News / Sky Lease Cargo changes course for more lucrative China-US routes

Sky Lease Cargo, a Miami-based freighter operator, has pivoted from Latin American services to China-US operations, where rates are currently highest.

Earlier this month the carrier, which now operates just two 747-400Fs, launched a service from Nanjing, via Anchorage, to New York; westbound carrying e-commerce and eastbound flying aquatic animals, such as Boston lobsters. Sky Lease’s other aircraft is also on the transpacific, between Xiamen and Los Angeles.

In the past, the carrier concentrated on Latin American services, last year between Miami ...