Cargoair

Cargoair
Каргоер
IATA ICAO Callsign
- CGF CLEVER
Founded November 2007
Hubs Sofia Airport
Secondary hubs Leipzig/Halle Airport
Fleet size 9
Destinations Cargo Charters
Headquarters Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people Peter Cenkov (CEO)
Website www.cargoair.bg

Cargoair Ltd, is a Bulgarian cargo airline headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. The company operates charter flights throughout Europe and the Middle East. The airline's main bases are Leipzig/Halle Airport and Sofia Airport.

History

In November 2007, Cargoair was established as a General Sales Agent representative of the Belarusian cargo airline Ruby Star, offering to its customers logistics services with Antonov An-12 and Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft. The same year Cargoair also purchased a Boeing 737-300F. From July 2009 Cargoair began operations for TNT Airways on its European network. In September 2009 Cargoair purchased a second Boeing 737-300F. Due to increasing demand for long term aircraft lease operations and ad-hoc charters, the company management decided to purchase a third Boeing 737-300F, delivered in September 2011. In February 2013 the company purchased a passenger Boeing 737-400; its conversion to freighter configuration was completed in July 2013. On 15 July 2013 the Boeing 737-400F began commercial service for European Air Transport.[1] In November 2013 Cargoair add second Boeing 737-400F in their fleet. In July 2015 Cargoair added third Boeing 737-400F also operated for European Air Transport. In January 2016 Cargoair added fourth Boeing 737-400. In February 2016 the airline purchased two Boeing 737-800BCF. In November and December 2016 the airline added two more Boeing 737-400F to their fleet.

Fleet

Cargoair Boeing 737-300F

As of February 2017, the Cargoair fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2][3]

Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 737-300F 3 — operated for European Air Transport
Boeing 737-400F 6[4] — operated for European Air Transport
Boeing 737-800BCF — 2[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  2. ↑ http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Cargo-Air
  3. ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/17408-bulgarias-cargo-air-to-add-first-converted-b737-400-freighter
  4. ↑ http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb.main?LC=nav4&page=3
  5. ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/44317-boeing-announces-three-new-b737-800bcf-clients
  6. ↑ http://aeropress-bg.com/novini/36-news/3735-cargoair-e-sred-startovite-klienti-na-boeing-737-800bcf.html

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