Delayed arrival of freighters may prevent 'a bloodbath' in air cargo market
Only a trickle of large widebody freighters will join the global fleet this year and, ...
By Alex Lennane
Alongside news that the air freight market has contracted by 3.5% so far this year, Lufthansa Cargo has announced a major shift in its fleet.
The German carrier is to upgrade its fleet with two new 777 freighters and withdraw all its MD-11Fs within the next year – a process faster than had been anticipated.
The new aircraft will be delivered next year, to be based in Frankfurt, while the remaining ten MD-11Fs will be withdrawn by the end of next year.
“We ...
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