Cargolux to use World Airway's wet lease freighter

[worn-out-bushing]

Flight Ops announced CV signed a contract with World Airways to operate a 747-400F for them beginning Oct 2010......

Bad news for all wannabees, seems like business is picking up, but outsourcing, too......

Anybody confirm that info?

WOB

[HURZ]

Normal OPS

This is normal ops in CV. We always have one or two wetleased A/C operating for us. In the past Southern Air, Air Atlanta, MK, and atleast 2 more...

[WorldDC10]

Did they tell you what flying it will be doing? How long the contract is for?

Nothing from management here at World.

[Flightwatch]

From October to mid 2011. What usually happens with a wet lease is to dedicate it to one route to save crew dead-heading. The last was to HKG with a stop en-route at least on the way back, sometimes both ways (Southern with a -200F was last used). The normal stop is ALA or GYD although Southern (or was it AAI?) used Karaganda. Not saying this will be the case this time though.

Enjoy - Karaganda in winter sounds like fun! (ALA or GYD are bearable).

[gate4]

Anyone know if CV have put LX-ZCV into service? Will it remain in an all white scheme aswel?

[411A]

I guess this means business is slowly getting back to normal then

Yup, sure is...in fact, we are just about to sign a contract for the re-activation of a TriStar freighter.
The freight business is looking up, alright.

[superspotter]

LX-ZCV is in service in all white scheme and very likely to remain that way.

[413X3]

seems to me this would be more likely because of their sale to UPS of 2 airplanes and only picking 1 up. And the delays of the 748F