| Airline: | Cargoair Карго Ер |
| Iata: | – |
| Icao: | CGF |
| Callsign: | CLEVER |
| Hubs: | |
| Secondary Hubs: | Leipzig/Halle Airport |
| Aoc: | BG 31 [1] |
| Fleet Size: | 15[2] |
| Destinations: | Cargo Charters |
| Headquarters: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Key People: | Peter Cenkov (CEO) |
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 Sofia Airport.
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.
As of June 2024, the Cargo Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5] [6]
| + Cargo Air fleet | ||||||||
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-300SF | 2 | - | operated for European Air Transport | |||||
| Boeing 737-400SF | 7[7] [8] | - | ||||||
| Boeing 737-800SF | 5 | - | ||||||
| Total | 14 | |||||||