Archive for Air Cargo

The Boeing 737-800BCF is the modern successor to the Classic freighter conversions flying Mexico’s cargo routes, offering more payload, better fuel efficiency, and a newer airframe on the same corridors. It is the most capable narrow-body freighter available for US-to-Mexico charter today. Boeing converts passenger 737-800s into freighters under the Boeing Converted Freighter program, fittingRead the Rest “Boeing 737-800BCF”

The Boeing 737-400 Freighter is the workhorse narrow-body of Mexico air cargo, capable of moving a full main deck of pallets on a single jet-speed leg between the US and Mexico’s main industrial cities. Practical, widely available, and large enough to handle the express freight volume that regional turboprops cannot. Boeing built the 737-400 asRead the Rest “Boeing 737-400 Freighter”

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is the largest commercially available freighter on the Mexico charter market, and the only aircraft that can move an outsize industrial load (power turbines, mining equipment, an assembled helicopter) in a single flight without disassembly. The An-124 was designed and built by Antonov in the Soviet era as a strategic militaryRead the Rest “Antonov An-124 Ruslan”

The ATR 72F is a purpose-built regional cargo turboprop, and in Mexico it handles the short-sector freight runs that connect smaller cities to the country’s main freight hubs. A practical, fuel-efficient aircraft for loads that do not justify a jet freighter. ATR builds the 72 as a twin turboprop regional aircraft; the 72F is theRead the Rest “ATR 72F”