The Boeing 747, a once-dominant passenger jet, now reigns as one of the most important cargo aircraft, ...

Kawak Aviation Technologies Inc., a Bend, Oregon-based aviation engineering and manufacturing company, is expanding its hydraulic system capabilities to meet rising demand for freighter conversions as ...

FedEx Express will expand its feeder fleet by adding the world’s first converted ATR 72-600 freighter featuring a Large Cargo Door (LCD). On July 11, 2025, ACIA Aero Leasing signed a definitive ...

June 19, 2023: Currently, cargo aircraft lacking a cargo ramp in the rear must use a fork-lift or K-loader to get cargo onto or off the aircraft. The K-loader is a hydraulically operated cargo lift ...

Irish regional aircraft lessor ACIA Aero Leasing is to begin the first ATR 72-600 Large Cargo Door conversion, with US maintenance firm Empire Aerospace set to begin work on the first aircraft next ...

German investigators have determined that a complex interaction of hydraulic, mechanical and icing problems resulted in a DHL Air Boeing 757-200 freighter’s cargo door opening as it climbed out of ...