FLEET / NEW LIVERY - Challenge Airlines / B767-3Q8(ER)(BDSF) / 9H-CAD - Off to Liege after being resprayed in new livery

Photo: M Borg Olivier
 

Aircraft Type: Boeing 767-300ER(BDSF) - meaning it was originally a passenger aircraft that has been converted into a freighter. 

Registration: 9H-CAC 

Initial Flight: Ferried from Belgrade to Malta on August 9, then to Liège on August 12, according to ch-aviation.com. 

Commercial Service: Began flying between Liège and Tel Aviv on August 19. 

Purpose: The 767-300F is intended to provide Challenge Group with greater flexibility and capacity to serve various markets and customer needs, including those in e-commerce and pharmaceuticals. 

Fleet Expansion: The 767-300F is an addition to the existing Boeing 747-400 freighter fleet, rather than a replacement, according to Air Cargo News. 

Livery: Challenge Group has also unveiled the new livery for one of its 767-300F aircraft, registered as 9H-CAH, according to STAT Times. 

Future Plans: The Challenge Group is also working on a Boeing 777-300ERSF conversion program, with the first aircraft registered in the EASA region under a Maltese AOC. 

Challenge Airlines to commence scheduled services out of Istanbul

Air cargo company Challenge Group will start the new year with an inaugural Challenge Airlines flight out of Istanbul, Turkey on 25 January 2023
From the end of this month onwards, Challenge Airlines will operate two Boeing 747F flights per week – on Days 3 and 7 - totalling a joint capacity uplift offer of 240 tons.

Time Aerospace

Photo:Ton Jochems - LGG

Challenge Group to expand fleet with new types

 

According to CargoFacts, the Challenge Group, which consists of Belgian airline Challenge Airlines and Israeli airline CAL -Cargo Air Lines, is planning to expand the fleet with additional types. The Group signed an Memorandum of Understanding with IAI for four B767-300ERBDSFs and four B777-300ERSFs. Conversion of the first B767 for Challenge is due to begin in 2022 and the first B777 in 2025.

Currently, the Challenge Group is an all B747-operator, with Challenge Airlines and CAL both operating two B747-400Fs each.
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Photo by Challenge Group.

Challenge Airlines - B747-4EVERF - OO-ACF - New Livery

 Misael Ocasio Epicaviation47

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