In this episode, Cargo Facts Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee explore recent developments across the 777 freighter conversion and modification landscape, and discuss what is known so far about operator commitments to freighter-converted 777s.

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New entrants crowd 777 conversion arena

In this episode of Cargo Facts Connect, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee look at Air Wisconsin’s CRJ freighter plans and discuss whether passenger ACMI carriers will find appealing opportunities in air cargo over the long run.

How deep will passenger ACMI carriers venture into cargo?

In this episode, Cargo Facts Consulting Senior Consultant Jim Edgar joins Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee to share his insight into how major combination carriers view their cargo divisions, and what additional outside investment may mean for freighter fleets worldwide.

Combination carriers and their freighter divisions

In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss Bluebird Nordic’s ambition to become a major player in the European 737 ACMI market, and the integrators and e-tailers driving narrowbody freighter fleet renewal and growth across Europe.

A growing list of 737-800F operators

In this episode, Cargo Facts Associate Editor Jeff Lee and Cargo Facts Consulting Managing Director Frederic Horst look at what the A350F means for Airbus and discuss the prospects, as well as the challenges, for the freighter in the large widebody segment.

Airbus back in the production freighter game

In this episode of Cargo Facts Connect, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee take a look at incoming 737-800 freighters and discuss fleet trends in what is currently the second-largest market for 737NG freighters, Mainland China.

Lessors strengthen control over 737-800 freighter conversion slots

FedEx Express, already the largest operator of the 767, firmed up options late last month to purchase twenty additional 767-300Fs from Boeing. In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee take another look at the integrator’s 767 order and options, and discuss the medium widebody freighter’s prospects more generally.

FedEx’s order book and the 767F

In this Cargo Facts Weekly Wrap, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss some of the 747s being returned to service and routes that are still favorable to cargo-only operations with equipment other than a purpose-built or converted freighter. On the narrowbody front, the pair discusses the demand for 757-200 conversions, following a four-unit 757-200 freighter conversion order from BlackRock.

More 747s and passenger aircraft pulled into cargo service

In this episode of Cargo Facts Connect, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee recap some of the major highlights from this year's Cargo Facts EMEA event, including Astral Aviation adding the 757 platform to its fleet, Bluebird Nordic looking to make the transition to NGs, and Texel Air ordering a second 737-800BCF conversion. They then take a closer look at Cargolux, which has long been an all-747 operator but is thinking about its future fleet development.

Cargo Facts EMEA recap and Cargolux's future

In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee highlight recent A321 freighter conversion developments. They then look at the first DHL 767-200F transfer to 21 Air and discuss 767 CMI operations more generally.

A321 freighter milestones and 767-200F reassignments

In this episode, Jim Edgar, Senior Consultant of Cargo Facts Consulting, joins Cargo Facts Associate Editor Jeff Lee to to reflect on some key themes from this week’s Cargo Facts Asia virtual event. They then discuss the unprecedented demand for freighter aircraft, before turning to the race between Airbus and Boeing for the next large widebody freighter.

CFA highlights unprecedented demand for freighters

In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee look at another couple of 747-400Fs that could soon leave the desert, take stock of the stored 747 freighter fleet and discuss how freighter-converted 777-300Fs might fit into the market.

More 747Fs reactivated, plus the imminent induction of the first 777-300ERSF

In this Weekly Wrap, Cargo Facts editors Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee look back at last week’s developments involving CargoLogicAir, Ethiopian Airlines and MNG Airlines, highlighting the relentless demand for medium-widebody freighters. Their discussion takes a look at why 767s make sense for CLA and the peculiarities of the Ethiopian deal, before turning to MNG’s move away from production A330s.

What’s driving more carriers to medium-widebody freighters?

In this episode of Cargo Facts Connect, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee revisit cargo-only operations using passenger aircraft over the past year, and discuss the longevity of and outlook for pax-freighter operations.

Passenger freighters still around one year later

In this episode, Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee discuss the current state of parked 747 freighters, and look at how 737-800 fleet modernization in mainland China and elsewhere is giving 737 Classics a second life.

How many more 747 freighters are there to reactivate?

Cargo Facts Connect addresses all things freighters and aircraft. The podcast will feature episodes on freighter transactions, belly capacity trends, conversion activity and aircraft finance. Brought to you by Cargo Facts, long the industry resource on freighter aircraft, the Cargo Facts Connect podcast gets you inside the freighter business.

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