Air Canada leases surplus Boeing 767 freighter aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines

Air Canada has leased out two lightly used Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines, the largest passenger carrier in Africa and a rising player in the air cargo market with 17 dedicated freighters, FreightWaves has learned.

Air Canada (TSX: AC) pulled the factory-built Boeing 767 cargo jets, which are 2 years old, from its fleet in the second quarter because it didn’t have enough business to operate them economically. They have been at an airframe services and maintenance...

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Air Canada drops 2 late-model Boeing freighters from fleet

Air Canada has removed two new cargo jets from its fleet, furthering a strategic reversal in ambitious growth plans for dedicated freighter operations after less than three years even as the air cargo market experiences a robust recovery in 2024.

A management analysis published alongside the company’s second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday showed the size of the freighter fleet had fallen from eight to six Boeing 767-300 aircraft. A footnote indicated that the two planes were sidelined in...

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Uzbek airline My Freighter adds 2 more Boeing 767s

My Freighter, a startup cargo airline based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has signed long-term leases with Air Transport Services Group for two additional Boeing 767-300 converted freighter aircraft, the U.S. leasing and aviation services company announced on Tuesday.

The deal increases the size of My Freighter’s fleet to five aircraft, all of them medium widebody freighters supplied by Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ: ATSG) via its Irish leasing subsidiary. The airline received its first 767...

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Uzbekistan-based cargo airline My Freighter adds third Boeing 767

My Freighter, a startup cargo airline based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has received its third Boeing 767-300 converted freighter from Air Transport Services Group, the U.S. leasing and aviation services company announced on Monday.

My Freighter took delivery of its first 767-300 in early November. ATSG (NASDAQ: ATSG) sends the former passenger aircraft to airframe repair specialists to tear down and rebuild the interior to handle large containers before leasing them to customers.

The airline...

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Atlas Air’s leasing unit to help Icelandair convert 767s to freighters

Cargo lets loaded on an Icelandair jet.

Icelandair has agreed to a sale-leaseback deal with a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (NASDAQ: AAWW) that recycles two Boeing 767-300 passenger planes into freighters for the cargo division and provides financial help to the company. The aircraft will replace two Boeing 757-200 all-cargo planes that the airline plans to take out of operation in 2023 and 2024, it said in a statement Wednesday.

Titan Aircraft Investments, the joint venture between Atlas’ leasing subsidiary Titan...

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