AELF FlightService has partnered with Montreal-based Avianor for the conversion of its passenger A330-200s to auxiliary cargo configuration. An aircraft maintenance and cabin integration specialist, Avianor supplied the custom Supplemental Type Certificate ("STC") conversion kit and parts supp...

AIRE (Aircraft Interior Refurbishment España), has announced its first collaboration with the Philippines carrier, CEBU PACIFIC AIR (CEB), to convert two of its eight A330s to fly in full cargo configuration to address the demand brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. AIRE worked alongside CEB...

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), will have access to a new ‘preighter’ A330 wide-body aircraft for its customers. The aircraft has been modified by IAG Cargo’s sister company Iberia, and comes ahead of the peak season for air cargo and as demand for cargo s...

Finnair has modified two Airbus A330 aircraft for cargo use by removing economy class seats from the cabin. This way the freight can be carried in the cabin in addition to the cargo hold. With these changes, the cargo capacity of the aircraft up to doubles. The free cabin space will be used mai...

EgyptAir Cargo has flown its second passenger-to-freighter (P2F) converted Airbus A330-200 (MSN709) from Dresden (Germany) to Cairo (Egypt). The 13-year-old aircraft was converted by EFW during the 2nd half of 2018. Ground tests and acceptance procedures were finished on 31 January 2019. W...

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has used its new AOG (aircraft on ground) service to deliver an  engine for its customer Air Caraïbes after its Airbus A330-323 had made an emergency landing due to an engine malfunction. The urgent charter transportation of the three metre wide, eight tonne engine was co...

Turkish Cargo has started grown its route network after adding three-weekly Airbus A330 freighter flights to London Stansted Airport from 4 October. The carrier said it expects that the third busiest airport in London, will feed the Middle East region, especially the Africa and Asia continents. S...

Heathrow Airport welcomed its first flight arriving directly from the Chinese megacity of Chongqing this weekend operated by Tianjin Airlines and its 10th route to China. The thrice-weekly service will offer space for 3,744 tonnes of annual exports and imports a year. Tianjin airlines will fly an...

China Eastern will start a new three-weekly Airbus A330-200 route on 7 December between Shanghai Pudong International Airport and London Gatwick Airport adding cargo capacity between the two cities. The news comes as the airport today revealed that cargo tonnage grew by 28.8 per cent year-on-year...

Etihad Airways’ cargo arm Etihad Cargo is in talks to sell its entire fleet of four Airbus A330 Freighters and keep their Boeing 777 Freighters only, according to reports. The airline is reportedly in “advanced stages” of selling the aircraft and once the all the A330Fs are sold, Etihad wil...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has high expectations for its new Virgin Australia daily Sydney-Hong Kong belly services which started today (2 July). The carrier forecasts that cargo business will be driven by booming e-commerce volumes from China coupled with strong demand for northbound cargo capacity. ...

Nepal Airlines has taken delivery of its first widebody aircraft an Airbus A330 - the first of two A330s it will be receiving. The Asian carrier has the aircraft on lease from Portuguese lessor Hi Fly. These new Airbus aircraft will be in addition to its two existing A320ceos, and will be one ...