Leezyjet From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 4041 posts, RR: 55 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 1349 times:
JAL/Korean/Singapore/Cathay/EL-AL and EVA all send freighters into LHR fairly regularly. Some come every couple of days, some once only one a week.
DHL also do alot of freight work on behalf of BA out of LHR.
The airlines must consider the freight services valuable enough to use a slot otherwise they would send them elsewhere. Cargo normally makes more $$ per KG carried than passengers do.
LHR is one of the biggest freight terminals in Europe, however most of it is flown out as belly cargo in pax a/c or trucked in and out.
It is quite spectacular to watch those empty freighters take off. They climb like space ships.
The Saudi DC-10 you saw was most likely an MD-11 although they don't vist very often.
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MUCuser From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 1331 times:
BA World Cargo's capacity ist basically the bellies of the BA Pax fleet, so a lot of Cargo flies in and out of LHR. (although less than through FRA, AMS and CDG)
Some will be trucked to other hubs like EMA, but I am sure the JAL Cargo plane is pretty full every time
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22030 posts, RR: 51 Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 1321 times:
Freight activity at LHR has declined over the years. While the Heathrow area holds the concentration of London freight forwarders, slot and curfew restrictions make LHR far from ideal as a cargo base.
The BA/GSS 747 freighter fleet is based at STN, while other carriers have also made STN as their preferred London cargo airport. STN freighter tonnage far exceeds that both of LHR and LGW, howoever both LHR and LGW exceed STN overall cargo tonnage due to the carriage of belly cargo.
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StarGoldLHR From Heard and McDonald Islands, joined Feb 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1149 times:
Quoting Leezyjet (Reply 1): The Saudi DC-10 you saw was most likely an MD-11 although they don't vist very often.
Is this a passenger config ?
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DLKAPA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1131 times:
Quoting Leezyjet (Reply 1): The airlines must consider the freight services valuable enough to use a slot otherwise they would send them elsewhere. Cargo normally makes more $$ per KG carried than passengers do.
That and sometimes airlines need to fill a slot they have lest it be revoked and awarded to competition.
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