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.
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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 151
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
A growing list of 737-800F operators
In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss Bluebird Nordic’s ambition to become a major player in the European 737 ACMI market, and the integrators and e-ta…
00:07:48 |
Sat 14 Aug 2021
Airbus back in the production freighter game
In this episode, Cargo Facts Associate Editor Jeff Lee and Cargo Facts Consulting Managing Director Frederic Horst look at what the A350F means for Airbus and discuss the prospects, as well as the ch…
00:17:09 |
Tue 03 Aug 2021
Lessors strengthen control over 737-800 freighter conversion slots
In this episode of Cargo Facts Connect, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee take a look at incoming 737-800 freighters and discuss fleet trends in what is currently the secon…
00:10:11 |
Fri 16 Jul 2021
FedEx’s order book and the 767F
FedEx Express, already the largest operator of the 767, firmed up options late last month to purchase twenty additional 767-300Fs from Boeing. In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Asso…
00:10:19 |
Sat 03 Jul 2021
More 747s and passenger aircraft pulled into cargo service
In this Cargo Facts Weekly Wrap, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss some of the 747s being returned to service and routes that are still favorable to cargo-only oper…
00:15:54 |
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Cargo Facts EMEA recap and Cargolux's future
In this episode of Cargo Facts Connect, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee recap some of the major highlights from this year's Cargo Facts EMEA event, including Astral Aviat…
00:12:08 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
A321 freighter milestones and 767-200F reassignments
In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee highlight recent A321 freighter conversion developments. They then look at the first DHL 767-200F transfer to 21 Air and …
00:13:09 |
Sat 15 May 2021
CFA highlights unprecedented demand for freighters
In this episode, Jim Edgar, Senior Consultant of Cargo Facts Consulting, joins Cargo Facts Associate Editor Jeff Lee to to reflect on some key themes from this week’s Cargo Facts Asia virtual event. …
00:16:11 |
Sat 24 Apr 2021
More 747Fs reactivated, plus the imminent induction of the first 777-300ERSF
In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee look at another couple of 747-400Fs that could soon leave the desert, take stock of the stored 747 freighter fleet and di…
00:14:25 |
Sat 17 Apr 2021
What’s driving more carriers to medium-widebody freighters?
In this Weekly Wrap, Cargo Facts editors Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee look back at last week’s developments involving CargoLogicAir, Ethiopian Airlines and MNG Airlines, highlighting the relentless …
00:12:16 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Passenger freighters still around one year later
In this episode of Cargo Facts Connect, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee revisit cargo-only operations using passenger aircraft over the past year, and discuss the longevi…
00:15:55 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
How many more 747 freighters are there to reactivate?
In this episode, Charles Kauffman and Jeff Lee discuss the current state of parked 747 freighters, and look at how 737-800 fleet modernization in mainland China and elsewhere is giving 737 Classics a…
00:12:40 |
Sat 20 Mar 2021
A mega-merger, plus Amazon’s stake in ATSG
In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee look at some of the implications of the AerCap-GECAS merger on the freighter market. They then discuss Amazon’s decision …
00:16:03 |
Sat 13 Mar 2021
New conversion orders, plus EFW inducts its first A320
In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss this week's conversion orders, EFW's A320P2F program, and Lufthansa Cargo's 777F plans.
00:14:03 |
Sat 06 Mar 2021
CFC's Jim Edgar on how the 777F ended up with the GE90 as its only engine option
In this episode, Cargo Facts Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Jim Edgar, senior consultant of Cargo Facts Consulting, discuss the GE90's exclusivity on the 777F and how cargo operators were taken i…
00:13:49 |
Tue 23 Feb 2021
A330-200Fs on the move
In this episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss where the four A330-200Fs that Qatar Airways has removed from service may end up. They also look back at the A330…
00:15:15 |
Sat 06 Feb 2021
Industry Pulse: Pax freighters deliver lifeline to secondary markets
In this episode, Frederic Horst, managing director of Cargo Facts Consulting, and Cargo Facts' Senior Editor Charles Kauffman take another look at passenger freighters in an Industry Pulse webinar.
00:13:58 |
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Flurry of freighter orders in first weeks of 2021
In this Cargo Facts Connect episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee reflect on freighter news from the first two weeks of 2021.
00:14:56 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
COVID-19 piques online shopping, freighter conversions
In this Cargo Facts Connect episode, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Associate Editor Jeff Lee discuss sales and package volumes related to Alibaba’s Singles Day sale, and reflect on freighter new…
00:15:32 |
Sat 14 Nov 2020
Cargo Facts Symposium 2020 Fireside Chat
This episode features the Fireside Chat session with ATSG President and CEO Rich Corrado during this year's virtual Cargo Facts Symposium.
00:38:21 |
Sat 07 Nov 2020
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