Airfreight capacity is already tight on Asia-U.S. routes and likely to remain so during 2021, following an unusual Lunar New Year holiday, during which production continued in many Chinese factories. Capacity from North Asia is virtually “non-existent,” Neel Jones Shah, executive vice president and global head of airfreight for freight forwarder Flexport, told Air Cargo […]
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Boeing just announced the definitive end of the legendary 747 as cargo giant Atlas Air places an order for the final 4 planes
Boeing just announced the definitive end of the legendary 747 as cargo giant Atlas Air places an order for the final 4 planes
Thomas PalliniJan 13, 2021, 04:17 IST
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8F.Thomas Frey/picture alliance/Getty
Atlas Air on Tuesday announced a four-aircraft order for the
Boeing 747-8F, the largest mass-produced freighter from the American aircraft manufacturer.
Boeing said that these will be the last 747 ever built as the program comes to a close after a half-century.
Demand for cargo