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There has been much chat on LinkedIn today about the news that Lufthansa Technik has been asked to look into modifying – not converting – an A380 to be cargo-only.

Air cargo executives have said, almost uniformly, “not going to happen”, while others with names perhaps less well-known in air cargo circles have expressed optimism that it could work.

There are several problems – quite big ones in fact, involved with making one of the least cargo-friendly aircraft into a cargo-only version: ...

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  • Stan Wraight

    May 06, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    It was so off the wall I did not even comment, even fed ex, ups, and DHL express would have to charge more to make it work economically. Think a few dreamers out there who look at all those A380’s that will be permanently parked or broken up were having too much time on their hands.

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