North Carolina-based charity Samaritan’s Purse has acquired its first 757. The 757-200PCF (22611, ex-Pacific Air Express VH-PQA), N511KW, was re-registered to Samaritan’s Purse on March 22 after the charity acquired it in January, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s registry. Registration N783SP was reserved March 22nd.
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ST Engineering To Convert 757s For Aerial Firefighting
By Chen Chuanren February 16, 2022 (Aviation Week Network) SINGAPORE—ST Engineering will start a passenger-to-tanker (P2T) conversion program with U.S.-based firefighting service provider Galactic Holdings to modify Boeing 757s into aerial water bombers. The work will be carried out at ST Engineering’s facilities in the U.S. The first aircraft is expected
Continue readingAstral Aviation new 757 freighter operator
AQUILA AIR CAPITAL ANNOUNCES AIRCRAFT LEASING TRANSACTION WITH ASTRAL AIRLINES 09 NOV – AQUILA AIR CAPITAL ANNOUNCES AIRCRAFT LEASING TRANSACTION WITH ASTRAL AIRLINES Aquila Air Capital, a specialty finance platform focused on commercial aerospace, today announced the signing of operating leases for three Boeing 757-200F freighter aircraft with Astral Airlines. SkyExec
Continue readingNorthern Pacific Airways announces purchase of its first six Boeing 757-200s
NEWS PROVIDED BY Northern Pacific Airways Sep 22, 2021, 09:00 ET NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — This week, Anchorage-based Northern Pacific Airways, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FLOAT Alaska LLC, agreed to the purchase of its first six aircraft—Boeing 757-200s. The airline completed the transaction to meet part of its initial fleet requirements.
Continue readingRaya Airways no longer 757 operator
Raya Airways has returned its 757, 9M-RYA (c/n 24472), to its lessor. Last flight was August 29th after which aircraft was parked at Kuala Lumpur/SZB. It was re-registered N312AL January 20th.
Continue readingIcelandair withdraws 7 Boeing 757-200s from the fleet
Information thanks to Flugblogg. Seven Boeing 757-200s are leaving Icelandair’s fleet, Icelandair Internal Marketing Coordinator Sigrún Ossudardóttir told Flugblogg. According to airline´s release, Icelandair has reached an agreement regarding the sale of three Boeing 757-200s. The final documentation is expected to be completed in the upcoming weeks. Subsequently, the aircraft
Continue readingAviastar-TU to conduct Cainiao’s Hangzhou-Moscow flights
11/11/2019 – Aircargo News Russian airline Aviastar-Tu has confirmed that it will operate Hangzhou-Moscow cargo flights on behalf of Cainiao – the logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. In an emailed statement, the carrier said it would operate the flights using its Tupolev 204C and B757-200F aircraft. In a
Continue readingParked 757s because of COVID-19 pandemic
New updates can be found in the Forum section. American Airlines 757 fleet: N172AJ – c/n 32400 – Roswell/ROW – April 9th N173AN – c/n 32399 – Roswell/ROW – April 24th N175AN – c/n 32394 – Roswell/ROW – March 27th N176AA – c/n 32395 – Roswell/ROW – April 4th N177AN
Continue readingUzbekistan Airways offering 2 Boeing 757s for sale
Uzbekistan Airways is offering 2 of its Boeing 757-200s for sale. UK-75701 and UK-75702 are the mentioned aircraft. https://www.uzairways.com/en/press-center/news/aircraft-sales
Continue readingCondor: First aircraft unveiled in a new design.
Frankfurt am Main, 30 November 2019 – In future, Condor will take off with its own logo in the tail unit of its aircraft. Yesterday, the new design was unveiled to the employees, and today, the Boeing 767 with the registration D-ABUF will make its first flight in the new
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