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[Bradimir]

Good Afternoon Gents,

 

It has occured to me that I'm bored out of my mind. So, I would like to propose a challenge. Noting the distinct lack of cargo carriers here on AE, and my particular love for cargo flying as pilot, this is my proposal.

 

I want to see what the people of AE can come up with. My only rules are that they cannot be Cargo divisions of passenger airlines, IE, you won't see Poletavia Cargo or something similar here. You may only submit one brand. Other than those two, there are no rules. It can be from any country and have any fleet, with any specification. 

 

Want to be a sketchy outfit flying Embraer 120s at night? That's fine with me! Just make it look good. Want to be the AE version of Fedex? That's fine as well. 

 

Give those freighter templates some love. Contest will end this Friday, March 27th at midnight, Central Standard Time. 

 

Points will be awarded for originality, brand cohesiveness, and overall appeal. Post your completed brand here for judging.

 

Good luck.

 

EDIT: I know existing brands when I see them, it must be something new  Additionally, you may only submit one brand.

[Boing the Ostrich]

Reserved. 

[0M4R]

Carrier Express | Jersey, Channel Islands

 

 

Carrier Express, named after the "Carrier Pigeon" which delivers messages or small parcel, is a freight airline operating a small fleet of ATR-72-200s with ULD (Large Cargo Door) conversions. With headquarters in Jersey, Carrier operates scheduled flights from the Channel Islands to destinations in the United Kingdom and a few other European airports. 

 

It was founded in 1977 following the purchase of 2 used converted pure freighter HS-748s, with the intent to provide fast post and shipment deliveries from Mainland U.K to Jersey and Guernsey, cutting down the time required from nearly 10 hours to just over 1. Carrier was later awarded a dedicated contract to deliver post from and to the United Kingdom in 1982. The airline operated a variety of aircraft over the years, including cargo SC.7 Skyvans, ATP freighters, and SAAB 340AFs, however never operating jet-powered aircraft mostly due to the short runway limitations present at the Channel Islands, despite multiple runway lengthening projects over the second half of the century.

 

The name was shortened on aircraft to "Carrier" after a undergoing rebranding in 2002, which included a new livery in anticipation of the arrival of their new ATR-72-200s with the ULD modification. Today, Carrier Express flies the 5 ATR-72 ULDs, 3 being the original -200s and the rest being newer -500 series aircraft. The airline has proven to provide a crucial connection, especially for high-priority freight, and is planning to replace older aircraft in the coming years, however the successor is yet to be decided.

 

[AviatorCJ]

One Nation Airways | Wilmington OH, USA

One Nation is an American cargo airline headquartered in Wilmington, Ohio, United States. The airline was founded in 1982 flying a single 727-100F from Wilmington to several destinations in the Midwest region. The airline delivers freight throughout the Americas, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean region. In total the airline flies to 232 destinations using 757-200F, 767-200/300F, A300F, A310F and A330-200F aircraft. Their fleet count totals 71, with the majority being Boeing aircraft.

[A.B.]

Zambezi Air Cargo | Zimbabwe / Sharjah

 

Zambezi Air Cargo is a Zimbabwean-owned airline based at the Sharjah Airport Free Zone. Founded in 2003, the airline began operations in a Boeing 727-200 operating ad-hoc charters in the Middle East. In 2006, the airline received their first DC-10-30. In 2013, Zambezi Air Cargo began converting their entire fleet of DC-10-30's into MD-10's. Currently the airline has a fleet of 4 MD-10's. Nowadays, Zambezi Air Cargo planes are often seen at Harare, Sharjah, Fujairah, Khartoum, Mogadishu, Jeddah, Karachi, etc operating scheduled freight services.

[JP.]

Quick Cargo Airlines | Houston, TX, USA

 

 

Quick Cargo Airlines (QUC) is a tiny cargo airline based in Houston, Texas. The airline operates three Boeing 747-400BCF's and one Boeing 747-400F.

 

[hayhaa]

Conquest Cargo Airlines | Orlando, FL, USA

 

Conquest Cargo Airlines, also operating as Conquest Cargo, is an American airline based in Orlando, Florida. It operates on-demand cargo and passenger charter services. The airline was originally founded in 1983 with an ex-American Pacific DC-8-50F. Its fleet currently consists of 2 747-400BCFs, 1 747-400F, and 1 757-200. Conquest plans to acquire used A330-200s in the future.

 

[G.J.]

