Cargoair

Cargoair
Карго Ер
IATA ICAO Call sign
– CGF CLEVER
FoundedNovember 2007 (2007-11)
AOC #BG 31 [1]
Hubs
Secondary hubsLeipzig/Halle Airport
Fleet size15[2]
DestinationsCargo Charters
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
Key peoplePeter Cenkov (CEO)
Websitecargoair.bg

Cargo Air Ltd (Bulgarian: Карго Ер), branded as cargoair, 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

Cargoair was established on 4 July 1997 as Vega Airlines and was rebranded as Cargoair on 26 October 2006.[3] 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.[4] 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

Cargo Air Boeing 737-300F

As of August 2024, the Cargo Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5][6]

Cargo Air fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Notes
Boeing 737-300SF 2 — operated for European Air Transport
Boeing 737-400SF 7[7][8] — operated for European Air Transport, Two aircraft operated for UPS
Boeing 737-800SF 5 [citation needed] —
Total 14

References

  1. ^ Cargo Air AOC Certificate
  2. ^ "Cargo Air добавя четвърти B737-800SF". 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Vega Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ "CARGO AIR - the Bulgarian cargo charter airline". Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  5. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World: 7. October 2019.
  6. ^ "Bulgaria's Cargo Air to add first converted B737-400 freighter".
  7. ^ "Skyliner - aviation news & more".
  8. ^ "Cargo Air LZ-CGX (Boeing 737 - MSN 28489) (Ex B-18671 EI-TVA OO-VEP SP-ENI VH-VGA ) | Airfleets aviation".

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