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China Airlines Readies First 777F for New Era in Cargo Services
China Airlines will celebrate its 61st anniversary on December 16. Its first 777F is also ready to enter service. The new 777F twin-engine freighters being introduced by China Airlines will bring greater performance and fuel efficiency to the carrier’s freighter fleet, paving the way for the launch of next-generation air cargo services in the post-pandemic era.
China Airlines Chairman Su-chien Hsieh said that the freighter fleet played a crucial role even as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the global airline industry almost to a standstill. The carrier not only put all 18 of its 747-400 freighters into service but also increased weekly freighter flights by 20%. It also put the belly hold of its passenger aircraft to good use and pioneered the use of passenger cabins for carrying cargo. Cargo revenues between January and November this year were increased by 83% over the same period last year as a res
CAL cargo plane signage prompts protest, criticism
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Pro-Taiwan independence activists yesterday protested outside China Airlines’ (CAL) headquarters in Taipei over the airline’s new cargo airplane exterior signage, while Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers also criticized CAL’s new designs and called on the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to force the airline to make more changes.
Members of the Taiwan Republic Office, led by its director, Chilly Chen (陳峻涵), were joined by Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) members and others to protest the airline’s decision not to highlight the word “Taiwan” on its aircraft.
“The new design still has ‘China Airlines,’ only slightly smaller and moved nearer the tail. It shows nothing about Taiwan or the word Taiwan. CAL clearly does not want to have Taiwan as part of its logo,” Chen said.
China Airlines readies first Boeing 777F for new era in cargo services
China Airlines today (December 16) celebrates its 61st anniversary. Its first Boeing 777F is also ready to enter service. The new 777F twin-engine freighters being introduced by China Airlines will bring greater performance and fuel efficiency to the carrier’s freighter fleet, paving the way for the launch of next-generation air cargo services in the post-pandemic era.
China Airlines Chairman Su-chien Hsieh said that the freighter fleet played a crucial role even as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the global airline industry almost to a standstill. The carrier not only put all 18 of its 747-400 freighters into service but also increased weekly freighter flights by 20%. It also put the belly hold of its passenger aircraft to good use and pioneered the use of passenger cabins for carrying cargo. Cargo revenues between January and November this year were increased by 83% over the same period last year as a result,
(15 Dec 2020) China Airlines’ first Boeing 777F is about to enter service.
The first 777F has the aircraft number B-18771 from the Boeing 747F the airline retired in 2004.
The freighter will fly freight routes in Asia and North America as soon as it has completed preparation and validation.
Six of the Boeing 777F China Airlines has on order are slated to be delivered between 2020 and 2023. The first 777F arrived in Taiwan on 1 December and a further two will be delivered before the end of January 2021.
The fleet of 21 freighters will pave the way for a new generation of air cargo services by China Airlines in the