Demand for freighters spurs investment in new airframe conversions
The continued expansion of mobile and social purchasing is helping sustain the market growth in e-commerce, which should continue to drive the demand for freighters.
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The continued expansion of mobile and social purchasing is helping sustain the market growth in e-commerce, which should continue to drive the demand for freighters.
Organic growth also has been key to the growth and continued success of LGSTX Services.
Airborne performs direct maintenance for both passenger and cargo airlines, including Frontier, United Airlines, and ATSG’s sister airlines ATI, ABX Air and Omni.
“We are looking forward to making some major announcements about new customers that will utilize our Airbus converted freighter capacity.”
This conversion marks two firsts for ATSG: its foray into the narrowbody freighter category and its pursuit of in-house conversion with PEMCO.
The past 20 years were the most pivotal in the history of U.S. air cargo security. The next 20 are likely to be just as crucial.
ATSG also owns two aviation maintenance facilities and a logistics operation.