CAL Cargo Airlines

CAL Cargo Airlines
IATA code :	5C
ICAO code :	ICL
Call sign :	CAL
Founding:	1976
Seat:	Tel Aviv , Israel
Turnstile :	Liege
Home airport :	Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
IATA prefix code :	700
Fleet size:	3
Aims:	international
Website:	cal-cargo.com

CAL Cargo Airlines is an Israeli cargo airline based in Tel Aviv and based at Ben Gurion Airport .

history

CAL Cargo Air Lines (CAL Cargo Air Lines originally) was established in June 1976 as a subsidiary of El Al set up with participation of private investors to fruit and vegetables and other perishable goods in scheduled air transport to transport from Israel to Western Europe. Operations began on November 1, 1976 with a Boeing 747-200C , which was initially only rented for individual flights from El Al. At the beginning of 1977, CAL leased an identical machine from the US American Western Airlines and also used El Al cargo planes for a short time. Because the company's order situation was heavily dependent on the harvest season , CAL could not use the leased machine permanently and returned it after a short period of use. Until 1999, the company did not own any aircraft, but rented freighters from El Al at short notice if necessary.

CAL acquired a Boeing 747-200C from Atlas Air in November 1999 . A second machine of this type was added to the fleet in January 2001. Today the company transports over 100,000 tons of freight annually.

With LACHS - Liege Air Cargo Handling Services in Liège and Road Feeder Services, there are two sister companies of CAL Cargo Airlines in the CAL Group .

Destinations

CAL Cargo Airlines serves destinations in Europe and North America from its home base in Tel Aviv and from the Liège airport hub in Belgium .

fleet

Boeing 747-200F of CAL

As of April 2019, the CAL Cargo Airlines fleet consists of three aircraft with an average age of 16.3 years:

3x Boeing 747-400F

Capacity: 112 tons

B747F
Registration	Image of the airplane	delivery	Baptismal name	comment
4X-ICA		December 17, 2014
4X-ICB		05.09.2014
4X ICD		02/27/2019

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Cargo Air Lines  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• CAL Cargo Airlines website (English)
• Photos of CAL Cargo Airlines on airliners.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ Aero, issue 202, year 1987
2. ↑ JP airline-fleets, Edition 77
3. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, born 1979 to 1999
4. ↑ JP airline-fleets international, Edition 2001/02
5. ↑ cal-cargo.com - About the CAL Group , accessed on June 18, 2016
6. ↑ cal-cargo.com - Overview , accessed on June 18, 2016
7. ^ Cargo Air Lines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved June 19, 2019 .