Cardig Air was founded in 2004 and over the years has operated ten Boeing 737 aircraft: two -200, two -400 and six -300. One - PK-BBY - was damaged beyond economical repair (BER) in Wamena on August 28, 2015, all others have been retired or sold. The only exception is this 1985 airframe, which joined Cardig Air on February 13, 2012 and still soldiers on as of September 2025, having been re-registered to PK-DJS in July of 2020. Previous operatos were Piedmont, USAir, America West and TNT Airways, the latter being the 1st operator after it got converted to freighter in 2007 (registered OO-TNK).

With Trigana Air since August 2014. See picture ID 841657 for the history of this airframe. Trigana Air dominates the hauling of airfreight from Sentani-Jayapura to the city of Wamena located in the Baliem Valley at an altitude of approx 5'500 ft / 1600 meters. In August of 2025, Trigana operated three B737 freighters to supply Wamena, the biggest city in the world only accessible by air and therefore completely depending on an air bridge. Each aircraft does 3 to 4 daily runs, each time carrying a load of some 15 metric tons.

PK-YSG joined the fleet of Trigana Air in August 2014, only some 3 month before this picture was taken. The 1988 built passenger airframe was operated by airlines like Piedmont (N357P & N585US), USAir and US Airways (both as N585US), before it got converted into a freighter for TNT Airways in August 2006 (registered OO-TNH). It briefly flew for Swiftair as EC-LTO from April 2012 before being sold to Trigana two years later. Still current at the time of upload, wearing the now more colorful latest Trigana livery, see next picture.

Arriving from Edmonton to pick up freight for Inuvik (CYEV) is this 1986 built B737-300. The cargo conversion was done in 2006 for European operations with TNT Airways and Buffalo got it in 2023.

Became EC-LTO with Swiftair then PK-YSG with Trigana.

A historic day for Buffalo Airways as they take delivery of their very first jet powered aircraft in Edmonton. Still wearing its Guernsey reg, once certified by TC, it will become C-FBAE. Pulling into the North Cariboo ramp as "Two Echo Sierra Kilo Alpha" on arrival from the UK. Routing for this one was Bournemouth-Reykjavik-Iqaluit-Edmonton.

Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident 18 July 2017 as PK-YGG, Tri-M.G. Intra Asia Airlines

Buffalo Airways' first Boeing 737 freighter has finally emerged in full colours. It has not done any air tests yet so delivery may still be some way away.

Puerto Inirida is a small river port near the Venezuelan border. This is where the Rio Guaviare and the Rio Inirida meet the mighty Rio Orinoco. Aerosucre has frequent supply flights here from Bogota.

Barely a week after this image was taken, on 15 June 2006, OO-TND was substantially damaged in a balked landing at East Midlands (following which it diverted to Birmingham) and was retired from service. This image is scanned from a Fujichrome slide. A couple of months later I bought my first DSLR and my slide-taking days were at an end.