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Eastern Airlines enters air cargo market with ‘freighter-light’ model

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Eastern Airlines, a small, relatively unknown passenger carrier, is making a significant play to join the air cargo big league with an unusual business model centered on stripping out seats from used aircraft rather than converting them to a traditional freighter that can carry heavy shipments on the main deck.

The Wayne, Pennsylvania-based company on Wednesday announced it has purchased 35 Boeing 777 widebody aircraft and plans to launch service targeted at the e-commerce and express delivery...

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DHL Express to launch new cargo airline in Europe

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DHL Express is transforming its international air network with the creation of a cargo airline in Austria and other changes in response to strong volume growth and customer expectations for faster delivery of e-commerce orders.

The parcel carrier on Tuesday said it is in the process of filing applications with Austrian authorities for a new airline that will mainly operate European cargo flights and plans to convert its DHL Air UK unit into an intercontinental long-haul carrier. DHL also is...

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AskWaves: Who is Silk Way West Airlines?

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Silk Way West Airlines  is a nine-year-old cargo airline in Baku, Azerbaijan, that operates a fleet of five Boeing 747-8 and seven 747-400 freighters. Based at Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the airline operates about 350 monthly scheduled flights moving about 350,000 tons per year to more than 40 destinations worldwide and has ambitious growth plans.

The carrier recently began scheduled service to Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. 

Last week, Silk Way ordered five 777...

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777 ‘Big Twin’ program reaches midpoint for cargo conversion

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Israel Aerospace Industries has reached a milestone in development of the Boeing 777 passenger-to-freighter conversion program, moving beyond the planning phase to physically modifying the prototype aircraft.

IAI and partner GE Capital Aviation Services, a major leasing company, announced Tuesday that the first extended range 777-300 will officially be inducted into IAI’s Tel Aviv repair facility toward the end of June.

Kalitta Air, a large all-cargo operator based in Michigan, is the launch...

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Boeing 777 freighters bring relief to tight air cargo market

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A wavelet of Boeing 777 freighters entering commercial service is providing a dose of relief to shippers struggling to find capacity ever since passenger airlines closed down most international flights nine months ago due to the pandemic.

Qatar Airways and China Airlines are the latest carriers to add the 777 freighter to their fleets, as they set their sights on expansion in 2021.

Qatar Airways’ cargo division on Friday took delivery of three production 777 cargo planes built by Boeing, adding...

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GECAS to lease first 777-300 converted freighters to Kalitta Air

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GECAS Cargo, a subsidiary of General Electric (NYSE: GE), said Kalitta Air will be the launch customer for its Boeing 777-300 converted freighter program.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but GECAS said the planes will be delivered to Kalitta in 2023.

The 777-300ERSF, called the “Big Twin,” will be the largest twin-engine aircraft conversion to cargo service and is viewed as an excellent replacement for the aging four-engine 747 freighters.

GECAS delivered its first 777 passenger...

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Volga-Dnepr adds 777 to Boeing freighter suite

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Russian airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC), a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, took delivery this week of its first purpose-built Boeing 777 freighter. 

The plane is a small, but welcome, addition of freighter capacity to a transport market characterized by limited supply because of the withdrawal of passenger flights due to the coronavirus. 

Volga-Dnepr will operate the aircraft through a sale-leaseback agreement with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, a large lessor of 777 freighters, Boeing announced. In...

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