareonwongsak said in a speech at t...
Western Global on the verge of collapse
July 01, 2023 00:23 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBThis week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast focuses on the potential bankruptcy of Western Global Airlines and the impending strike by the UPS Teamsters union. With this week’s news that Western Global is inching closer to bankruptcy Cargo Facts looks at the airline’s fleet in more detail, addressing signs of the potential collapse and what might happen next with the Western Global fleet. Meanwhile, the UPS Teamsters union issued its demands for a last-and-best off...
The Paris Air Show, plus Embraer in China
June 23, 2023 23:05 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, hear a discussion on highlights from the Paris Air Show, including orders for 737-800BCFs from Air Algerie and NAC, a massive deal for 500 passenger Airbus narrowbodies from IndiGo and an update to Boeing’s and Airbus’ market outlooks. At the show, Embraer also unveiled plans to begin conversions for its E-Jet family in China, a significant step for the new program. Tune in for a discussion by Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee...
Cebu Pacific aircraft in the headlines, younger A330 conversions expected
June 16, 2023 22:58 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee, Senior Associate Editor Robert Luke and Associate Editor Andrew Crider discuss two items relating to Cebu Pacific Air and a trend in feedstock for A330 conversions. Cebu Pacific has reactivated 50% of its freighter fleet, sending one of its two ATR 72-500Fs to an MRO in Vietnam for C check after being out of service for over a year. Also, a former Cebu Pacific aircraft is undergoing conversion and is destined to join Mexico-based Mas. ...
100th episode special
June 10, 2023 00:55 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBIn the 100th episode this week, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss a conversion milestone for Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a new 737-800BCF operator in Turkey and MD-11 retirements. This week marked EFW’s fiftieth redelivery of its latest generation of Airbus conversions with an A330-300P2F for DHL Express. EFW has redelivered seventeen A330-300P2Fs, nine A330-200P2Fs and twenty-four A321-200P2Fs and A320-200P2Fs, the STC holder con...
Natilus co-founder Matyushev on the Kona drone
May 26, 2023 22:46 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Associate Editor Andrew Crider sits down with Natilus co-founder and Chief Executive Aleksey Matyushev to discuss the development of the company’s Kona cargo drone. Natilus recently announced a deal with ZeroAvia and unveiled a hydrogen-powered engine option for its blended-wing cargo drone. This development comes after headline-making orders from Ameriflight and Volatus Aerospace. Matyushev addresses the challenges of drone production, what recent sca...
SmartLynx talks A321Fs plus other news from Cargo Facts LATAM 2023
May 20, 2023 03:27 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss the first Cargo Facts LATAM conference, which took place this week in Panama City. Cargo Facts made its debut in Latin America with groundbreaking news, developments and insight from industry leaders in the region. At the event, Lee and Luke caught up with SmartLynx Airlines Vice President of Sales & Development Edvinas Demenius to talk about the airline’s strategy and plans fo...
News from AUVSI XPONENTIAL, plus more A321Fs
May 13, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke highlight the key takeaways from the Association for Uncrewed Vehicles International’s XPONENTIAL 2023 exhibition and conference in Denver this week and other developments. Cargo drones dominated the news this week, with Canada-based Volatus Aerospace evaluating whether it will order more Natilus drone and announcing plans to expand its cargo drone operations into the Dominican Republic...
JAL converts 767s, Cargo Three selects MD-10s, China Airlines retires 747s
May 06, 2023 01:34 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBIn this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss a series of widebody developments involving a variety of freighter types. First, Japan Airlines will operate its own freighters again after a hiatus of more than ten years as part of a groupwide growth strategy. Meanwhile, China Airlines is continuing to retire its production 747-400Fs even as it experiences delays in receiving new 77...
Drone developments in LatAm, global A321F growth
April 28, 2023 23:45 - 17 minutes - 16 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editor Andrew Crider discuss watershed moments in the drone industry involving integration of unmanned aircraft systems into airspace. In North America, Reliable Robotics submitted data gathered with NASA to validate the reliability of existing radar systems in ensuring the safe separation of unmanned and manned aircraft. The data promises to help regulators in the United States develop methods to integrate drones into the ...
CFA 2023 sparks conversations on freighter type and supply
April 21, 2023 22:46 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editor Andrew Crider are joined by Cargo Facts Consulting Director Guillermo Ochovo and Senior Consultant Jim Edgar to discuss highlights from Cargo Facts Asia, which returned this week for the first time since 2019. Ochovo shares his thoughts on Cargo Facts Consulting’s latest freighter forecast, which he unveiled during the event. The group compares that report with statements made by panelists at Cargo Facts Asia on the ...
