Freighter stats
With the global freighter fleet being the busiest out there, what does the data tell us about what is going on? It turns out the, based on US T-100 data, Boeing dominates this business segment with its dedicated freighters. Looking…
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Boeing will play a crucial role in distributing Covid vaccines
According to numbers crunched by DHL, it will take 8,000 747-sized aircraft to move 1 billion doses of a vaccine. Bear in mind the global population is currently estimated at 7.8 billion. No matter how you look at this challenge,…
DeHavilland Canada offers Package Freighter Conversion Program for all Dash-8 models
DeHavilland Canada announced earlier this week that Transport Canada approved the conversion of Dash 8-100/200 and Dash 8-300 aircraft into simplified package freighters in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. This augments the earlier certification of a package freighter conversion…
The freighter recovery
The air freight market has been through something of a roller coaster ride. The chart is from IATA and must have been a nailbiting ride for the industry. As IATA stated: “Overcapacity is coming mainly from an expansion of the…
An A330neo Freighter
Bloomberg put out a story that UPS and Amazon are encouraging Airbus to consider an A330-800F. This is a very important link in the A330neo story so far. The A330-800 has no current orders. This is a situation Airbus cannot…
UAV deliveries – so you thought Amazon was in the lead?
Well, maybe not. This is amazing. Views: 42