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The 747-8 Freighter, or 747-8F, has 16% more payload capacity than its predecessor, allowing it to carry seven more standard air cargo containers, with a maximum payload capacity of 154 short tons (140 t) of cargo. [205] As on previous 747 freighters, the 747-8F features a flip up nose-door, a side-door on the main deck, and a side-door on the ...
A Boeing 747-8 Freighter of UPS Airlines, its largest operator. The 747-400 and earlier versions had proven to be a very popular freighter, carrying around half of the world's air freight. [129] To maintain this position, Boeing designed a freight variant of the 747-8, named the 747-8 Freighter or 747-8F.
Boeing's 747-400LCF Dreamlifter has flown its first COVID-19 airlift mission, flying 1.5 million medical face masks from Hong Kong to South Carolina. The Dreamlifter is one of the largest cargo ...
1 1982 1984 Boeing 747-200: Boeing 747-200B: 6 1982 2005 Boeing 747-400: Boeing 747-200C: 2 1982 1983 None Boeing 747-200SF: 9 2002 2011 Boeing 747-400F: Operated by MASkargo. Boeing 747-300M: 1 1986 1997 Boeing 747-400: Converted into freighter and transferred to MASkargo. Boeing 747-300SF: 1 1998 2002 Boeing 747-400F: Converted from 747-300M ...
The Boeing Dreamlifter, officially the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), is a wide-body cargo aircraft modified extensively from the Boeing 747-400 airliner. With a volume of 65,000 cubic feet (1,840 m 3) [1] it can hold three times that of a 747-400F freighter. [2]
Challenge Air Cargo. Founded in 2018, Challenge Air Cargo, is the commercial entity that manages the sale of Cargo capacity of the Group's three airlines, as well as third party customers. From the Group's Head Office in Malta and with its own offices in the Netherlands, Germany, and Hong Kong, coupled with a network of GSA offices, Challenge ...
When incorporated in 2001, all nine of Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 747 freighters were transferred to the new cargo start-up at market value and henceforth, all new freighter purchases were to be made from the new company's books. Due to the Great Recession, in the late 2000s, there was a drop in global demand for freight. [25]
In May 2003, Emirates SkyCargo took delivery of a Boeing 747-400F, taking the freighter fleet to three Boeing 747Fs. Emirates SkyCargo was operating two Boeing 747-400Fs with capacity for 120 tonnes and a Boeing 747-200F with capacity for 110 tonnes. [10] In September 2004, the airline launched freighter services to Johannesburg and Lahore.