Cargoair

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History

Cargoair was established on 4 July 1997 as Vega Airlines and was rebranded as Cargoair on 26 October 2006.[1] In November 2007, Cargo Air 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 Cargo Air 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.[2] In November 2013 Cargoair add second Boeing 737-400F in their fleet.

In July 2015 Cargo Air added a 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. In summer 2017 Cargo Air started passenger/ACMI flights on behalf of Air Mediterranean and Travel Service.

Fleet

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Cargoair Boeing 737-4Y0 in DHL livery at Tallinn Airport, 2015

As of August 2024, the Cargo Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3][4]

Cargo Air fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 737-300SF 2 operated for European Air Transport
Boeing 737-400SF 7[5][6] operated for European Air Transport, Two aircraft operated for UPS
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Total 14

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External links

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