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AirAsia's Teleport looking to increase freighter fleet: Group CEO Fernandes
July 23rd 2021
AirAsia Group CEO, Tony Fernandes, revealed earlier this week that the company's logistics arm, Teleport, will add six more narrowbody freighters to its fleet, FlightGlobal has reported, citing comments made in an online briefing with the Foreign Correspondents Association of Singapore. Read More » "The Teleport chief executive is telling me he needs six in the near distance," Fernandes said. In June, AirAsia announced Teleport would begin cargo operations with a dedicated 737-800F freighter by the third quarter of 2021. It also would convert two AirAsia A320s for cargo operations based out of Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur after the removal of cabin seats from the two aircraft.
