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Samaritan's Purse (currently operates a converted DC-8-72CF aircraft) Saturn Airways ♠; Seaboard World Airlines ♠; Southern Air Transport (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft) Skybus Cargo Charters (currently operates converted Super DC-8-72 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft) Trans Caribbean Airways ♠; Trans Continental
Douglas DC-8-55CF: 1 1984 1984 Leased from National Airlines: Douglas DC-8-55F: 1 1981 1983 Douglas DC-8-61F: 2 1989 2000 Douglas DC-8-62F: 6 1988 2005 Douglas DC-8-62CF: 3 1994 2013 Douglas DC-8-62H: 5 1988 2002 Douglas DC-8-63CF: 1 1995 2002 Douglas DC-8-63F: 7 1990 2004 Douglas DC-8-63PF: 1 1992 1992 Douglas DC-8-71F: 8 2002 2011 Douglas DC ...
The aircraft involved in the accident was a 1968-built Douglas DC-8-71, registration N8079U. Operated by United Airlines (1968–1990) and Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (1990–1994), later modified for service as a freighter before being sold.
The DC-8-41 and DC-8-42 had weights of 300,000 and 310,000 pounds (140,000 and 140,000 kg) respectively, the 315,000-pound (142,880 kg) DC-8-43 had the 1.5° flap setting of the -33 and introduced a 4% leading-edge wing extension to reduce drag and increase fuel capacity slightly – the new wing improved range by 8%, lifting capacity by 6,600 ...
The following is a list of defunct airlines of the United States.However, some of these airlines have ceased operations completely, changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West Airlines changed to use the identity of US Airways in 2005 – which itself also changed identity to American Airlines in 2015).
Air India Cargo was set up in 1932, [1] [2] [3] and started its freighter operations with a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, giving Air India the distinction of being the first Asian airline to operate freighters. Between the 1980s and 1990s it operated Boeing 747 and Douglas DC-8 freighter aircraft on various international routes through other companies.
Einar Olafsson was the airline's first employee and CEO. It started operations in May 1970 with one Canadair CL-44 freighter with services from Luxembourg to Hong Kong. Over the next two years, the airline grew, as did its public visibility. [6] By 1973, Cargolux had five CL-44s and made the leap into the jet age by acquiring a Douglas DC-8 ...
The airline was established on March 5, 1999, by James Neff, out of the assets of Southern Air Transport.The carrier started operations in November 1999. On September 7, 2007, Oak Hill Capital Partners acquired majority ownership of Southern Air and merged Cargo 360 into the airline.