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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.
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 ...
A Douglas DC-9-15F of Kalitta Charters II In 2020, the United States Department of State employed Kalitta Air to evacuate U.S. nationals from Wuhan at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic . Citing instructions from the State Department, company Pete Sanderlin declined to give the Detroit Free Press comment. [ 8 ]
IATA codes are published in Appendix A of IATA's annual Standard Schedules ... Douglas DC-10-30 / -40 Freighter: DC85: D8T: Douglas DC-8-50: DC86: D8L: Douglas DC-8-62:
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 ...
Recognizing the growing importance of the cargo business, Lufthansa established its cargo subsidiary in 1977 called German Cargo Services GmbH. [3] Previously, cargo operations were executed in-house, under the Lufthansa Cargo name, when – in an effort to restructure the company – the cargo division was re-integrated into its parent, and split up into two parts (one for scheduled ...
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.