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Azul Airlines boosts cargo capability with first A321 freighter

Brazilian airline Azul has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321 converted freighter. The design for modifying used passenger jets to carry cargo containers was approved by the country’s National Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA), the Airbus affiliate that rebuilt the aircraft announced Thursday.

The carrier’s cargo division will receive a second A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft in December, said Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW). Several news outlets previously said the planes will join the active...

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Azul introduces 1st Embraer 195 cabin freighter

A white Azul regional jet with blue tail landing.

Brazilian airline Azul has introduced the first cabin freighter for an Embraer 195 aircraft following a reconfiguration that involved removing the seats. 

The ability to use the main deck and lower hold more than doubles the aircraft’s cargo capacity to 16.5 tons, improving efficiency and reducing carbon emissions because fewer flights will be required to move orders.

Use of cargo-only passenger aircraft was widespread for a year after the start of the COVID pandemic as airlines tried to...

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Asiana reconfigures A350 passenger cabin with Airbus cargo pallet system

Boxes being loaded in overhead bins and on floor of passenger plane with no seats.

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines is the first airline to modify an A350 twin-aisle plane with a mini-pallet system developed by Airbus (CXE: AIR) to increase the efficiency of cabin loading amid a supply shortage for cargo airlift.

Engineers removed 283 seats and installed the cargo pallet system on the floor to firmly secure cargo loads, increasing cargo capacity by 5 metric tons to 23 tons, Airbus said in a recent news release. The process also includes the removal of in-flight entertainment...

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