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The brand-name Maersk Air Cargo is returning in a new shape, as the name of the coming new cargo airline to serve the Maersk Group's clients with integrated logistics as well as customers today served by Star Air.
    The new cargo airline will eventually have some 20 freighter aircraft in the fleet, and in Denmark the hub will be Billund Airport, where Maersk Air Cargo will allocate three Boeing 767-300 aircraft, while HQs will remain at Copenhagen Airport in Star Air's existing facilities.

    Maersk Air Cargo will be operating daily flights, initially with a fleet comprising three aircraft, which will be expanded with two new ex-factory Boeing 777F to be delivered mid-2024. The three Boeing 767-300 freighters will be on a lease contract with ATSG, currently undergoing conversion from passenger to cargo version and  expected to be delivered in the latter part of 2022.  
    In addition, three Boeing 767-300 freighters will be added to the US-China operation, which will be handled by a third-party operator that yet remains to be named.  
    The new air freight company to be managed by Peter Corfitsen as CEO builds on the existing in-house cargo airline Star Air, which will be transferring activities into Maersk Air Cargo, including Star Air's current fleet of 15 Boeing 767 cargo aircraft including 12 Boeing 767-200 and three Boeing 767-300 converted freighters operating on contracts with integrators as well as providing charter services.
    Earlier, "Maersk Air Cargo" was the name of a Maersk Group-owned cargo GSA selling the capacity on Maersk Air and other airlines, but in connection with the take-over in 2005 of Maersk Air by Icelandic-owned Sterling that then sold the GSA company to SAS Cargo and renamed Cubic Air Cargo.
    Founded in 1987, Star Air was not affected by the sale to Sterling and remained owned by the AP Moller-Maersk Group and now, under the Maersk Air Cargo brand, it remains managed by Peter Corfitsen as CEO since May 1, 2021.