Northern Freight Lines | Cincinnati, OH, USA

 

Northern Freight Lines is a relatively medium-sized cargo airline based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. It operates a fleet of 32 aircraft of three types: MD-11's, 747-400's, and 767-300's. It was founded in 1998 as an extension of the Northern Logistics Company.

 

Although it operates mostly scheduled flights, Northern also offers charter, contract, leasing and ACMI services.

 

[edge]

Great idea!

 

If this is a success, I can see this being a recurring theme during the quarantine period (so that we don't all become crazy haha)

 

 

Cheetah Air Cargo|Gaborone, Botswana

 

Cheetah Air Cargo was formed in the late 1990s to cover the need for express cargo delivery in southern Africa, with its main base being in Gaborone. The cheetah name and image was chosen both because it is a common sight in Botswana's savannah, and because of its speed. It has since been a mainstay in fast, on demand delivery all across the region.

 

The airline operates some old but reliable 727-100 originally put into service in the early 1960s by german Deutsche Hanseatic.

 

The 727's high performances, its ability to operate from poorly prepared runways with a gravel kit installed, and its overall simplicity make it the perfect aircraft for the task!

 

[DET]

Камчатско-Амурский воздушный мост | Kamchatka-Amur Air Bridge | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

 

 

Kamchatka-Amur Air Bridge is a small Russian cargo carrier headquartered at Yelizovo Airport in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, with a maintenance center at Khabarovsk Novy Airport. Founded in 1968 with the purpose of connecting Kamchatka with the rest of Russia in a more reliable way, the airline now specializes in the transport of heavy cargo from from across Russia to the Far East. A large portion of its profit comes from its chartering and leasing sector of the company, being considered a cheaper and mostly reliable source when it comes to the leasing of cargo aircraft specializing in carrying heavy freight along with smaller aircraft in the Far East and Central Asia. The airline has run into financial troubles in the past few years though, mainly caused by the disappearance of an AN-124 over the Bering Strait in 2015. Similar to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the whereabouts of the aircraft or its wreckage is yet to be found.

[Coco X]

Reserved;)

[TNARS]

reserved?

[Redrado]

 

NWC is a cargo airline based in Osaka International airport, and founded in 1978. Nippon World Cargo currently operates 43 aircraft, which are 737-800BCFs, 767F and CRJ-200F which are going to be retired next year, and used to operate the iconic 747-200, but they were retired earlier due to the lower package quantity for the aircraft size, so they became unprofitable. The airline is a contractor which is mainly used by important Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi Motors and Toyota. The airline is well know for its fast and quality service, providing a good customer service. 
 

737-800BCF

[Boeing Flight Simmer]

IATA: AL ICAO: AML Callsign: Amerilog

 

Amerilog - American Logistics Inc

American Logistics is a logistics company based out of Chicago with a large contract based shipping network using their fleet of 737's 757's and 767's. They operate mostly inside of North America out of their main HQ in Rockford and two hubs in Detroit and Kansas City holding contracts to move parts with General Motors. The airline is well known for operating aircraft like the DC-6 and DC-8 until 2006 when the aircraft were completely replaced with 757's and 737's.

Founding 1970-1985

The Company founded its routes in early 1970 when Carl Renal, Mark Renal and Dave Capello started Renal Air Cargo International. The airline grew to operating 16 DC-8's and five DC-6's while also holding a contract with the U.S. Government and General Motors to use their Detroit hub to move car parts to their various factories. At the start of 1984 Carl Renal, The Chief Pilot and CEO of the airline was killed in a air crash after a Renal Air Cargo DC-8 Crashed outside of Kansas city on a night flight. The crash killed all crew on board and the investigation largely found the accident to be Carl's fault the airline fell into a hard time. In 1985 Mark Renal sold his part of the company leaving Dave Capello in control of the company

American Logistics Era - 1985- Present

Dave Capello after fully taking over the company changed its name to American Logistics Inc. Rebranding the fleet of trucks and aircraft into Amerilog branding schemes. He also started up a separate part of the company offering charter flights with a former Northern 737-200. He kept moving the airline more into the jet era. By 2000 the airline was operating a mostly jet fleet leaving only three DC-6 aircraft for charter cargo flights. Today Amerilog operates into most major American Cities and holds three contracts with various manufacturers and still holds two 737-400 aircraft for charter operations. 

 

Let me know if I need to add anything else! 

 

Boeing 767-300F

[X-Wing @Aliciousness]

Yeah, even I don't know.

