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Recent headlines that Emirates is to cut some 30,000 jobs appear to have jumped the ...
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 pmIt 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.