Cargo Facts Connect
Cargo Facts Connect addresses all things freighters and aircraft. Connect delves into what's new in freighter transactions, belly capacity trends, conversion activity and aircraft finance. Brought to you by Cargo Facts, long the industry's leading information resource on freighter aircraft, Cargo Facts Connect gets you inside the freighter business.
Cargo Facts has been the newsletter of record of the air cargo and freighter aircraft industries for over 40 years. Cargo Facts, published by Royal Media, provides its readers with timely, actionable news and industry intelligence. The deep value in Cargo Facts centers on its detailed coverage of the market and exploration of every nuance of air cargo and freighter aircraft.
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Cargo Facts produces the following leading industry events: Cargo Facts EMEA, Cargo Facts Asia and the Cargo Facts Symposium.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 151
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
DHL commits to Mammoth, old habits die hard with the 757, and from Russia with love for the Il-96T
In this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss DHL’s acquisition of ex-Delta 777-200LRs for conversion to 777-200LRMFs with Mammoth Freighter…
‘The Big Twin’ first flight, UPS quadjets, drone mishaps
In this episode, hear a discussion of the first test flight of IAI and AerCap’s “Big Twin” program, with the prototype 777-300ERSF taking off from Tel Aviv after a nearly two-year conversion process …
More 737-800 conversions and a new drone system
In this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke discuss regional freighters and Boeing’s expansion of conv…
Cargojet sells 777s, ANA buys NCA
In this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editor Robert Luke discuss the highlights of ISTAT Americas conference, which featured a session on the cargo market and another on mergers …
Earnings, more A321Fs and alternative fuel
In this week’s episode of the “Cargo Facts Connect” podcast, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke kick off the discussion with Universal Hydrogen’s first fl…
New conversion sites, airlines and drones
In this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke kick off the discussion with the unveiling of a new cargo drone in Israel that is manufactured by Heve…
New freighter and drone operators emerge
In this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editors Andrew Crider and Robert Luke kick off the discussion with a watershed moment in the cargo industry: the news that Ameriflight will …
Cargo Facts EMEA 2023 roundup
In this episode, Cargo Facts Editor Jeff Lee and Associate Editor Robert Luke are joined by Cargo Facts Consulting Senior Consultant Jim Edgar live in Dubai to discuss Cargo Facts EMEA 2023, the dire…
Memories of the 'Queen of the Skies'
New conversion milestones and cargo drone orders
Asian widebodies on the horizon supplemented by Boeing narrowbodies
The future of the 737-400F and a future freighter type
FedEx retirements and narrowbody milestones
2022's greatest hits and the year ahead
Amazon, Embraer and drones
The final Queen of the Skies emerges while Airbus improves the A350F
Sustainable engines, inoperative engines and widebody competition
E-commerce in Latin America, new additions in Asia and 757s
A 777-8F order, drone updates and Asian market shakeups