Shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has submitted an application to the US Department of Transportation to transfer the Star Air subsidiary’s foreign air carrier permit to its newly launched Maersk Air Cargo company. According to documents, the company has asked to change and reissue Star Air’s foreign air carrier permit under the name Maersk Air Cargo, which will be the company’s new legal name, and to issue an exemption authority under the same name while waiting for the amendment to be approved.
APMoller- Maersk has recently undergone a corporate restructuring in which Maersk Air Cargo was created as a new subsidiary company of Maersk Aviation Holding, the company said in the application. “Maersk Air Cargo is the new operating entity for Maersk’s air cargo shipping service. The applicant intends to use the Maersk Air Cargo name on its services operated to and from the US. No objections were received to the application. According to a filing, “Star Air has surveyed all interested parties and no party has opposed the application.”
Maersk Air Cargo was founded as a company in April as the cash-rich shipping company sought to increase its reach by investing in airfreight and freight forwarding in addition to its usual marine operations.The new airline will use Denmark’s Billund Airport as its major hub and provide daily flights when it launches in the second half of the year. The airline operated a special demonstration flight in August between Incheon, Korea, and Greenville-Spartanburg, US.
Maersk has announced that Amerijet, a cargo airline based in Miami, will begin operating Maersk Air Cargo’s three newly constructed Boeing B767-300F freighters this fall on a route between the US and China.With the launch of Maersk Air Cargo in April, the three new B767-300Fs were ordered. They join the three leased B767F freighters that will be put into service this year by Cargo Aircraft Management, the leasing division of ATSG.The carrier has also placed an order for two new B777Fs, which should arrive in 2024. The carrier now uses a fleet of 15 B767 freighters that were previously flown by Star Air for express carriers, according to tracking website Airfleets. Currently, the bulk of these planes are used for flights within Europe.
