Airbus A330

New financiers are backing a major fleet expansion at Mexican cargo carrier MasAir.

Qantas and Air Canada are pioneers in swapping older passenger planes from their fleets and turning them into full-time cargo haulers.

“We are looking forward to making some major announcements about new customers that will utilize our Airbus converted freighter capacity.”

The Airbus A321 and the A330 are the new kids on the block in converting passenger planes to cargo, in a sector dominated so far by Boeing.

More air cargo operators are interested in flying the Airbus A330 as a converted freighter and Israel Aircraft Industries has jumped in to produce them.

A U.S. aviation services company called ATSG has lots of Boeing 767s in its freighter fleet. Now it wants to convert large Airbus passenger planes and lease them out.

Air Transport Services Group is like a Swiss Army knife. It flies cargo and passenger planes for other airlines, leases aircraft, does aircraft maintenance and freighter conversions, and provides ground handling. It’s all clicking for the bottom line.

SmartLynx Airlines is leasing passenger aircraft to fly cargo before using them for their traditional role.

Container shipping line CMA CGM wants to be an airline too. Its new air cargo unit has identified Chicago as its first destination and is giving preferential space on its aircraft to subsidiary CEVA Logistics.

Ocean carriers as airlines? No one thought an online retailer would own a private airline until Amazon did it. The ocean carrier also owns a logistics company. You connect the dots.

Face masks and other personal protective equipment are worth their weight in gold these days, and German authorities are protecting shipments accordingly.  Lufthansa Airlines (FWB: LHA) on Monday opened a new air pipeline to funnel personal protective equipment for medical workers from Shenzhen, China, to Frankfurt International Airport, where the gear is met by a […]

Abu Dahbi-based combination airline Etihad is selling its Airbus A330s and Boeing 777s but plans to lease back the Boeing widebodies.