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Old 5th April 2009 | 21:16
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BA 757s sold for cargo conversion?

British Airways has confirmed that its 11 remaining mainline 757s will not go to OpenSkies but instead be sold for cargo conversion.
Any idea where they are going?
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Old 5th April 2009 | 22:15
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Rumours are DHL UK....
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Old 5th April 2009 | 22:35
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Believe it is DHL but dont know if that means DHLUK as if true could be any of the airlines in the group.
Also I heard they bought 10 A/C of a fleet of 14?
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Old 6th April 2009 | 11:17
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I heard it was FedEx
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Old 6th April 2009 | 12:28
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Fed Ex is in the hunt for the 757, they have $2.6 billion in the bank and are looking for an 80 aircraft 757 fleet. Mobile and Singapore have the conversion lines up and running. My bet....Fed Ex
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Old 7th April 2009 | 15:47
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Could wel be DHL to be Based at EAT , as replacement for the A300s they trowed out earlier .
soon 757 -767 fleet only, minimum cost for type rating trainings ...

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Old 7th April 2009 | 17:11
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Just stop daydreamingAT in Belgium will be history by the end of the year, heed my words, and they will not place ANY 757 at Zaventem for shure
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Old 7th April 2009 | 18:36
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Can you give us more details on this? after all your comments are as many of your previous posts always ever so positive...
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Old 8th April 2009 | 15:23
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Check the word " Could "

We at brussels are about to get training on loading B767's very soon
when the 767's arrive they wil be flying with DHK registration
the routings should be EMA-JFK , BRU-LOS , BRU-JFK
we are also about to get a B772 a few days in the week for the BRU-LOS-LEJ-BRU flight
thats all i know so far, i only post what we hear on the briefings each day ...
The LH8285-8284 wil stop flying the routing JFK-BRU-EMA-JFK end June



Thanks in advance

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Old 8th April 2009 | 20:01
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This is not really the place to be washing the dirty laundry is it

Putting conspiracy theories aside, I have not heard a single rumour from anywhere that counts to suggest that DHK will be getting anything other than the 3 763s at present.
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Old 8th April 2009 | 22:13
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Mafferick,

Sorry to burst your bubble, but BRU will not be seeing the B777F - they will be deployed on routes to the far east. As for the B767F, the planning bods still have their thinking hats on. The bird haven't got the legs to carry a full payload (not that such a thing exist in the present climate, but still) direct from BRU or LEJ to JFK or, even less, to ILN. The trans-atlantic flights will see the return of our old friend the Diesel Eight, but eventually it's not outside the realms of possibilty to envision the B767F operating trans-atlantic, not directly from BRU or LEJ bur rather from EMA. There are, however, connection issues involved in that scenario, but that's a different story.

As for your comments regarding EMA complaining, suggest you keep the dirty laundry out of public view, and raise your concerns somewhere they can be properly addressed.

To the best of my knowledge, the outstanding portion of the B767F order (3 frames) has been deferred. They'll arrive, eventually, but not as per the original schedule.
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Old 12th April 2009 | 04:43
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Nice to see more B757s available for freighter conversions
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Old 17th April 2009 | 08:58
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FedEx are looking for around 80-85 757's and their preference is the 535E4 powered version so I guess these would fit in. However, they have/intend to purchase some powered by PW2000's also if not enough rollers available.
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Old 17th April 2009 | 09:16
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Are the Fedex B757 freighters 14.5 pallet or 15 pallet capacity?
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Old 17th April 2009 | 14:43
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Are those FedEx 757s supposed to be on the european network out of the big CDG hub? A while ago (before the crisis) FDX was planning to open a big crew base at CDG with lots of B757s.
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Old 17th April 2009 | 18:31
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No, the FedEx crew domicile in CDG (along with the 757's replacing the current A310) was cancelled way before the downturn hit. They sent A300-600's instead but kept the odd A310 in CDG.
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