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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 ...
Air Canada Cargo Boeing 767-300F. In the past, Air Canada Cargo operated Douglas DC-8 aircraft under the name "Air Canada Cargo Express". [2]With direct cargo service to over 150 cities and global coverage to over 450 more through interline partnerships and a vast trucking network, Air Canada serves major markets around the world.
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 ...
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 ...
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
It commenced operation in September 2010 under a CMI contract. [8] In 2011, Atlas Air took the first North American delivery of the Boeing 747-8 Freighter (Boeing 747-8F). [9] On April 7, 2016, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings purchased Southern Air for US$110 million in an all-cash deal.
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.
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 ...