Cargolux achieves record daily aircraft utilization

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By LoadstarEditorial

10/04/2014

Luxembourg, 10 April 2014. Cargolux Airlines International S.A. has recorded an all-time high average daily aircraft utilization of its Boeing 747-400 freighter fleet in the first week of April 2014.
The Cargolux 747-400 freighters operated an average of 17:23 block hours per day, the highest utilization that the airline’s 747-400F fleet ever achieved. During the same week, the Cargolux 747-8 freighters operated an average of 16:29 block hours per day.

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