Xtreme Aviation on LatAm freighter market
April 15, 2023 00:34 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editor Andrew Crider speak with Carlos Cock, chief executive of Miami-based Xtreme Aviation, about the Latin American market for freighter aircraft, the preference for 737 Classics and the challenges and opportunities that are on the horizon. Cock will speak during a panel on narrowbody freighters at the upcoming Cargo Facts LATAM conference. The first-of-its-kind event will bring cargo leaders in the region to Panama City ...
FedEx restructure and next-gen widebody assembly
April 07, 2023 22:24 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss the restructure of FedEx, which now plans to retire its remaining MD-11Fs by 2028, switching to an entirely twin-engine fleet. With changes to its aircraft fleet, FedEx also expects to change its routes, downsizing its foothold in Europe. Meanwhile, Airbus has begun the production of the first A350F, manufacturing the first center wingbox of the next-generation widebody freighte...
DHL commits to Mammoth, old habits die hard with the 757, and from Russia with love for the Il-96T
April 01, 2023 01:14 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss DHL’s acquisition of ex-Delta 777-200LRs for conversion to 777-200LRMFs with Mammoth Freighters. The deal marks the first major express carrier commitment to the Mammoth program. Additionally, AAR signaled a continued interest in 757-200 conversions, acquiring nine ex-American Airlines units. The company already has sold one of those aircraft to AerSale. Finally, Russia-based V...
‘The Big Twin’ first flight, UPS quadjets, drone mishaps
March 24, 2023 22:11 - 17 minutes - 16 MBIn this episode, hear a discussion of the first test flight of IAI and AerCap’s “Big Twin” program, with the prototype 777-300ERSF taking off from Tel Aviv after a nearly two-year conversion process at IAI headquarters. Also, a talk on the possibility of UPS acquiring more 747-8Fs, as the carrier hinted last year at a change to its original plans to preserve its 747-8 fleet without new additions. But what will be the source of the 747-8Fs? Meanwhile, on the unmanned systems’ front...
More 737-800 conversions and a new drone system
March 17, 2023 23:33 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBIn this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss regional freighters and Boeing’s expansion of conversion capacity in India, as well as several 737-800 developments, including the imminent arrival of a 737-800BCF to join the Central Airlines fleet. In addition to manned aircraft news in Asia and Europe, San Francisco-based Zipline has launched its P2 delivery system, including a new ...
Cargojet sells 777s, ANA buys NCA
March 11, 2023 05:49 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editor Robert Luke discuss the highlights of ISTAT Americas conference, which featured a session on the cargo market and another on mergers and acquisitions among lessors. Luke and Lee also talk about Cargojet selling two of its 777-300ERs, ANA acquiring NCA, and Canadian North adding two ATR-72 500Fs to its fleet for Arctic operations. Tune in for a discussion of these topics and more for the week ended March 10, 2023. ...
Earnings, more A321Fs and alternative fuel
March 04, 2023 01:21 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke kick off the discussion with Universal Hydrogen’s first flight of its modified Dash 8-300, which features the addition of a hydrogen-powered engine to replace one of the conventional Pratt & Whitney turboprops. Luke provides a breakdown of recent earnings calls. Companies in the freighter industry reported drops in revenue without drops in opt...
New conversion sites, airlines and drones
February 25, 2023 01:08 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke kick off the discussion with the unveiling of a new cargo drone in Israel that is manufactured by Heven and uses hydrogen power to enhance its range. And as another A330 arrived in Dresden for conversion with EFW, the company announced that it will open a second A321 conversion location in China. Meanwhile, Qantas will add more A321 conversions, and SmartLynx earned approval from the Au...
New freighter and drone operators emerge
February 18, 2023 03:25 - 13 minutes - 12 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke kick off the discussion with a watershed moment in the cargo industry: the news that Ameriflight will purchase the Sabrewing Rhaegal-A. Additionally, the drone space saw a series of milestones from medical drone operator Spright, unmanned aircraft developer Reliable Robotics and Canada-based Volatus Aerospace. On the manned aircraft front, the team looks at Awesome Cargo, which received...
Cargo Facts EMEA 2023 roundup
February 10, 2023 23:35 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editor Robert Luke are joined by Cargo Facts Consulting Senior Consultant Jim Edgar live in Dubai to discuss Cargo Facts EMEA 2023, the direction of the air cargo industry and potential movements and transactions to come. The trio provide an impartial outlook of the current market, including feedback from industry leaders who attended the conference In addition there is a discussion of Zero Petroleum's new synthetic aviatio...
Memories of the 'Queen of the Skies'
February 04, 2023 03:49 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editor Robert Luke are joined by Cargo Facts Consulting Senior Consultant Jim Edgar to discuss the departure of the final 747 to be produced — and the legacy of the large quad-engine jet. Edgar shares some of his memories from his days at Boeing — including a conversation with the “Father of the 747,” Joe Sutter — and the editors revisit the competition in the large-widebody segment. Tune in for a discussion of these topics...
