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Northern Aviation Services, the owner of Alaska's Northern Air Cargo (NC, Anchorage Ted Stevens), Hawaii's Aloha Air Cargo (KH, Honolulu), and Florida's StratAir (Miami Int'l), is evaluating options to replace the B737 Classic freighters operated by the former two carriers, President and Chief Executive Betsy Seaton said during a roundtable at the ISTAT Americas conference.

"We're looking at, and we are starting the process of renewing that fleet... We're looking at B737-800s, -700s, and Avions de Transport Régional (ATR)s. I think that there's a lot of opportunity for different kinds of narrowbody freighters fitting specific needs," she was quoted by CargoFacts.

Northern Air Cargo's narrowbody fleet currently comprises one B737-300(F) (30.4 years old), one B737-300(SF) (26.7 years), and three B737-400(F)s (29.4 years on average), the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows. The parent holding owns the three -400(F)s, while the -300s in both variants are dry leased from Automatic Leasing, according to the ch-aviation fleets ownership module. In turn, the holding's Hawaiian outfit...

Editorial Comment: The article updates with corrected aircraft ownership details. - 22.11.2021 - 09:00 UTC

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