Southern B777F
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Location: Klamath Falls, OR
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Opps - My bad!
cpnkirk
The B777F has very long legs and will do ICN-LAX without any problems. It can carry it's max payload (around 106 tons) for up to 10.5 hours. You won't get that kind of performance out of anything else, including a -400ERF.
The B777F has very long legs and will do ICN-LAX without any problems. It can carry it's max payload (around 106 tons) for up to 10.5 hours. You won't get that kind of performance out of anything else, including a -400ERF.
For the comments regarding SAI and how they will park the planes in the desert/screw up the ETOPS/not have enough flying for the aircraft: you all may be correct; but, the company is about 3/4s of the way through recalling furloughed pilots, rumored to have moved up the initial delivery date of the 777s, rumored to be trying to move up the follow on deliveries and have more contracts on the way.
My "ego" was again driving my positive reply to negative ones above (always trying to be right in an argument!); but, now I understand how many of the Middle Eastern Expats feel, when someone bad mouths their company that doesn't even work there. During my initial SAI training, my check airman Instructor made two points (he'd been with Southern since the SAT/C130 days) - he always got paid and Southern has never liked to furlough. In my opinion, the SAI has done a good job keeping their non-furloughed pilots employed and flying. It's interesting to hear how many people know how SAI is operated, based on a friends negative comments, that works for Southern. I've got a number of fellow pilot friends that are out of work. I've told them how tough it can be to work at SAI, duty days and various HR issues and they still want to come here. Believe me when I say, you don't know how well you have it until you've lost it (i.e. you don't have any job).
Best to all of you and my condolences to those of you that may not be flying - I'd pretty much given up on flying (furloughed from AA also); so, now that I'm being recalled, I'm pretty excited!
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Could not help myself
Plane is a -300ER...so photoshop.
Any chance of seeing some real 77Fs at Atlas in the future Fr8dog?
Zoni
Any chance of seeing some real 77Fs at Atlas in the future Fr8dog?
Zoni
Got it sent to me from a buddy with to much time on his hands. Sorry my bad, just had to post it. One would hope that we would be getting some at Atlas, but there are only rumors about a two engine A/C after the first of the year. We will wait and see.
But doesn't it look great in Atlas colors?
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NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Thai Airways International Public Company Limited recently signed a Block Space Agreement to utilize two Boeing 777-200 Long Range Freighter Aircraft operated by Southern Air Inc. (SAI).
Mr. Pruet Boobphakam, THAI Executive Vice President Commercial and Acting Managing Director of Cargo & Mail Commercial Department, said that under the Aircraft Block Space Agreement, THAI acquired all of the capacity on SAI's brand new B777-200LR Freighter aircraft. The agreement makes THAI the first operator in the region to offer this capability to its cargo customers.
The B777-200LR Freighter is the most advanced freighter aircraft ever built in term of fuel efficiency and low carbon footprint and has more than 100 metric tons of cargo capacity. The two aircraft will arrive in early 2010 and are expected to be used initially for the route from Bangkok to Europe and eventually for additional routes such as Australia and the US.
At the signing ceremony, Mr. Brian R. Neff, President of SAI, said, "There is growing recognition in the cargo industry that the B777LRF will be the long-haul aircraft for the coming decade and beyond, and our new partnership with THAI Cargo only confirms this recognition. We welcome THAI Cargo into our blue-chip customer base and look forward to a successful cooperation."
Southern Air Inc. was founded in 1999 as a low-cost, high-quality cargo carrier specializing in the provision of block space and aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance ("ACMI") services through its fleet of 17 B747 freighter aircraft. It is the first ACMI operator in the world to operate the next generation of freighter aircraft, which includes the B777-200LRF and the B747-8F.
Mr. Pruet Boobphakam, THAI Executive Vice President Commercial and Acting Managing Director of Cargo & Mail Commercial Department, said that under the Aircraft Block Space Agreement, THAI acquired all of the capacity on SAI's brand new B777-200LR Freighter aircraft. The agreement makes THAI the first operator in the region to offer this capability to its cargo customers.
The B777-200LR Freighter is the most advanced freighter aircraft ever built in term of fuel efficiency and low carbon footprint and has more than 100 metric tons of cargo capacity. The two aircraft will arrive in early 2010 and are expected to be used initially for the route from Bangkok to Europe and eventually for additional routes such as Australia and the US.
At the signing ceremony, Mr. Brian R. Neff, President of SAI, said, "There is growing recognition in the cargo industry that the B777LRF will be the long-haul aircraft for the coming decade and beyond, and our new partnership with THAI Cargo only confirms this recognition. We welcome THAI Cargo into our blue-chip customer base and look forward to a successful cooperation."
Southern Air Inc. was founded in 1999 as a low-cost, high-quality cargo carrier specializing in the provision of block space and aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance ("ACMI") services through its fleet of 17 B747 freighter aircraft. It is the first ACMI operator in the world to operate the next generation of freighter aircraft, which includes the B777-200LRF and the B747-8F.
