Transaviaexport Airlines to expand fleet

Transaviaexport Airlines from Belarus is going to expend the fleet next year with two additional aircraft. The airline is planning to acquire a B747-400F as well as a B767-300ER(BCF). Currently the company operates a fleet of one B747-300SF and six Il-76TDs.

The B767 is planned as a replacement of the Il-76 in the 50-tonnes cargo category, altough the airline is not planning to retire the Il-76 yet as it can be deployed for certain operations in difficult areas like UN-missions in Africa.The additional Jumbo is for expanding the heavier cargo-operations and also to secure continuity as crew and spares for their B747-300SF are not always easy to secure.

Transaviaexport also looked into the B747-8F and B777F, but both types were too expensive for the airline at this moment in time.