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Cargojet Airways leases two Boeing 767-200 ERF freighters from Air Transport Services Group

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (Wilmington, Ohio), the sister company of ABX Air and ATI, has announced it has signed a new agreement with Cargojet Airways (Hamilton, Ontario), Canada’s cargo airline, to lease two Boeing 767-200 ER freighters.

Cargojet currently dry-leases two Boeing 767-200 freighters from ATSG’s subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management Inc. (CAM) under long-term agreements. Cargojet has signed agreements to dry-lease an additional two Boeing 767-200 freighters from CAM, for up to three years. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered by the end of the second quarter, with the second aircraft delivering early in the third quarter.

Cargojet is currently in the process of a fleet renewal plan. Leasing these two additional 767-200 freighters is part of the company’s current growth strategy. The cargo airline is gearing up its fleet for the upcoming Canada Post/Purolator contract. The airline is also phasing out its Boeing 727 freighter fleet, one of the last operators of the trijet in North America.

Copyright Photo: Reinhard Zinabold/AirlinersGallery.com. Formerly operated by American Airlines, Boeing 767-223 (F) C-FMCJ (msn 22316) is pictured landing at the Hamilton base.

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Air Transport Services Group adds more contracts and aircraft

ABX Air Boeing 767-232 (F) N739AX (msn 22216) MIA (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (Wilmington, OH) today reported the launch of new freighter service within Asia, across the Atlantic, and within North America, along with customer commitments for more Boeing 767 widebody freighters, including advanced 767-300s.

Additional air cargo service for ATSG customers includes the following:

On November 1, ABX Air flight crews began operating one of the company’s Boeing 767-200 freighters in Asia for JAL-Japan Airlines (Tokyo) under an ACMI agreement that requires the reimbursement of ABX Air’s costs if cancelled within the first two years. This Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (ACMI) agreement is related to JAL’s support of DHL customers in Asia.

On November 1, ATI-Air Transport International (Little Rock) began new DC-8 freighter service for BAX Global between the U.S. and several destinations in Mexico.

Also this week, Capital Cargo International Airlines (Orlando) added a Boeing 727 freighter to BAX Global’s U.S. network.

Later this month, ABX Air will begin daily transatlantic ACMI service for DHL between the United Kingdom and the U.S., via a Boeing 767-300 freighter that ABX Air has leased from a third party under a 45-month agreement.

Last month, ABX Air flight crews began operating the first of up to four additional Boeing 767-200 freighters in DHL’s U.S. network under terms of the existing Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (CMI) agreement between DHL and ABX Air. These DHL-owned aircraft are in addition to 13 767-200s that DHL has committed to lease from ATSG’s Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), and which will also be operated in the U.S. by ABX Air crews under the CMI agreement.

Amerijet today exercised the first of three options for a 767-200 for a seven-year dry lease, to be effective in January 2011. Amerijet currently leases two 767-200 aircraft from CAM.