News / AirBridgeCargo fleet starts to break up as lessors demand their aircraft back

The sad dismantling of a cargo airline is under way, as lessors circle AirBridgeCargo’s fleet.

The carrier is treading a fine line between the demands of Russia’s aviation authority to keep the aircraft, while also attempting – in part – to satisfy lessors instructed to retrieve them.

BOC Aviation had three leases with AirBridgeCargo (ABC). One aircraft, worth $148m according to court documents, was leased for $1.2m a month but has been returned. BOC succeeded in retrieving it from Hong Kong Airport, ...