ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3804 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 5 months 7 hours ago) and read 1561 times:
I was looking at a good picture here on airliners.net of FedEx A300 N719FD, getting ready to turn onto the active runway at MHT. The plane has covered-up windows, and a search through the database shows that it belonged to Korean Air in its former life.
I was wondering, of all the FedEx A300s, how many of them are newly-built and delivered by Airbus (i.e. without those covered-up windows) versus those that have been repurposed passenger carriers?
Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11950 posts, RR: 37 Reply 1, posted (6 years 5 months 6 hours ago) and read 1489 times:
All but one* of the GE powered aircraft are new (i.e. direct from Airbus); there are about 36 of those (+ a few more to come). The PW aircraft - about 16 - come from a variety of sources, including Egyptair and Korean Air.
Ivo From Belgium, joined Sep 2000, 470 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1265 times:
They have another 6 A300F on order for delivery early 2007.
c/n 873 till 878, reg nr N687FE till N692FE.
Another 6 secondhand A300 are coming, but del date is unknown.
c/n611 ex Qatar A7-AFC, ex Garuda PK-GAK
c/n613 ex " A7-AFD, ex " PK-GAL
c/n664 ex " A7-ABN, ex " PK-GAR
c/n668 ex " A7-ABO, ex " PK-GAS
c/n688 ex " A7-ABW, ex China Northern B-2311
c/n690 ex " A7-ABV, ex China Northern B-2312
All registration numbers ending with FE are new build.
All registration numbers ending with FD are secondhand.
Memphis From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 143 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1217 times:
Quoting Ivo (Reply 2): All registration numbers ending with FE are new build.
All registration numbers ending with FD are secondhand.
I find this hard to believe. Where did you get this info? Is this for the fx airbus fleet only? The majority of the fx fleet, all a/c types, have the FE suffix. Only a few 300s and 310s have the FD suffix.
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