NEW AIRLINE - Panama’s Cargo Three takes delivery of first MD-10-30(F)

Cargo Three, based in Panama and a subsidiary of the Venezuelan airline Transcarga International Airways, plans to start its regular flights by the end of 2024 with three McDonnell Douglas MD-10-30 Freighters (F) previously operated by FedEx Express.

According to Cargo Fact, the parent company and investor of both airlines, JMB Aviation Group, plans to acquire a fourth MD-10 that will go to the Venezuelan airline.

Cargo Three received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aeronautics Authority of Panama in May 2021. It was supposed to receive an Airbus A300B4-203(F) that was previously operated by Aerounion, but due to reasons beyond the company’s control, the model was ultimately discarded.

A second base will operate as a cargo transshipment center with Venezuela from Tocumen International Airport (PTY), Panama City, offering flights to Caracas (CCS), Barcelona (BLA), Maracaibo (MAR), Porlamar (PMV), and Valencia (VLN) operated through Transcarga.

One of the MD-10-30 (F) ex-FedEx, registered as N311FE, 48 years old, has been in the maintenance workshops of Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ), in Barranquilla, Colombia, since February 2, 2024, where various maintenance tasks have been carried out over the past four months, after spending two years in the California desert.