Category Archives: Cargolux (Luxembourg)

Qatar Airways completes its 35% equity acquisition of Cargolux

Cargolux Airlines International (Luxembourg) has a new partial owner. The company issued the following statement:

“Cargolux International Airlines S.A. announced on September 9 the closing of the strategic equity partnership transaction with Qatar Airways after clearance by all competent authorities. On June 9, 2011, the Doha-based carrier had signed an agreement to acquire a 35% equity stake in Cargolux.

Due to the complementary nature of the business and fleet composition of both companies, the strategic partnership with Qatar Airways enables Cargolux to enhance its competitive position as an independent leading air cargo operator.

The transaction increases the attractiveness of the Cargolux network through increased reach and scale. It also gives the Company access to additional capacity and new destinations and strengthens the Luxembourg and Doha hubs.”

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Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Cargolux is now only six days away from taking delivery of the first Boeing 747-800F freighter. Please click on the photo for the full details.

Cargolux to take delivery of the first Boeing 747-800F Freighter on September 19

Boeing (Chicago) will deliver the first 747-800F Freighter to launch customer Cargolux Airlines International (Luxembourg) on September 19, 2011 at Paine Field in Everett. Cargolux will fly the airplane away that morning and put the airplane into revenue service. Boeing will celebrate the first delivery with Cargolux, employees and other stakeholders the following day at the Everett factory. Cargolux will take delivery of the second 747-8 Freighter on September 21. The carrier has a total of 13 of the airplanes on order.

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Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Please click on the photo for additional information.

Boeing receives the type certificate for the new Boeing 747-800F freighter, Cargolux to take delivery next month

Boeing (Chicago) today received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification Friday for the new 747-8 Freighter, passing two of the final landmarks on the airplane’s journey to entry into service. The FAA granted Boeing an Amended Type Certificate (ATC) and an Amended Production Certificate for the 747-8 Freighter, while the EASA also granted the company an ATC for the airplane.

With these certificates, the program is in the final stages of preparing to deliver the first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux in early September 2011.

The Amended Type Certificate acknowledges that the FAA and EASA have certified that the design of the 747-8 Freighter is compliant with all aviation regulatory requirements and will produce a safe and reliable airplane. The airplane logged more than 3,400 hours of flight testing and many thousands more of ground, part, component, materials and other testing on the road to certification.

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World Airways extends its Boeing 747-400 freighter lease with Cargolux

World Airways (Atlanta) is extending its lease agreement with Cargolux to operate one Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft on a full-time basis beginning in July 2011.

Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer.

Boeing 747-8 Freighter to fly to Paris Air Show on sustainable biofuel

Boeing (Chicago) will fly the new 747-8 Freighter to its international air show debut in a doubly historic fashion, flying the airplane across the Atlantic Ocean to the Paris Air Show using a renewable aviation jet fuel โ€“ the world’s first transatlantic crossing of a commercial jetliner using biologically derived fuel.

Camelina, the plant source used to create the biofuel, was grown in Montana and processed by Honeywell’s UOP. Boeing does not need to make any changes to the airplane, its engines or operating procedures prior to departure to accommodate biofuel use. Normal flight parameters are being followed and were approved in advance by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

The airplane will be on static display at the Paris Air Show June 21 and 22. It is scheduled to leave the air show the evening of June 22 and fly to Cargolux headquarters at Luxembourg for a two-day visit. Cargolux is scheduled to take delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter to enter service this summer.

Boeing pilots Capt. Keith Otsuka and Capt. Rick Braun and Cargolux Capt. Sten Rossby will fly the airplane with each of the 747-8 Freighter’s four GE GEnx-2B engines powered by a blend of 15 percent camelina-based biofuel mixed with 85 percent traditional kerosene fuel (Jet-A). The airplane is scheduled to arrive at Le Bourget Airport Monday at about 5 p.m. Paris local time (15:00 GMT) after a 4,989-mile (8,029 km, 4,335 nautical mile) trip.

Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Please click on the photo for additional information.

Qatar Airways buys a 35% interest in Cargolux

Cargolux Airlines International (Luxembourg) has a new strategic, equity-owning, financially-secure partner. Qatar Airways (Doha) has acquired a 35% interest in the cargo carrier, replacing the government of Luxembourg in its temporary shareholder role.

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Copyright Photo: Cargolux is also the launch customer of the new Boeing 747-800F freighter. Please click on the photo for the full details of the aircraft and the transaction.

Qatar Airways to take a 33% interest in Cargolux

Qatar Airways (Doha) will soon acquire a 33% share in Cargolux Airlines International (Luxembourg) according to this report by Arabian Business.com.

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Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Please click on the photo for further details.

Cargolux reports a net profit of $59.8 million in 2010

Cargolux Airlines International (Luxembourg) reported a net profit of $59.8 million in 2010.

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Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Please click on the photo for additional information about the new Boeing 747-800F freighter.

Cargolux to operate Boeing 747-4B5 N794BA as LX-ACV

Cargolux Airlines International (Luxembourg) will be using this Boeing 747-4B5 (BCF) N794BA (msn 24200) owned by Boeing as LX-ACV.

This aircraft was recently used by Boeing for wake turbulence testing of the 747-8F in San Bernardino, CA along with the ย 747-8F that is painted in Cargolux’s new colors. At that time it was still painted in the Korean Air’s colors, but with no titles. Now it is all-white with Cargolux’s tail logo.

Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. N794BA is pictured at Seattle (Boeing Field) in the new look.

 

 

 

Boeing delays the delivery of the first Boeing 747-8F

Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) today announced a schedule change for the 747-8 Freighter with the first delivery now expected to be in mid-year 2011. The company also announced steps it is taking to support the new schedule, including adding a fifth airplane to the flight-test fleet.

Boeing previously indicated that, following recent flight-test discoveries, there was a high probability the first 747-8 Freighter delivery would move into 2011. According to Boeing the new delivery schedule follows a thorough assessment of the expected cumulative impact of these discoveries, which include a low-frequency vibration in certain flight conditions and an underperforming aileron actuator. While neither issue requires structural changes to the airplane, they have led to disruptions to certification testing, which the program was unable to offset within the prior schedule.

Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Boeing 747-8R7F N5573S will become LX-VCC (msn 35807) for launch customer Cargolux Airlines International.