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Atlas Air To Order Next Generation Freighters  
User currently offlinePanAm_DC10 From Australia, joined Aug 2000, 3987 posts, RR: 93
Posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2301 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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From their quarterly filing it appears they are preparing to place an order soon. No model mentioned though I assume B777F & B747-8F would be prime candidates. Not sure whether they would go with the A388F but perhaps they could be a contender for the A332F?

"Our next step will be a significant investment in next-generation freighter technology, which we hope to announce shortly. We believe that we will provide a more compelling value proposition to our customers with leading edge freighter aircraft that possess better reliability, range, capacity, and fuel efficiency and improve our commercial-risk profile.

http://www.atlasair.com

Any thoughts as to what models they would be considering? Possible 748-F candidate?

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User currently offlineLTU932 From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 13864 posts, RR: 51
Reply 1, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2269 times:

Atlas already has a large fleet of 747s, both factory built freighters and converted -200Bs. This indicates they may be in the heavy and oversized freight market. My money is on them acquiring the 747-8F, it simply makes sense for them.

User currently offlineGlom From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 2803 posts, RR: 10
Reply 2, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2083 times:

The 747-8F looks like it will be a winner for Boeing over the next decade or so.

User currently offlineBroke From United States of America, joined Apr 2002, 1322 posts, RR: 4
Reply 3, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2001 times:

Since a lot of Atlas's operation involves cargo charters, the 747-8F or the 777F would make more sense than the A380. There are a lot more airports that have the infrastructure to handle the Boeings than the AirBus.

User currently offlineB52murph From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 233 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1869 times:

After looking at the holding co. annual report from May `06, it shows that they're down to only 1 747-100. (Atlas/Polar combined) Does anybody know if it's N858FT?


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