Maersk Air Cargo UK has received its first aircraft and carried out its first flight from England to Ireland.
According to aviation database Planespotters, Maersk Air Cargo UK took delivery of a converted 767-200 freighter earlier this month.
The aircraft, registered G-MACZ, is over 30 years old and was previously used by Maersk Air Cargo on unspecified routes.
Data from Flightradar24 shows that the G-MACZ 767 is a BDSF (BEDEK Special freighter) that has already carried out a return flight from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Shannon (SNN) in Ireland.
Maersk Air Cargo applied for an operating license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority in April last year.
Maersk told Air Cargo News (ACN) at the time that the UK Air Operator Certificate (AOC) application had been made to "support our ongoing business activities in Europe and the UK".
The company added that operations would be served with 767F aircraft but did not provide any further details on its plans.
Maersk launched Maersk Air Cargo as a business in April 2022 and operations were launched at the end of October 2022.
Maersk Air Cargo’s owned controlled fleet now comprises two 777Fs and 19 Boeing 767Fs.
Last year, Maersk took delivery of two new Boeing 777 freighters. These were deployed on the airline’s Billund to Hangzhou route.
