Cargoair

Cargo Air Ltd (Bulgarian: Карго Ер), branded as cargoair, is a Bulgarian cargo airline headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. The company operates charter flights throughout Europe and the Middle East. The airline's main bases are Leipzig/Halle Airport and Vasil Levski Sofia Airport.

Cargoair
Карго Ер

IATA ICAO Call sign – CGF CLEVER
Founded	November 2007 (2007-11)
AOC #	BG 31 [1]
Hubs	Sofia Airport Cologne/Bonn Airport
Secondary hubs	Leipzig/Halle Airport
Fleet size	14[2]
Destinations	Cargo Charters
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people	Peter Cenkov (CEO)
Website	cargoair.bg

History

Cargoair was established on 4 July 1997 as Vega Airlines and was rebranded as Cargoair on 26 October 2006.^[3] In November 2007, Cargo Air was established as a General Sales Agent representative of the Belarusian cargo airline Ruby Star, offering to its customers' logistics services with Antonov An-12 and Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft. The same year Cargoair also purchased a Boeing 737-300F.

From July 2009 Cargo Air began operations for TNT Airways on its European network. In September 2009 Cargoair purchased a second Boeing 737-300F.

Due to increasing demand for long term aircraft lease operations and ad-hoc charters, the company management decided to purchase a third Boeing 737-300F, delivered in September 2011.

In February 2013, the company purchased a passenger Boeing 737-400; its conversion to freighter configuration was completed in July 2013. On 15 July 2013 the Boeing 737-400F began commercial service for European Air Transport.^[4] In November 2013 Cargoair add second Boeing 737-400F in their fleet.

In July 2015 Cargo Air added a third Boeing 737-400F also operated for European Air Transport. In January 2016 Cargoair added fourth Boeing 737-400. In February 2016, the airline purchased two Boeing 737-800BCF.

In November and December 2016 the airline added two more Boeing 737-400F to their fleet. In summer 2017 Cargo Air started passenger/ACMI flights on behalf of Air Mediterranean and Travel Service.

Fleet

Cargoair Boeing 737-4Y0 in DHL livery at Tallinn Airport, 2015

As of August 2024, the Cargo Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[2][5]

Cargo Air fleet

Aircraft	Total	Orders	Notes
Boeing 737-300SF	2	—	operated for European Air Transport
Boeing 737-400SF	7[6][7]	—	operated for European Air Transport, Two aircraft operated for UPS
Boeing 737-800SF	5	[citation needed]	—
Total	14