Five cargo airlines entered the widebody-freighter market in 2025 amid dramatic, geopolitical shifts that affected trade flows. Even with a shortage of available aircraft in the widebody market and ongoing capacity constraints — exacerbated by the grounding of approximately sixty MD-11Fs — new marke
The continued emergence of new narrowbody operators in 2025 revealed that the pulse is still beating in the segment despite sluggish demand. Carriers launching narrowbody freighter service this year boosted the segment after multiple carriers, including BBN Airlines Nordic, iAero Airways and Raindo
As air cargo traffic has been steadily increasing in the second half of 2025, certain trade lanes are rising while others are seeing contraction. Trade lanes from China to Europe have grown more robust in recent months, while the China-North America lane has contracted — a likely result of tariffs a
Boeing will have delivered at least thirty-five 777Fs in 2025, the most it has ever delivered in a single year since the type’s entry into service in 2009. The planemaker reported thirty-three 777F deliveries as of Nov. 30 in its most recent monthly update, but two more units have left its facility
Kansas Modification Center has finished cutting the cargo door opening on its prototype 777-300ERCF conversion. KMC will start installing a door surround structure ahead of fitting the cargo door to the 2008-vintage prototype (37704, ex-Emirates), the company said in a social media post yesterday. C
French Polynesian startup Motu Link Airline is nearing the launch of freighter services with the anticipated arrival of its first ATR 72F in the coming weeks. Motu Link hopes to quickly launch operations after the 2004-vintage ATR 72-500F (713, ex-Binter Canarias) arrives, and its priority is securi
SAI Law and Economics Partner Luis Alberto Ibarra Pardo will join Cargo Facts LATAM 2026 for a presentation on “Economics and trade in Latin America: Challenges, opportunities and their air cargo implications” on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 10:15 a.m. (GMT-6).The fourth annual Cargo Facts LATAM conference
BBN Airlines Indonesia is looking to step away from the freighter segment after two years in the space. After removing its sole 737-400SF (26302) from service in September, BBN Airlines Indonesia still has one 737-800BCF and still holds its cargo AOC, but will not pursue its extension as the carrier
Lessor High Ridge Aviation’s portfolio has expanded to include its first freighter aircraft with its acquisition of an A330-300P2F from CDB Aviation. The purchase of the 2008-vintage A330-300P2F (958, ex-China Southern) is the first step in the lessor’s plan to expand its freighter lease portfolio,
Mammoth Freighters filed a motion Dec. 22 to dismiss the lawsuit Precision Aircraft Solutions filed in October, claiming that Precision’s allegations are vague and lack evidence. Precision claims in the suit, filed Oct. 20 in the U.S. District Court in Oregon, that it learned in August that Mammoth
