Boeing 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversions are selling like hotcakes. A Japanese-owned leasing company snapped up six more slots.
Ethiopian Airlines is adding Boeing 767 freighters in a transaction with Atlas Air Worldwide.
AELF FlightServices, a provider of operating leases, is chasing the cargo market with an order for its first 767 conversion aircraft.
Airbus is so pleased with its first three Airbus A321 freighter conversions that it plans to add six more of the jets.
Emirates is enlarging and modernizing its cargo fleet with modified passenger aircraft and new builds.
Embraer is the latest manufacturer to launch a freighter conversion program for used passenger aircraft.
Aero Capital Solutions is a mid-tier aircraft leasing firm that has quickly gone from zero freighters to soon having 40 of them.
Passenger airline Avianca plans to lease up to four converted freighters as cargo becomes a strategic focus.
EgyptAir is acquiring a small freighter to go with its trio of widebody cargo planes.
Saudi Arabian Airlines is investing in seven 777 converted freighters as it looks ahead to strong cargo opportunities.
Cargojet last year announced an order for two passenger-to-freighter conversions of the Boeing 777 but was less public about buying six more of the aircraft.
ASL Aviation plans to acquire at least 10 737-800s and pay Boeing to turn them into freighters as demand grows from customers such as Amazon, DHL and FedEx in Europe.
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SmartLynx will use the Airbus conversion center to modify a half dozen small jets for full-time cargo operations.
CBD — we know what you’re thinking — also stands for Chinese Development Bank and it is going deeper into air cargo leasing.
The new A320 passenger-to-freighter jet is ready to join its sister, the A321, on the market as the aircraft attract more interest for airlines.
Aeronautical Engineering takes used planes and turns them into cargo configuration. More countries are approving a new design for its 737-800 freighter.
The A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft is only a year old. Now its sister, the A320, is transitioning to an all-cargo configuration too.
Qantas and Air Canada are pioneers in swapping older passenger planes from their fleets and turning them into full-time cargo haulers.
Cargo airlines and leasing companies are sucking up small and midsize freighters converted from passenger configuration. Here come the big boys.
