Airbus Updates No.4517

ASL to operate Airbus A330-300P2F for Saudia

ASL Airlines Ireland is set to begin operating an Airbus A330-300P2F on behalf of Saudia Cargo. The aircraft involved, currently registered N810CM (1272), rolled-out of the paintshop at Shannon on 11 July 2025.

Once delivered, it is to become EI-LKD. The A330 will be the only of its type in the fleet of ASL. The airline has operated seven A330-freighters before on behalf of DHL.

It's unknown at this stage if ASL will be operating more aircraft for the Saudi national airline.

Photo by Malcolm Nason.

Airbus Updates No.2440

Air Hong Kong adds first A330-300(F) freighter

Air Hong Kong Airbus A330-300F © Rowen Aquilina

12.01.2020 - 23:55 UTC

Air Hong Kong (LD, Hong Kong Int'l) has added its first A330-300(F) in the form of B-LDO (msn 116), Skyliner Aviation has reported.

The 24.3-year-old freighter is owned by EAT Leipzig and was transferred from ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int'l). It was wet-leased to Air Hong Kong until May 29, 2019, and was subsequently flown to Singapore Seletar for maintenance, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. The freighter was ferried back to Hong Kong Int'l on December 23, 2019, and has yet to be deployed into commercial service.

Air Hong Kong wet-leases two more A330-300(F)s, as well as one A330-200(F) and one A300-600(F), from ASL Airlines Ireland. In mid-2019, the airline said that it planned to take over the operation of one A330-300(F) and the -200(F) from ASL Aviation Holdings subsidiary, with the fate of the other two -300(F)s unknown.

Air Hong Kong's in-house fleet comprises nine A300-600(F)s. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific and operates exclusively on behalf of DHL Express.

Airbus Updates No.1680

ASL Airlines Ireland set for maiden A330 freighter

Airbus Airbus A330-200F© Airbus

10OCT2017

ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int'l) will shortly add a maiden A330 freighter in the form of A330-300 EI-HEA (msn 116) Skyliner Aviation has reported. Formerly 9M-MKI with Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int'l), the 22-year-old jet recently completed its passenger-to-freighter conversion with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) and ST Aerospace subsidiary Elbe Flugzeugwerke in Dresden.

As the first A330-300 to undergo such a conversion, EI-HEA will be placed into service for DHL Express which has six firm conversions lined up.

According to the ch-aviation aircraft database, ASL Airlines Ireland's freighter fleet also includes four A300-600(F)s, six ATR42-300(F)s, fifteen ATR72-200(F)s, two ATR72-200(F)s, one B737-300(F), and six B737-400(F)s.