European Cargo Limited entered insolvency proceedings on June 3 after suspending flight operations on May 19, in a formal escalation of the British cargo carrier’s shutdown.
The airline, based at Bournemouth Airport, was officially placed into insolvency proceedings on Wednesday, June 3. Aviation media reported that the company had already stopped flying on May 19, making the filing a formal follow-up to the operational suspension.
Ch-aviation said European Cargo had not yet filed its 2025 financial results. Background coverage identified the carrier as an operator of Airbus A340 freighters.
The filing adds a financial and legal closure to a collapse that had already removed the airline from service. For the cargo market, the immediate impact is the loss of an operator that had been flying widebody freighters from Bournemouth.