Mammoth Freighters to Convert First 777s for Cargojet
Startup aviation firm Mammoth Freighters LLC on Tuesday announced that Cargojet, a Canadian contract carrier for Amazon, DHL Express, and Purolator, is its launch customer with an order to convert two Boeing 777-200 passenger aircraft to an all-cargo configuration.
Cargojet has 28 freighters in its fleet, most of them medium-size 767s that were converted after ending passenger service with other carriers.Credit: Cargojet
Key Takeaways:
Mammoth Freighters announced Cargojet as its launch customer for converting two Boeing 777-200 passenger aircraft into freighters, with the first conversion beginning in mid-2022.
This upgrade will provide Cargojet with significantly larger, heavy-lift capacity to better serve its express delivery and e-commerce partners like Amazon and DHL.
The passenger-to-freighter conversion program addresses a booming air cargo market, which faces a substantial capacity deficit due to reduced international passenger flights and surging e-commerce demand.
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com
Startup aviation firm Mammoth Freighters LLC on Tuesday announced that Cargojet, a Canadian contract carrier for Amazon, DHL Express, and Purolator, is its launch customer with an order to convert two Boeing 777-200 passenger aircraft to an all-cargo configuration.
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Eric is the Air Cargo Market Editor at FreightWaves. An award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering the logistics sector, Eric spent nearly two years as the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Automotive News, where he focused on regulatory and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, mobility, fuel economy and safety. He has won two regional Gold Medals from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for government coverage and news analysis, and was voted best for feature writing and commentary in the Trade/Newsletter category by the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. As associate editor at American Shipper Magazine for more than a decade, he wrote about trade, freight transportation and supply chains. Eric is based in Portland, Oregon. He can be reached for comments and tips at ekulisch@freightwaves.com
