News / Italy's AlisCargo seeks new finance as it awaits new aircraft

Start-up Italian freighter operator AlisCargo has told customers it will be back in the air soon.

At the of last year, the carrier had asked the Italian Civil Aviation Authority to suspend its operating licence – a bid to save costs, according to sources – as it awaited aircraft.

The carrier began operations in 2021 with two ‘preighter’ 777-200ER aircraft, offering ACMI and charter services. However, EASA ended an exemption which allowed airlines to put cargo in cabins last August, leaving AlisCargo ...