TWO freighter aircraft operated by global Crossing Airlines, a startup charter airline based in Florida, are flying 50 tons of relief supplies to Israel as the country wages war against Hamas, reports New York's FreightWaves.
Global X, has joined FedEx which has flown a 757-200 repeatedly from Athens to Tel Aviv on a similar missions, and has joined a handful US all-cargo operators still operating to the Middle East war zone.
Two Global X Airbus A321 converted freighters are hopscotching their way to Tel Aviv, currently en route to Frankfurt, according to aircraft tracking site Flightradar24.
The flights originated in Tampa and stopped at Portsmouth International Airport in New Hampshire and in Reykjavik, Iceland. The A321 is a narrowbody plane typically used for short-to-medium-haul routes and needs to stop for fuel on a transcontinental flight.
Global X chairman and CEO Ed Wegel announced the aid flights that the two aircraft will carry medical supplies and gear for first responders. A third freighter will soon be dispatched with more supplies.
Global X participates in the Defence Department's commercial airlift programme and deployed passenger aircraft to evacuate 1,500 refugees from Afghanistan in August 2021, shortly after receiving its aircraft operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Israel-domiciled airline CAL Cargo Airlines, part of the Challenge Group, is flying regularly to Ben Gurion airport from its European hub in Liege, Belgium, according to the company and flight data.
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Global X, has joined FedEx which has flown a 757-200 repeatedly from Athens to Tel Aviv on a similar missions, and has joined a handful US all-cargo operators still operating to the Middle East war zone.
Two Global X Airbus A321 converted freighters are hopscotching their way to Tel Aviv, currently en route to Frankfurt, according to aircraft tracking site Flightradar24.
The flights originated in Tampa and stopped at Portsmouth International Airport in New Hampshire and in Reykjavik, Iceland. The A321 is a narrowbody plane typically used for short-to-medium-haul routes and needs to stop for fuel on a transcontinental flight.
Global X chairman and CEO Ed Wegel announced the aid flights that the two aircraft will carry medical supplies and gear for first responders. A third freighter will soon be dispatched with more supplies.
Global X participates in the Defence Department's commercial airlift programme and deployed passenger aircraft to evacuate 1,500 refugees from Afghanistan in August 2021, shortly after receiving its aircraft operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Israel-domiciled airline CAL Cargo Airlines, part of the Challenge Group, is flying regularly to Ben Gurion airport from its European hub in Liege, Belgium, according to the company and flight data.
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