Cargoair
{{Short description|Bulgarian cargo airline}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline = Cargoair
Карго Ер
| logo = Cargoair 1.png
| logo_size = 200
| image = Cargo air Boeing 737-35B(F).jpg
| image_size = 280px
| IATA = –
| ICAO = CGF
| callsign = CLEVER
| founded = {{start date|2007|11}}
| hubs = {{plainlist|
}}
| secondary_hubs = Leipzig/Halle Airport
| aoc = BG 31 [https://cargoair.bg/downloads/Cargo-Air-Certificate-1.pdf Cargo Air AOC Certificate]
| alliance =
| destinations = Cargo Charters
| headquarters = Sofia, Bulgaria
| key_people = Peter Cenkov (CEO)
| website = {{URL|https://cargoair.bg/}}
}}
Cargo Air Ltd ({{langx|bg|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 Vasil Levski Sofia Airport.
History
Cargoair was established on 4 July 1997 as Vega Airlines and was rebranded as Cargoair on 26 October 2006.{{cite web | url = https://airlinehistory.co.uk/airline/vega-airlines/ | title = Vega Airlines | publisher = Airline History | access-date = 16 November 2021}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.cargoair.bg/about.html |title=CARGO AIR - the Bulgarian cargo charter airline |accessdate=2012-07-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706034624/http://www.cargoair.bg/about.html |archivedate=2012-07-06 }} In November 2013 Cargoair add second Boeing 737-400F in their fleet.
In July 2015 Cargo Air added a 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.
Fleet
File:Cargo Air, LZ-CGT, Boeing 737-4Y0 SF (20310032089).jpg in DHL livery at Tallinn Airport, 2015]]
As of August 2024, the Cargo Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:{{cite journal |title=Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One) |journal=Airliner World |date=October 2019 |page=7}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/17408-bulgarias-cargo-air-to-add-first-converted-b737-400-freighter|title=Bulgaria's Cargo Air to add first converted B737-400 freighter}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| + Cargo Air fleet |
| Aircraft
! Total ! Orders ! Notes |
|---|
| Boeing 737-300SF
|2 |— |operated for European Air Transport |
| Boeing 737-400SF
|7{{Cite web|url=http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb.main?LC=nav4&page=3|title=Skyliner - aviation news & more}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b737-28489.htm|title=Cargo Air LZ-CGX (Boeing 737 - MSN 28489) (Ex B-18671 EI-TVA OO-VEP SP-ENI VH-VGA ) | Airfleets aviation}} |— |operated for European Air Transport, Two aircraft operated for UPS |
| Boeing 737-800SF
|5 |{{cn|date=December 2023}} |— |
| Total
!14 ! !colspan="6" | |
References
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External links
{{Commons category inline|Cargoair}}
- {{official website}}
{{Portalbar|Bulgaria|Companies|Aviation}}
{{Airlines of Bulgaria}}