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.
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Founded | November 2007 (2007-11) | ||||||
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AOC # | BG 31 [1] | ||||||
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Secondary hubs | Leipzig/Halle Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 15[2] | ||||||
Destinations | Cargo Charters | ||||||
Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||||||
Key people | Peter Cenkov (CEO) | ||||||
Website | cargoair |
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 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.
As of August 2022, the Cargo Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5][6]
Aircraft | Total | Orders | Notes | |||||
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Boeing 737-300SF | 3 | — | operated for European Air Transport | |||||
Boeing 737-400SF | 8[7][8] | — | operated for European Air Transport, Two aircraft operated for UPS | |||||
Boeing 737-800SF | 3 | 1 | — | |||||
Total | 14 | 1 | ||||||
Media related to Cargoair at Wikimedia Commons
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