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Rmm From Australia, joined Feb 2001, 518 posts, RR: 1
Posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1012 times:

Does anyone know why the 744F Atlas freighter (sorry no reg) is sitting at the old Ansett maintenance facility at MEL?
It been pushed back into a corner and been sitting there for about 10 days now. There seems to be no activity around it.

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CupraIbiza From Australia, joined Feb 2007, 831 posts, RR: 7
Reply 1, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 989 times:

I drive past it everyday and think " I must post a question on a.net" and always forget. So thanks for raising it. hopefully we can get an answer.
I think its been then a bit more than 10 days too. Pretty sure it was there "last year"

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Zeke From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2006, 7722 posts, RR: 73
Reply 2, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 968 times:

I thought Atlas has a contract with QF to run their freighter flights.

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Oly720man From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 6180 posts, RR: 11
Reply 3, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 965 times:

Quoting Rmm (Thread starter):
744F Atlas freighter (sorry no reg)

Could be N418MC

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"N418MC Atlas Air N418MC seen here at MEL at the John Holland Hangers during New Year."

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BlueFlyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3119 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 829 times:

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It's contracted to NZ to operate its twice-weekly RTW cargo flight. Routing is AKL-MEL-PVD-FRA-ORD-HNL-AKL. Don't know when it'll start and not too sure that (off)loading is allowed at HNL, might just be a fuel stop. HNL isn't listed as a destination on ANZ Cargo but it's in the flight plans...

[Edited 2008-01-11 12:57:47]

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Crownvic From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 1593 posts, RR: 6
Reply 5, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 814 times:

Quoting BlueFlyer (Reply 4):

why PVD??? just curious

Powercube From Australia, joined Jul 2007, 265 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 807 times:

If I recall correctly, the Atlas Air 744s in SYD are contracted to QF? If that's the case then what is the MP 744BCF doing in SYD?

StealthZ From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5424 posts, RR: 49
Reply 7, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 799 times:

Quoting BlueFlyer (Reply 4):
AKL-MEL-PVD-FRA-ORD-HNL-AKL.

Quoting Crownvic (Reply 5):
why PVD??? just curious

Indeed a curious if perhaps creative routing, I am going to make the assumption that BlueFlyer meant to write -AKL-MEL-PVG-FRA-ORD-HNL-AKL

Seems to me that Shanghai-Pudong is a more sensible fit in that route than Providence RI

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BlueFlyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3119 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 787 times:

Quoting StealthZ (Reply 7):
I am going to make the assumption

For once with an assumption, I am the only ass. Thanks for the correction.

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752is From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 88 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 767 times:

I work in the same warehouse as NZ in JFK I know they were not having any freighter service to ORD until the 13th or 15th if I remember right so that could be a reason why it's been there. Ithink there last freighter into ORD was the 21 or 22 of December. January is a very slow month in the cargo business

LTU932 From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 13864 posts, RR: 51
Reply 10, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 762 times:

Quoting Powercube (Reply 6):
If I recall correctly, the Atlas Air 744s in SYD are contracted to QF?

5Y operates cargo flights for both QF and NZ.

Quoting Powercube (Reply 6):
If that's the case then what is the MP 744BCF doing in SYD?

MP has their own service to SYD. I believe it's with a stop in HKG.

BlueFlyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3119 posts, RR: 1
Reply 11, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 757 times:

I looked into it and HNL is indeed a pit stop, and not the only one. The complete routing is:
AKL-MEL-PVG-gyd-FRA-ORD-hnl-AKL
I am told the flight could occasionally operate through BNE, but I wasn't able to find out whether it was instead of, or in addition to MEL.

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StealthZ From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5424 posts, RR: 49
Reply 12, posted (5 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 732 times:

Quoting LTU932 (Reply 10):
Quoting Powercube (Reply 6):
If that's the case then what is the MP 744BCF doing in SYD?

MP has their own service to SYD. I believe it's with a stop in HKG.

Twice, departing Tuesday & Wednesday mornings

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