News / Flexport pins hopes on Asia backhaul traffic to put freighters in the black

Flexport's first liveried aircraft with Atlas. A second is due to arrive today.

Flexport has admitted that it needs a strong US export market to make its three freighter aircraft profitable.

Operated by Atlas Air, Flexport has capacity on 747-400Fs, one of which is in the Flexport livery. But in an interview with WSJ, CEO Ryan Petersen explained: “The only way for those planes to return to profitability is to build up our export business.

“We’re starting to win some major accounts on the backhaul, on the return to Asia. And so I expect within ...