FedEx Express Takes Delivery of Its First Boeing 777 Freighter

The world’s largest air cargo carrier, FedEx Express, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777 Freighter. The aircraft is the ninth 777 Freighter to be delivered by Boeing and is the first 777 Freighter to enter service with a U.S.-based global freight carrier. FedEx Express ordered 15 Boeing 777 Freighters in 2006 and is […]

Airbus Hands Over Etihad’s First A330-200F Freighter at Farnborough

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and Airbus have highlighted the carrier’s status as the launch customer for the world’s newest freighter aircraft, the widebody A330-200F, by ceremonially handing over Etihad’s first A330-200F at the Farnborough International Airshow and displaying the aircraft at the show. Etihad Airways placed its A330-200F order at the Paris Le Bourget Air […]

Korean Air Orders Two More Boeing 747-8 Freighters

Korean Air has ordered two more Boeing 747-8 Freighters to add to five 747-8Fs and five 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jets it has already purchased. Boeing values Korean Air’s new 747-8F order at $639 million at list prices. “Korean Air continues to strengthen its reputation as one of the world’s leading global cargo carriers,” says Marlin Dailey, vice […]

Review: Icelandair’s Saga Business Class

Back in May 1972, I took my first trip to Europe, flying from New York JFK on Icelandic Airlines. I was bound for Luxembourg’s Findel International Airport (IATA code LUX), where all of Icelandic’s Europe-bound fights landed. Most of the passengers were, like me, budget-minded young backpackers. Well before reaching Luxembourg, my flight refueled at Keflavik […]

Singapore Airlines Plans Order for 20 777-9s and 19 More 787-10s

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has agreed to place firm orders for 20 Boeing 777-9s and 19 787-10s, for additional growth and fleet modernization through the next decade. SIA, which became the launch customer for the 787-10 in 2013 when it placed a firm order for 30, signed a letter of intent with Boeing to place firm […]

Atlas Air Receives First 747-8F, for Wet-Lease to BA World Cargo

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. has taken delivery of the first of nine Boeing 747-8 Freighters the company has on order. The Boeing 747-8F will be operated by Atlas Air ‘s 49 per cent subsidiary, Global Supply Systems (GSS), for British Airways World Cargo through a five-year wet-lease agreement. A wet lease is one in which the […]

The Boeing 747-8 Serves Its 100th Airport

The Boeing 747-8 has served its 100th airport just 16 months after entering service. Boeing’s new stretched 747 model reached the milestone when a Boeing 747-8 Freighter operated by launch customer Cargolux arrived at Hanoi’s Nội Bài International Airport in Vietnam from Kuwait on Sunday, March 17. “As the 747-8 launch customer, I want to congratulate the […]

Turkmenistan Airlines Takes Delivery of Its First Boeing 777-200LR

Boeing has delivered to Turkmenistan Airlines, Turkmenistan’s national flag carrier, the first of two new 777-200LR (Longer Range) passenger widebodies the carrier ordered from the manufacturer. The delivery of Turkmenistan Airlines’ first Boeing 777-200LR coincided with the opening of a new terminal at Ashgabat International Airport (IATA code ASB), which serves Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat. “Boeing and Turkmenistan […]

AviancaTaca and Tampa Cargo Owner Synergy Orders Six A330-200s, Three A330-200Fs

Colombia-based Synergy Aerospace, whose parent Synergy Group is the majority owner of AviancaTaca and Tampa Cargo and owns several other airlines, has signed a firm order for nine Airbus A330-family aircraft. The order includes six Airbus A330-200 passenger jets and three A330-200 Freighter aircraft. Engine choice will be announced at a later date, according to Airbus. The […]

New International Network Boosts Avianca Brasil’s Growth

Avianca Brasil’s CEO Frederico Pedreira reveals that the carrier’s new international route network has contributed about 8 per cent of its revenue passenger kilometer. Having averaged traffic growth of about 30 percent each year over the first six years of its existence, Avianca Brasil expects to end 2017 – its seventh year of operations – […]

Qatar Airways and JetBlue to Interline at JFK and Dulles

JetBlue Airways and Qatar Airways have signed a new interline agreement to connect travelers seamlessly between the two carriers’ networks at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. The new agreement means customers will be able to purchase a single itinerary combining flights on both carriers’ networks and allows one-stop […]

Cargo Carrier National Airlines to Operate Passenger Charters with 757s

The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted National Airlines international passenger-charter authority, allowing the cargo airline to expand its operation into passenger service. National Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Air Cargo Holdings. Founded in 1985, National Airlines currently operates three intercontinental-range, 45-ton-capacity McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF and DC-8-71F freighters. It is based in […]

Volga-Dnepr to Order 20 More 747-8Fs and Add An-124s to Boeing’s Supply Chain

Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to order 20 more Boeing 747-8 Freighters, in a deal that Boeing values at $7.4 billion at list prices. The agreement also adds the Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan very large freighter on a long-term basis to the logistics support chain for Boeing and its partners. AirBridgeCargo, based […]

Atlas Air Is Approved to Operate U.S. Military Passenger Charters

Cargo carrier Atlas Air has been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense to operate passenger charter services for U.S. military personnel, complementing the carrier’s long-time status as an operator of military cargo-charter flights. The new military passenger-charter service is expected to start in May, according to Atlas Air’s parent, airfreight company Atlas Air Worldwide […]

Turkish Airlines Takes Delivery of First 777-300ER from Boeing Order

Boeing has delivered the first of 12 777-300ERs ordered by Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines. The milestone delivery marks many firsts for the airline, according to‭ Boeing. The new aircraft is Turkish Airlines’ first 777 directly purchased from Boeing. (Turkish Airlines currently operates four 777-300ERs leased from India’s Jet Airways, but will return these aircraft following […]