Flyington Freighters first airline customer of A330-200F

While it often sits in the shadows of the dominant passenger market, the cargo market is attracting interest from the leasing community.
The recently launched Airbus A330-200F has attracted the attention of the leasing community, giving Airbus some much needed good news. USA-based lessor Guggenheim Aviation Partners has become the first to firm up its order for the type, agreeing to take six units. Fellow US lessor Intrepid Aviation has signed a letter of intent to buy 20 of the type, which will enter service in 2009, and Iceland's Avion Aircraft Trading plans to acquire six. India's Flyington Freighters and Turkey's MNG have emerged as the first airline customers, with commitments for six and two.
Airbus seems to have caught the mood of the market. Intrepid chief executive Ronald Anderson points to a number of factors in its favour, including the fact that the A300-600 line is shutting down, while UPS's 27-strong order for Boeing 767 freighters plus the prospective US Air Force freighter programme means that slots for this type are limited, "if they are there at all".
19/07/07 Colin Baker/Airline Business/Flight International

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Categories: Cargo Mar 2007, Foreign Mar 2007