Of 47 air freight companies which I analyzed, that operate their own aircraft the top three based on aircraft fleet size are: FedEx Express, United Parcel Service and DHL. All three companies fly more than 100 aircraft, whereas the rest have fewer than 80 aircraft.
Initially, I expected most companies to primarily use the Boeing 777 freighter version. However, after checking, I found there are more Boeing 767 freighters in service than Boeing 777.
The graph below shows the number of aircraft vs. type of aircraft for all 47 air freight companies. This graph is accompanied by a table showing each individual company’s aircraft types and current in-service aircraft numbers.
The graph and the table were created on 18 August 2022 based on information available from company websites, www.airfleets.net and www.planespotters.net
Image: Istockphoto Credit: Aeronautpix Foto ID: 1127728208 Upload date: 14 February 2019
| Airbus 300 | Airbus 320 | Airbus 330 | ATR 42/72 | Boeing 737 | Boeing 747 | Boeing 757 | Boeing 767 | Boeing 777 | DC-10 | MD-11 | Dash 8 | sum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEX Express | 65 | 44 | 14 | 114 | 116 | 51 | 6 | 57 | 467 | ||||
| United Parcel Service | 48 | 39 | 71 | 78 | 38 | 274 | |||||||
| DHL | 30 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 11 | 35 | 43 | 23 | 190 | |||
| Atlas Air | 8 | 42 | 26 | 1 | 77 | ||||||||
| ASL Airlines Ireland | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 33 | ||||||||
| Kalitta Air | 24 | 2 | 5 | 31 | |||||||||
| European Air Transport Leipzig | 17 | 5 | 9 | 31 | |||||||||
| Cargolux | 29 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Qatar Airways Cargo | 2 | 26 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Korea Air Cargo | 11 | 12 | 23 | ||||||||||
| China Airlines Cargo | 18 | 4 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Polar Air Cargo | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 | |||||||||
| Cathay Pacific Airways Cargo | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||
| AeroLogic | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Turkish Airlines Cargo | 10 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Air China Cargo | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||||||||
| China Southern Airlines Cargo | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Ethiopian Airlines Cargo | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Air Hong Kong | 8 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Lufthansa Cargo | 1 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| All Nippon Airways Cargo | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Asiana Airlines Cargo | 1 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Emirates SkyCargo | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Singapore Airlines Cargo | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Eva Air Cargo | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Air Belgium | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| LATAM Cargo Colombia | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
| MNG Airlines | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| SpiceJet | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Airbus 300 | Airbus 320 | Airbus 330 | ATR 42/72 | Boeing 737 | Boeing 747 | Boeing 757 | Boeing 767 | Boeing 777 | DC-10 | MD-11 | Dash 8 | sum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMA CGM Air Cargo | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Avianca Cargo | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mas Air Cargo | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Etihad Airways Cargo | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Hong Kong Air Cargo | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Lan Cargo | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| LATAM Cargo Chile | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Malaysia Airlines | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Air France Cargo | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Air Canada Cargo | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| EgyptAir Cargo | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Icelandair Cargo | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| LATAM Cargo Brazil | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Uzbekistan Airways Cargo | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Hongyuan Group | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Iran Air Cargo | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| RAM Cargo | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wizz Air | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 172 | 3 | 70 | 56 | 77 | 220 | 235 | 306 | 240 | 6 | 95 | 2 |