 

[TNARS]

woah, that is definitely a contender

[DET]

Yeah, even I don't know.

 

[insert amalgamation here]

as half Zambian I have to say that the Chinese on the tail kills me because now the entire country is practically owned by China 

 

Zambian people speaking with Chinese dubbed over them has become a pretty good meme on Zambian FB groups.

[ThePessimist]

Friendly Air Freight Federation

 

Russian air cargo carrier, Friendly Air Freight Federation, is based in Belarus for legal reasons but is owned by one of Russia's more prominent oligarchs. It was founded sometime shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. It claims to specialize in charter operations for specialty equipment and bulk shipments, however American and European watchdogs have repeatedly charged the group with crimes ranging from arms smuggling to sanction busting. Due to these alleged violations, FAFF isn't usually seen in the EU or North America, but it is quite prolific in Africa, South America, and the rest of Eurasia, much to the chagrin of Western aviation enthusiasts who enjoy both the eclectic colour scheme and unintentionally comedic name of the air carrier. FAFF operates a rapidly aging fleet of 2 Tu-154Ms, 5 Il-76s, 7 Il-86s, and 13 Il-96-400s in various states of repair. 

 

Do let me know where there's room for improvement - I guess this is a competition but I'm only getting started and I'd love feedback. Cheers.

 

 

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[JL747]

GCA | Global Cargo Airlines | Leipzig, Germany

GCA founded in the late 80s, Global Cargo Airlines is a German cargo airline based at Leipzig, they have a fleet of over 60 aircraft with the backbone being the B767-300(BCF and ERFs). They operate around the globe with secondary freight hubs at Dubai World Central, Tokyo Narita and Los Angeles.

GCA has had a somewhat rough operational history in the late 90s and early 2000s, when in 1997 a DC-10-30CF crashed on approach into Riyadh Airport after the pilots set the wrong autopilot setting which incurred a CFIT and in 2004 a B747-200SUDF overran the runway at Nairobi Airport which suffered severe fuselage damage and was scrapped 6 days later.

The GCA fleet currently consists of; x2 B737-800BCF (Further 4 TBD) x38 B767-300ERFs (Further 8 TBD), x22 B767-300BCFs (Further 2 TBD), x12 B747-400BCFs, x6 B747-400Fs and x4 B747-8Fs (6 TBD). The aircraft depicted below is D-AWBD one of the 38 B767-300ERF delivered new to GCA in 2015.

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[POTKC]

 

(TOP)

Airline - Sky Bridge

Aircraft - Beechcraft 1900CF | N8036B

Delivered to Buffalo Airways, 1989

Sold to Sky Bridge, 2003

Converted to 1900CF, 2003
Livery - Standard 1983

Country - United States

 

(BOTTOM)

Airline - Sky Bridge

Aircraft - Boeing 737-800BCF | N22507

Delivered to Air Australia, 1999

Sold to Pacific Airways, 2008

Transferred to Air Fiji, 2016

Sold to Boeing Capital Corporation, 2016

Stored at Pinal Airpark, 2016

Sold to Sky Bridge, 2019

Converted to 737-800BCF, 2019
Livery - Hybrid 2019

Country - United States

 

Sky Bridge is a small cargo carrier based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It started in the '80s with old piston-driven cargo planes, then transitioned to an all-Beechcraft 1900 fleet in the late '90s-early 2000s (all aircraft were converted from passenger variants to 1900CFs and DFs). The airline mostly operates as a contractor for larger freight specialist carriers - transferring mail, packages, and other loose freight from 757s, A300s, and various other cargo aircraft arriving into San Juan onto its Beechcraft 1900s, then flying it to cities like Ponce in Puerto Rico as well as to island destinations, mostly in the Virgin Islands. However, it also flies ad-hoc freight charters, and provides other such service - famously flying an injured endangered sea turtle to Tampa for rehabilitation. In 2019, Sky Bridge acquired a 737-800 that had previously flown for Pacific Airways, and converted it into a 737-800BCF. With the aircraft still mostly in the Pacific Airways livery, it was used in the summer of 2019 to fly aid and humanitarian supplies to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Dorian, and again in the winter of 2019-2020 after the series of earthquakes suffered by the island during that time. Outside of that time, the cargo carrier's sole 737 mostly operates outside of the aforementioned 'island freight' contract network, instead operating cargo flights for other customers. It is often seen in Miami, Dallas, as well as various Mexican and Caribbean airports.