New conversion milestones and cargo drone orders
January 27, 2023 22:49 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss Mammoth Freighters, which this week inducted its first, conformity 777-300ERMF at the Aspire MRO facility in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition, Lee talks about his tour of ANA’s maintenance facilities, and Crider discusses Ameriflight’s order of twenty Natilus cargo drones. The unmanned Kona drone, powered by sustainable aviation fuel, will be able to carry as much payload as a Saab...
Asian widebodies on the horizon supplemented by Boeing narrowbodies
January 21, 2023 04:51 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss Central Airlines launching its European operations and hinting that it would soon add a second 777F to its freighter fleet. The editors also discuss the anticipated news of a relatively new entity that has placed a lease order for widebody aircraft. More details will follow on this Asia-based company and will be covered in the next podcast installment. Tune in for a discussion of these topics and m...
The future of the 737-400F and a future freighter type
January 13, 2023 21:56 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss the 737-400F, which has already made headlines this year for both retirements and additions. The team reflects on the 737 Classic and how its adoption and retirement fuel the rise of 737-800Fs. Meanwhile, the ARJ21-700CCF received its certification and will enter the market. What disruption will this cause? Tune in for a discussion of these topics and more for the week ended Jan...
FedEx retirements and narrowbody milestones
January 07, 2023 01:04 - 21 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss FedEx’s fleet restructure after the express carrier painted a grim picture for the future of airfreight during its latest earnings call. The team also breaks down news of Aerolineas Argentinas receiving its first two 737-800Fs and the first A321PCF completing conversion at the HAECO facility in Xiamen (XMN). Tune in for a discussion of these topics and more for the week ended Jan...
2022's greatest hits and the year ahead
December 23, 2022 19:49 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke are joined by Cargo Facts Consulting Senior Consultant Jim Edgar to look back on an eventful 2022. Major highlights have included new players joining the market and others leaving, new programs and certifications, and intense competition in the large-widebody segment. The group then turns to some of the biggest developments to look forward to in 2023. Tune in for a discussion of these t...
Amazon, Embraer and drones
December 17, 2022 03:03 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss the launch of Quikjet Cargo Airlines, which has obtained its air operator certificate and may soon start service with an Amazon-branded 737-800BCF. Additionally, Embraer has provided an update on its E-Jet conversion program, cutting the first piece of what will become part of the first large cargo door for the new freighter type. Meanwhile, Drone Delivery Canada is progressing i...
The final Queen of the Skies emerges while Airbus improves the A350F
December 10, 2022 00:59 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss the rollout of the final 747 at the Boeing assembly line in Everett, Wash. More than twenty operators of older 747Fs have yet to order the next generation of large-widebody freighter, representing a significant opportunity for those in the competition to offer 747 replacements. Meanwhile, as Cargo Facts reported this week, Airbus is making an enhancement to its candidate in the l...
Sustainable engines, inoperative engines and widebody competition
December 03, 2022 09:50 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss news that Rolls-Royce has successfully tested its hydrogen engine platform. What impact will this have on cargo? Meanwhile, Boeing has suspended the testing of its 777-9 passenger aircraft due to an engine issue. Will this also further delay the aircraft’s freighter sibling? How will this and other developments affect the 777-8F vs. A350F battle? Tune in for a discussion of the...
E-commerce in Latin America, new additions in Asia and 757s
November 19, 2022 02:04 - 10 minutes - 9.97 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss a new partnership between Brazilian carrier Azul and e-commerce giant Amazon to provide cargo operations in northern Brazil. Meanwhile, a series of Boeing additions drove freighter transactions in Asia and the 757 platform continues to generate interest. Tune in for a discussion on these topics and more for the week ended Nov. 18, 2022.
A 777-8F order, drone updates and Asian market shakeups
November 12, 2022 03:42 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss Silk Way West’s intention to use the 777-8F as part of its plan to replace the Queen of the Skies, Asia Cargo Network’s plan to place a number of 737NG and 767 freighters with its Middle Eastern AOC, and more 737-800BCFs joining North American operators. Additionally, the cargo drone industry continues to see more investments and first flights. Tune in for a discussion of these ...
Drone, GlobalX and A321F milestones
November 05, 2022 00:57 - 11 minutes - 11 MBIn this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss a string of new entries into the drone market, with launch orders for products from Dufour Aerospace and Sabrewing. Meanwhile, Global Crossing Airlines is nearing the delivery and entry into service of its first two A321Fs, which will join the fleet before the end of the year, and another lessor is entering the A321F segment. Tune in for a discussion of these topics and more for ...