Delayed arrival of freighters may prevent 'a bloodbath' in air cargo market
Only a trickle of large widebody freighters will join the global fleet this year and, ...
By Alex Lennane
Atran Airlines, Volga-Dnepr Group’s Russian express carrier, has received a second 737-800BCF into its fleet.
The aircraft was delivered last week, after being converted by lessor Gecas.
The carrier said the aircraft would be used for the “burgeoning traffic of e-commerce shipments, including mail consignments, between China, Russia, CIS, and beyond on the backdrop of the growing demand for cross-border purchases”.
But the arrival is likely to add pressure on the group’s finances: Volga-Dnepr prefers sale and leaseback deals, rather than own aircraft, a slightly more ...
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