Cargo Facts

Cargo Facts Connect

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Cargo Facts Connect addresses all things freighters and aircraft. Connect delves into what's new in freighter transactions, belly capacity trends, conversion activity and aircraft finance. Brought to you by Cargo Facts, long the industry's leading information resource on freighter aircraft, Cargo Facts Connect gets you inside the freighter business. Cargo Facts has been the newsletter of record of the air cargo and freighter aircraft industries for over 40 years. Cargo Facts, published by Royal Media, provides its readers with timely, actionable news and industry intelligence. The deep value i...

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Jul 11, 2026

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A330-200Fs on the move 06.02.2021

In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss where the four A330-200Fs that Qatar Airways has removed from service may end up. They also look back at the A330-200F program and compare it with freighter-converted A330s.

Industry Pulse: Pax freighters deliver lifeline to secondary markets 30.01.2021

In this episode, Frederic Horst, managing director of Cargo Facts Consulting, and Cargo Facts' Senior Editor Charles Kauffman take another look at passenger freighters in an Industry Pulse webinar.

Flurry of freighter orders in first weeks of 2021 19.01.2021

In this Cargo Facts Connect episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee reflect on freighter news from the first two weeks of 2021.

COVID-19 piques online shopping, freighter conversions 14.11.2020

In this Cargo Facts Connect episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss sales and package volumes related to Alibaba’s Singles Day sale, and reflect on freighter news from this week, fueled by long-term e-commerce growth.

Cargo Facts Symposium 2020 Fireside Chat 07.11.2020

This episode features the Fireside Chat session with ATSG President and CEO Rich Corrado during this year's virtual Cargo Facts Symposium.

Takeaways from Cargo Facts Symposium 2020 31.10.2020

In this edition of the Weekly Wrap, Cargo Facts Editors Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee are joined by Jim Edgar, senior consultant of Cargo Facts Consulting, to recap the major takeaways from this year’s Cargo Facts Symposium.

Here come the A321 freighters 16.10.2020

In this Cargo Facts Connect episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss the latest developments around the A321F and look ahead to next week.

The new ATR freighter, plus an update on passenger freighters 19.09.2020

In this Cargo Facts Connect episode, Deputy Editor Caryn Livingston and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss the new ATR freighter that made its first flight this week, and provide an update on cargo-only operations using passenger aircraft.

Weekly Wrap: A look back at the rise of Amazon Air 04.09.2020

From its early days of launching a trial network in the fall of 2015, Amazon Air has quickly built up its network of own-controlled capacity, and is on track to operate a fleet of at least eighty-one aircraft by the end of 2021. In this Cargo Facts Connect episode, Jeff Lee and Charles Kauffman discuss Amazon’s initial trial operations with ATSG and Northern Air Cargo, and look at the evolution of...

Weekly Wrap: 747s in the spotlight amid slow pax recovery 04.09.2020

In this Aug. 21, 2020 episode of the Cargo Facts Weekly Wrap, editors discuss some recent 747 freighter transaction volume and other industry highlights of the week, including new prospects for freighter fleet growth in Southeast Asia. 

Weekly Wrap: Widebody additions and deliveries, and the end of the 747 10.07.2020
Wallace on Kalitta's COVID-19 operations 27.03.2020

In this episode of Cargo Facts Connect, we speak with Ned Wallace, president of Wallace Air Cargo Group, which manages worldwide scheduled and charter marketing and sales for Kalitta. For a cargo carrier like U.S.-based Kalitta Air , which specializes in ACMI and charter operations, the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing capacity crunch has resulted in extremely high fleet utilization , as shippers...

ATSG CCO Berger on global opportunities for the 767F 25.02.2020

The largest lessor of 767Fs by portfolio size, U.S.-based Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) continues to convert 767-300ERs and is on track to place at least ten 767Fs on dry-leases with customers UPS and Amazon over the course of 2020.   While the majority of CAM’s 767F portfolio is currently deployed to carriers based in, or operating in the United States, CAM and its parent ATSG see opportunities...

CFC's Horst on EMEA express and e-commerce 29.01.2020

Today we speak with Frederic Horst, managing director of Cargo Facts Consulting. Horst will be presenting on European express and e-commerce trends at Cargo Facts EMEA, scheduled for Feb. 3-5 at the Westin Grand Frankfurt.

DHL's Olin on fleet growth prospects for Latin American express hub 14.11.2019

In this episode, we’ll be discussing developments with DHL’s Latin America hub in Panama. DHL’s subsidiary carrier, DHL AeroExpreso currently operates two 737-400Fs and four 757-200Fs in express service, and is preparing to add to the fleet its first medium-widebody freighter, a 767-300F.  

Timing the launch of a P2F conversion program 11.09.2019

Miami-based AEI has developed P2F Supplemental Type Certificates for ten jet models throughout its history. The company’s 737-800 SF program, announced in April 2014, was the first conversion program launched for an NG narrowbody In February of this year, the 737-800SF was certified by the FAA and subsequently redelivered to launch operator Ethiopian Airlines earlier this year. In this inaugural e...

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