Beta Technologies completed the first test flight of its Alia CX300 electric conventional takeoff and landing aircraft on Nov. 13. The production-standard Alia CX300 (BT31C-0001) electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) prototype departed Burlington, Vt. (BTV), around 6:30 a.m. (UTC…
Cargo Facts is delighted to announce the 13th annual Cargo Facts Asia event, taking place in China on March 24-26 at The W Shanghai – The Bund. This marquee event will focus on the burgeoning Asia-Pacific freighter market, as industry…
Izabel Reis, director of Azul Cargo Express, will join Cargo Facts LATAM 2025 for a fireside chat on the freighter market at the Pullman Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport hotel in Brazil on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 9:15 a.m. (GDT -3).…
Express Cargo Airlines has added a second 737-300 freighter after the aircraft left the fleet of fellow Indonesia-based operator RGA-Black Stone Airlines. The 1997-vintage 737-300F (28200) yesterday flew for the first time under its new registration and livery after it…
China’s HNA Aviation Group intends to expand into the Airbus conversion market by sending A330s for conversion with EFW, including some at its own Grand China Aircraft Maintenance facility in Haikou (HAK). HNA will induct its first A330 for conversion…
Boeing predicts that air cargo traffic will nearly double over the next twenty years with growth of about 4% each year. That annual growth rate is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 4.1% that Boeing had said in July for…
MIAMI — Tariffs and e-commerce were the most popular topics discussed throughout the first day of TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum on Nov. 12. The air cargo effects of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to increase and expand the use of tariffs…
LATAM has sold one of its 767-300 freighters to Jetran, the first of three units the carrier expects to remove from its fleet. The aircraft is a 2000-vintage, production 767-300F with CF6 engines (30780) that Jetran purchased at the end…
Embraer’s E190F conversion obtained approval from EASA last week, the third certification the new freighter type has received this year. EASA amended Embraer’s type certificate for the E190 on Nov. 7 to include a service bulletin for the freighter modification,…
China will account for almost 30% of the new production and converted freighters entering service over the next twenty years, according to Airbus’ latest forecast. Chinese carriers will operate 690 of the 2,470 freighters joining the global fleet from 2024…