The two new 747-8Fs are the first to be delivered to the Russian scheduled air cargo carrier under a memorandum of understanding for 20 747-8Fs signed between Boeing and Volga-Dnepr Group at the Paris Air Show in June.
Read moreRussia’s Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing to order 20 more 747-8 Freighters, in a deal which also adds the Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan very large freighter on a long-term basis to the logistics support chain for Boeing and its partners.
Read moreCargolux’s latest Boeing 747-8 Freighter delivery, the 30th new 747F delivered to the carrier, carries a special decal of the “Father of the Boeing 747”, Joe Sutter, the Boeing engineer who led the team that designed the Boeing 747.
Read moreThe order, which Boeing Commercial Airplanes values at more than $1.1 billion at current list prices, was first announced as an upcoming deal on January 8.
Read moreGlobal logistics giant Panalpina and U.S. cargo airline Atlas Air are strengthening their long-standing partnership in the air cargo industry, with a new five-year agreement which envisages Panalpina expanding its “controlled” network of air cargo services.
Read moreAzerbaijan-based cargo carrier Silk Way West Airlines and Boeing have announced that the two companies are finalizing terms and working toward a purchase agreement to be placed by Silk Way West for three Boeing 747-8 Freighters.
Read moreThe Baku, Azerbaijan-based carrier’s first Boeing 747-8F was delivered last week and the second aircraft was delivered on August 28.
Read moreThe order, which Boeing values at about $1 billion at current list prices, will bolster Cathay Pacific Airways’ fleets of Boeing 747-8 Freighters and Boeing 777-300ER widebodies to 14 and 53 aircraft, respectively.
Read moreSilk Way Airlines, a cargo carrier based in Baku in Azerbaijan, has announced an order for two Boeing 747-8 Freighters. Boeing values the airline’s order for the two widebody freighters at $704 million at current list prices.
Read moreThe entire routing for Etihad Cargo’s round-the-world freighter service is Abu Dhabi-Hong Kong-Chicago-Miami-Viracopos-Quito-Amsterdam-Abu Dhabi. The routing is eastbound overall but features one westbound leg, Viracopos-Quito.
Read moreThe aircraft’s Performance Improvement Package includes improvements to its GEnx-2B engines and to the software for its flight management computers.
Read moreBoeing’s new stretched 747 model reached the milestone when a Boeing 747-8 Freighter operated by launch customer Cargolux arrived at Hanoi’s Nội Bài International Airport in Vietnam from Kuwait on Sunday, March 17.
Read moreCathay Pacific Airways has ordered three more Boeing 747-8 Freighters. The order, which Boeing values at approximately $1 billion at list prices, also includes options for five Boeing 777 Freighters.
Read moreBoeing achieved a net total of orders for 1,203 commercial aircraft in 2012, the second-largest annual number in the company’s history. The manufacturer also delivered 601 commercial jets, the most since 1999.
Read moreIt is the second Boeing 747-8 Freighter which the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. subsidiary has put into service for Panalpina under a multi-year aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance contract, commonly known in the industry as a wet lease.
Read moreThe new aircraft is the first of 14 Boeing 747-8 Freighters which Tokyo Narita-based NCA has ordered from Boeing.
Read moreThe aircraft, a 747-8 Freighter, was delivered to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Atlas Air will operate it on behalf of Panalpina, the Swiss-based logistics provider and supply-chain specialist.
Read moreAirBridgeCargo Airlines, part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, has taken delivery of the second of five new Boeing 747-8 Freighters.
Read moreKorean Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-8F and Boeing 777F freighters, becoming the first airline in the world to operate both freighter models.
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