Polet An-124 at MAN today
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Polet An-124 at MAN today
I see MAN has a 124 arriving a little after 8am this morning.
Anyone know what it's doing and where it's going?
As it's inbound from Hahn, I presume it's coming to pick up cargo.
Shame they are landing from the West at the mo.
Anyone know what it's doing and where it's going?
As it's inbound from Hahn, I presume it's coming to pick up cargo.
Shame they are landing from the West at the mo.
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Originally Posted by lba2006
Picking up a engine for MYT and coming back in a couple of days with a new one.
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Originally Posted by perkin
does it really take a whole AN-124 to carry a single jet engine?! Isnt this slight overkill, or does it have other engines/cargo on board for other destinations?
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It is not so much the weight of the engines, but the dimensions.
Depending on what a/c it is (757/767/A330), will depend on how big the door on the transporter needs to be.
Some engines, when they are less urgent AOG parts, travel on 747 SCDs or nose loaders on schedule cargo services, but I doubt the Dominican Republic is served frequently by such aircraft.
So, instead of having to pay £10,000s a night on pax hotels/food etc, and losing money on missed schedules in the following days and weeks, it is often more economically sound to use a dedicated charter a/c.
Certainly not a cheap option for an airline though - several hundred thousand dollars at least.
Depending on what a/c it is (757/767/A330), will depend on how big the door on the transporter needs to be.
Some engines, when they are less urgent AOG parts, travel on 747 SCDs or nose loaders on schedule cargo services, but I doubt the Dominican Republic is served frequently by such aircraft.
So, instead of having to pay £10,000s a night on pax hotels/food etc, and losing money on missed schedules in the following days and weeks, it is often more economically sound to use a dedicated charter a/c.
Certainly not a cheap option for an airline though - several hundred thousand dollars at least.
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With an engine onboard too it seems,
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=56436
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=56436