EFW said Monday it has closed on the acquisition of Superior Brokerage Services, which doubles its revenue and warehousing capacity.
The freighter conversion business is slowing down, but there remains residual momentum from carriers such as IndiGo.
Estes Forwarding Worldwide announced plans to acquire fellow forwarder Superior Brokerage Services.
Estes Forwarding Worldwide announced it has acquired trade show logistics provider Legacy Logistics.
An Airbus affiliate that converts used passenger planes into cargo haulers plans to outsource some work to a new partner in China.
Just as the name suggests, Get It There Faster helps shippers easily move LTL ground and air freight, instantly bringing expedited rates to their TMS platforms.
Thursday was a busy day for aircraft conversion deals, with leasing companies placing deposits to get passenger aircraft changed into freighters.
CBD — we know what you’re thinking — also stands for Chinese Development Bank and it is going deeper into air cargo leasing.
New financiers are backing a major fleet expansion at Mexican cargo carrier MasAir.
The A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft is only a year old. Now its sister, the A320, is transitioning to an all-cargo configuration too.
“We are looking forward to making some major announcements about new customers that will utilize our Airbus converted freighter capacity.”
Used Airbus A321s are getting a second life in the cargo arena. More companies are jumping in to do the modifications.
Aircraft leasing and management firm BBAM showed its confidence in the new Airbus A321 freighter design by placing a large order with an aftermarket shop to overhaul passenger planes to carry cargo.
Leasing companies are investing in pre-owned passenger planes that can be converted into freighters, and production companies are stepping up to meet their need.
Airbus is competing not only against Boeing to sell small converted freighters, but it now has a new U.S. competitor in retrofitting A321s.
A new type of air cargo plane is entering the market to much fanfare. The Airbus A321 has many capabilities. Titan Airways is getting the second freighter ever produced.
(Updated Oct. 260, 2020, 9 A.M. ET, with more on EFEW, Sine Draco Aviation) Questions about whether the new Airbus A321 converted freighter could generate orders and catch up to […]
