The selection by Ethiopian Airlines of the Boeing 777-8F as its new full-freighter aircraft confirms its plans to significantly grow the cargo business unit in the next decade. Part of that plan is to double the fleet by 2035 to 24…
In her days as a factory-build aircraft, the Airbus A330 Freighter was never a success. But there seems a bright future for the type in the future as passenger to freighter (P2F) cargo planes. Elbe Flugzeugwerke in Dresden delivered the first…
One of the key topics at Dubai Airshow has been the growth of the freighter market. With the launch order for the Airbus A350F, Embraer announcing it will enter the freighter market, and Boeing and some of its customers saying…
Here is some news in brief from Dubai Airshow 2021, which is held from November 14-18: 17 – After her week in Dubai at Dubai Airshow since November 9, the Boeing 777-9 test aircraft departed the event again on Thursday morning…
Boeing seems to be moving towards another tanker scuffle. This time they are apparently trying to prevent IAI from building any critical mass in the tanker business. There are three primary places you can buy an aerial refueling tanker: Airbus, Boeing,…
Janes reports that Brazil has retired its last KC-137 tanker. These aircraft are over twenty years old as tankers and even older as airframes. They date back to the 1960s. Interestingly the Brazilian Air Force has selected to replace these…