Just read this in Air Cargo News, 02nd May 2003:-
"Lufthansa Cargo is interested in a proposed B777F, chairman Jean-Peter Jansen has confirmed, suggesting it might be a more appropiate acquisition than the A380F.
"The B777 has raised high interest in the industry because its performance data is so good," he insists. "With a payload of 105 tonnes, it would be ideal for what the MD-11F does now"
Jansen predicts that the launch of the B777 might be only a few years away, as B747-400 passenger aircraft become available for conversions and demand for the production of all-cargo models tail off. "The A380 will be here in 2008, and I think Boeing will have to do something," he says.
The Lufthansa Cargo chairman declines to reveal the carrier's exact future freighter strategy, pointing out that its MD-11Fs and B747-200Fs have a lot of service left. But he is lukewarm about the A380, saying it would be "for trunk routes only."
AK
