Threat to freighters as parts shortages hobble airlines, manufacturers and MRO
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Icelandic airline Air Atlanta find itself confronted by a question familiar to air cargo executives across the world: how to replace ageing 747s coming up for retirement from fleets, according to this report from Cargo Facts. “Without an active widebody passenger-to-freighter conversion programme, no clear replacement option currently exists for Air Atlanta Icelandic’s ageing freighter fleet.”. One answer to this apparently being mulled at Boeing is the creation of such a programme for a B777, but the jury remains out on whether the manufacturer could deliver at realistic prices.
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