Western Global Airlines has furloughed about seventy pilots and provided no timeline for when they may return, a furloughed pilot told Cargo Facts. “They only gave us one-day notice of being furloughed,” the pilot, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said. “I was shocked. We were all shocked, b
Airbus plans to obtain A350F certifications from the FAA and EASA simultaneously by completing more than 410 flight test hours over nine months in 2026 with its two A350F prototypes. The European aircraft manufacturer has started testing the actuation systems for the cargo door, oxygen, air distribu
Domestic flow data for the second quarter of 2025 shows a shift in where the real freight momentum is forming for major U.S. airlines, and the latest earnings confirm that the carriers leaning into those corridors are the ones seeing the clearest cargo upside. Core lanes shift Domestic regional frei
Cargo Facts is pleased to announce that executives from MTU Aero Engines, The Xtreme Group and GA Telesis will join free webinar discussion “Full thrust: Navigating engine challenges in the freighter segment” on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m. ET.In this free webinar, moderated by Cargo Facts Senior Ass
Carriers may look to insource more heavy maintenance work as the NTSB investigation into the fatal Nov. 4 crash of UPS flight 2976 continues. “From what I understand, a lot of the airlines are looking into bringing the work back in; the problem is that they’ve sold a lot of it off,” Stephen Carbone,
Fly Meta has taken delivery of its first 777-300ERSF on lease from AerCap, the second customer to receive the new freighter type. Fly Meta plans to start commercial operations with the 2005-vintage aircraft (32788, ex-Emirates) in December, the Hong Kong-based company told Cargo Facts. Unit 32788 wi
Air China Cargo has doubled its weekly A330-200 freighter service at Glasgow Prestwick Airport in Scotland to eight, adding four flights from Chengdu, China. Air China Cargo launched the Chengdu (CTU)-Glasgow (PIK) route Nov. 22 with a 2008-vintage A330-200P2F (903), including a stop in Stockholm (A
Cargo Facts is pleased to return to Shanghai for the fourteenth annual Cargo Facts Asia conference on March 23-25, 2026, at the W Shanghai.The event will assemble decision-makers, global executives and leaders to analyze the latest market trends, air cargo developments and their potential impact in
Atlas Air Worldwide subsidiary Titan Aviation Leasing has added the first A330-200P2F to its portfolio, after expanding into the Airbus freighter segment this year. The 2007-vintage, Trent 700-powered aircraft (832, ex-Etihad Airways) was previously managed by Altavair and had come off lease from Ai
Precision Aircraft Solutions has filed a lawsuit against Mammoth Freighters alleging that Mammoth used proprietary Precision information to create its 777 conversion program. Precision claims in the suit, which was filed Oct. 20 in the U.S. District Court in Oregon, that it learned in August that Ma
