Originally Posted by
anson harris
Uggh. 747-8. That's what it's called.
Well technically it’s a
BOEING - 747-87UF
Somebody obviously thinks there are good $$$ to be made.
Depending on the route freight prices have increased anywhere from 100-500%.
What a lot of people don’t realize is how much freight is shipped on
passenger aircraft.
Any aircraft large enough and equipped for pallets or containers will carry cargo as cargo is more profitable then a pax with an Economy seat.
Just for the sake of easy math let’s say that every international passenger flight carries two tons of freight.
The lack of 70 passenger flights would equal a -8F filled to the brim.
Now think of how that cargo gets to its destination with an 70-80-% decrease in passenger flights.
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