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Old 8th Aug 2016, 12:29
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Originally Posted by Less Hair
Down the road are there any big cargo customers with upcoming big fleet renewal needs and plans that might consider to order major numbers of 747-8Fs? Like the UPSs or Fedexes of the world? Or have they switched to twins and bellies already?
Who could be a big customer to keep the line going? Is there any big guy on the market looking for pure freighters?
While people like FedEx and UPS primarily use dedicated freighters, at least FedEx is moving towards smaller - replacing MD-11s with (slightly) smaller 767F. As for some of the others, I've heard rumors, but not the sort of thing I should repeat on a public forum
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