Air Canada eyes 12 dedicated freighters by the end of 2024 – ch-aviation

Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) is eyeing 12 devoted freighters by the top of 2024 with a collection of passenger-to-freight (P2F) plane conversions underway and the supply of recent freighters due over the following two years. The airline sees increasing its cargo capability as a "nice alternative."
Talking at a Raymond James Convention in New York on August 23, Air Canada Chief Monetary Officer Amos Kazzaz stated by the top of 2023, Air Canada can have seven devoted B767-300(ERBDSF)s and purchase an extra three B767-300Fs in 2024 for a complete of ten B767 freighters. Earlier this month, the airline confirmed it will additionally purchase two B777-200Fs that are scheduled to enter service in 2024.
"We see this as a big alternative for ourselves. It helps when it comes to income diversification, offsetting seasonality (points), however extra importantly, it is assembly that rising (cargo) demand," stated Kazzaz. "We’re pleased with the progress. It has been a bit of slower than anticipated for the (B767) conversion course of, however that is now catching up, after which we’ve the brand new freighters rolling in from the factories."
In keeping with the ch-aviation fleets superior module, Air Canada has taken possession of two of the transformed B767 freighters to this point. By way of tonnage, Kazzaz says about 30% of cargo might be carried in devoted freighters and 70% within the cargo holds of passenger planes by the top of 2024.
"What Air Canada has introduced into this (cargo house) and is behind the choice to make the funding is that 80% of the cargo enterprise is completed by freight forwarders," Kazzaz stated including that the scope of Air Canada’s worldwide community means the airline has sturdy relationships with freight forwarders and that they need devoted cargo routes.
"They need it break up off from the passenger facet of the enterprise," the CFO advised the convention. "On the passenger facet, capability modifications. At some point it is a B787, then it is a B767. Now the freight forwarders have the flexibility to guide devoted cargo lanes that then feed into the remainder of the community.
"It actually gives a singular alternative to reap the benefits of the passenger stomach house within the community and in addition create some devoted cargo lanes. About ten hours out of Toronto Pearson, you’ve got received about 34% of the world’s cargo locations coated. The infrastructure and geography make this a profitable enterprise for Air Canada."
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