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Uzbek airline My Freighter adds 2 more Boeing 767s

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My Freighter’s fleet of five Boeing 767-300 freighters is leased entirely from Air Transport Services Group. (Photo: ATSG)

My Freighter, a startup cargo airline based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has signed long-term leases with Air Transport Services Group for two additional Boeing 767-300 converted freighter aircraft, the U.S. leasing and aviation services company announced on Tuesday.

The deal increases the size of My Freighter’s fleet to five aircraft, all of them medium widebody freighters supplied by Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ: ATSG) via its Irish leasing subsidiary. The airline received its first 767 cargo jet in November. An ATSG official said the two new aircraft are expected to be delivered this month.

ATSG is a vertically integrated aviation company that buys secondhand aircraft, sends them to conversion specialists to remodel their interiors for transporting heavy shipping containers and offers services, including flying, that can be purchased a la carte or bundled with a lease. In the United States, ATSG’s two cargo airlines operate leased aircraft for Amazon and DHL Express.

ATSG in recent years has significantly expanded its international customer base, leasing aircraft to carriers such as My Freighter, SkyTaxi in Poland and Raya Airways in Malaysia as air cargo demand, especially for e-commerce shipments, grows in other parts of the world.


My Freighter connects trade hubs in Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe, with Tashkent functioning as a transshipment point. It began flying to China this year. A substantial portion of its business comes from e-commerce and fast-fashion platforms including Shein, Alibaba and Temu in China, as well as Zara parent Inditex. Automotive giants Kia and Hyundai, Samsung, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.N. World Food Program are also customers, according to the company’s website.

In April, Czech Republic-based logistics provider EGT Express launched scheduled cargo service three times per week between Ostrava Airport and Almaty, Kazakhstan, with a dedicated My Freighter aircraft that continues to Qingdao, China. EGT had previously established private air service between Ostrava and Tashkent utilizing My Freighter.

My Freighter also operates charter passenger flights with a handful of aircraft under the brand Centrum Air.

ATSG has 114 converted cargo jets in service, two more than at the end of 2023, with 46 leased to external airlines. Revenues have been flat to slightly negative in the past year as customers deferred new leases or declined extensions during a pronounced downturn in the air cargo market, which is now experiencing a robust recovery.


ATSG reported first-quarter revenue of $486 million, down 3% year over year. Operating income decreased $22.6 million, to $15.2 million, but the results were better than analysts expected. 

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Eric Kulisch

Eric is the Supply Chain and Air Cargo Editor at FreightWaves. An award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering the logistics sector, Eric spent nearly two years as the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Automotive News, where he focused on regulatory and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, mobility, fuel economy and safety. He has won two regional Gold Medals and a Silver Medal from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for government and trade coverage, and news analysis. He was voted best for feature writing and commentary in the Trade/Newsletter category by the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He won Environmental Journalist of the Year from the Seahorse Freight Association in 2014 and was the group's 2013 Supply Chain Journalist of the Year. In December 2022, Eric was voted runner up for Air Cargo Journalist by the Seahorse Freight Association. As associate editor at American Shipper Magazine for more than a decade, he wrote about trade, freight transportation and supply chains. He has appeared on Marketplace, ABC News and National Public Radio to talk about logistics issues in the news. Eric is based in Vancouver, Washington. He can be reached for comments and tips at ekulisch@freightwaves.com