CAL Cargo Air Lines


CAL Cargo Airlines Ltd. is an cargo airline with its corporate headquarters in the Airport City development of Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel.
The airline operates daily scheduled cargo flights and charter services carrying nonstandard goods and general cargo internationally. Its main base is Ben Gurion Airport, serving Tel Aviv, and it has a hub at Liège Airport. The airline carries approximately 100,000 tons of cargo annually including all categories of nonstandard cargo: temperature-controlled pharmaceutical and healthcare products, live animals, dangerous goods, oversize and overweight cargo, fresh perishable products and valuable goods including fine art. The company slogan is Challenge accepted.

History

CAL was established in June 1976, starting charter operations in November of that year. Originally, the airline leased aircraft from El Al as required; however, on 1 December 1999, it began operating scheduled services using its own aircraft following receipt of Israeli government licences issued in early 1999.
In 1997, CAL purchased LACHS cargo terminal in Belgium, which is still fully owned and operated by CAL, and caters to CAL's specialty in nonstandard cargo. In 2010, CAL was purchased privately by Offer Gilboa and expanded its flight operations to include daily flights to and from JFK/TLV.
In 2019, the airline made news headlines for buying a Boeing 747 on eBay for around US $3 million.
. This aircraft has since been repainted with no livery.
CAL Cargo Air Lines operates freight services to the following scheduled destinations. Additionally, CAL Cargo Air Lines supplements its own services across the North Atlantic with ACE Belgium Freighters.
The CAL Cargo Air Lines fleet consists of the following aircraft :

AircraftIn fleetOrdersNotes
Boeing 747-400ERF10
Boeing 747-400F10
Total20