News / As tonnage rises and business expands, bullish ABC orders 20 747-8 freighters

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A confident AirBridgeCargo is proposing to order 20 747-8Fs as it continues to benefit from good volumes, as rivals bow out of freighter operations.

Parent Volga-Dnepr Group and Boeing signed an MoU at the Paris Air Show for what appears to be the largest-ever order for the aircraft.

Some of the aircraft will be used for fleet replacement, executive president Denis Ilin told The Loadstar.

“Volga-Dnepr expects delivery of two 747-8Fs each year on average over the next seven years. Some of them ...