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Here’s how much more cargo the Boeing 747-8F carries compared to the 777F

The global logistics industry is currently navigating a period of profound structural change as the era of four-engine heavy freighters begins to see its end. The Boeing 747 has spent half a century ...
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UPS Receives Delivery of Its Last New Boeing 747

UPS received its final Boeing 747-8F, marking the near end of production for the historic "Queen of the Skies," with only four more 747s remaining for delivery to Atlas Air. The 747, which ...
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Atlas takes another 747-8F, bringing Boeing’s 747 backlog to just three

Boeing has delivered to Atlas Air another 747-8 Freighter, leaving the airframer with just three undelivered 747-8Fs and bringing the jumbo jet’s 50-year-plus production run one step nearer to the end ...
Flying

Boeing Closing in on Final Assembly of Last New 747

Production of the iconic Boeing 747 is concluding, with the final 747-8F expected to be delivered to Atlas Air by year-end. The 747 fundamentally changed aviation, serving as the first widebody ...
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What it’s like to fly on a Boeing 747-8F

Hello from Baku, Azerbaijan. This week, I am flying on Silkway West B747-8 Freighter from Baku to Amsterdam. The B747-8F is ...
Aviation Week

Saudia Cargo adds two 747-8F to grow fleet to 15

Saudi Airlines Cargo has acquired two Boeing 747-8F Freighters. This brings the total number of planes operated by the carrier to 15. “We are extremely excited to be taking delivery of our first two ...
Forbes

UPS, Freight Companies Love Newest Version Of Boeing’s Oldest Plane, The 747 8F

The 747 is quickly flying away from passenger service. But is the era of the four-engine jumbo jet really dead? Not if you like to get everything from high-value fish to higher-valued COVID-19 vaccine ...
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Assembly Completed for the Final Boeing 747

Boeing Commercial Airplanes reported the final 747 aircraft left its Everett, Wash., assembly plant on December 6, in advance of delivery to Atlas Air early next year. The 747-8F Freighter is the ...
Flightglobal

British Airways cargo division heads for 747-8F operations

British Airways is to take on three Boeing 747-8 freighters for its World Cargo division next year, which will be operated under a wet-lease through Global Supply Systems. Global Supply Systems ...
Aviation Week

Atlas Air Confirms 747-8F Delivery Schedule

Atlas Air Worldwide, the parent company of Atlas Air and Titan Aviation Leasing and the majority shareholder of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide has revealed that it will receive three Boeing 747-8F ...
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Voyager Announces the Lease Conversion of a Second 747-8F

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voyager Aviation Holdings, LLC (“Voyager” or “the Company”) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with AirBridgeCargo Airlines (“AirBridgeCargo”) and ...