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Old 4th Nov 2011, 22:33   #1 (permalink)
 
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New BA Freighter

BBC News - Cargo plane based at Stansted is 'biggest in UK'
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Old 4th Nov 2011, 22:42   #2 (permalink)
 
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Good Old BBC - flying what to where exactly?
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Old 5th Nov 2011, 00:07   #3 (permalink)
 
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the same as the 744 does....just a bit more it !! good to see ol "bucket and spade international airport" get something new. Did have a scare the other day when i saw a 767 parked at Harrods with "Ryan" painted on the side.
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Old 5th Nov 2011, 10:58   #4 (permalink)
 
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Amazing that this article or any of the links on it mention who is actually operating the aircraft (GSS). It's not like BAWC put in all the hard work getting it into service, all they have to do it sell the space.
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Old 5th Nov 2011, 18:55   #5 (permalink)
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They also forgot (!!) to mention who owns the said -8F...Atlas Air.

Any of you know what might happen to the -400Fs that GSS is using (leased from Atlas Air)...are GSS/BAWC planning to return them to Atlas or are they planning on using them after the third -8F arrives?

Atlas could certainly use the lift capability of an additional 3 airframes...
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Old 5th Nov 2011, 19:05   #6 (permalink)
 
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returning all but one
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Old 5th Nov 2011, 19:20   #7 (permalink)
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How much extra lift does Atlas need??

GSS and Panalpina are swapping 744s for 748s one for one, TNT returned one when they got their 777. That is a total of six more aircraft Atlas will have back in the short term. I don't think they have customers for them yet.
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Old 6th Nov 2011, 00:57   #8 (permalink)
 
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Atlas will retire all its 747 Classics.
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Old 7th Nov 2011, 08:41   #9 (permalink)
 
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How is the loads on the STN-JNB-NBO-ZAG-STN rotation?
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Old 7th Nov 2011, 22:57   #10 (permalink)
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Thanks, TalkEnglish...

We keep hearing differing numbers about how many or if any are coming back to the Atlas fleet...although, as things go at Atlas, the only thing that is a constant is change!!
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Old 7th Nov 2011, 23:23   #11 (permalink)
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Old 8th Nov 2011, 04:12   #12 (permalink)
 
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No matter who owns it, it looks like a GSS Plane to me.
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