
Cargo Air expects an increase in the fleet
Bulgarian Cargo Air, which specializes in cargo flights under wet lease agreements, will be expanding its fleet in the near future. A 23-year-old Boeing 737-400, which has previously flown on an ad hoc passenger charter basis, is currently being converted into a freighter at Aeronautical Engineers Inc. in Dothan, Alabama/USA and will soon return to Europe. In addition to the eighth Boeing 737 Classic, Cargo Air is also about to integrate its first Boeing 737-800BCF. Its takeover was recently delayed due to the flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX, but the Corona pandemic has made inexpensive second-hand Boeing 737-800s available on the market. A Boeing 737-800 Winglets, which was previously parked in Lourdes and was previously part of the Danish Primera Air and most recently Travel Service Airlines, will also soon be fitted with a cargo kit at AEI. With 11 AAA standard containers and an AKE position, the Boeing 737-800BCF can accommodate an additional loading unit than the Boeing 737-400F. According to information from the airline, a second Boeing 737-800BCF will join the fleet next year. Cargo Air has been using two Boeing 2007-737SF and seven Boeing 300-737SF since 400, mainly for DHL in their route network. However, one B737 operates on the Cluj-Cologne/Bonn route as a connection from Romania to UPS's international network. In Austria, Cargo Air has been operating the DHL freight route Belgrade-Linz-Brussels four times a week for several years.