The piece says that Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management were going to use three to replace its McDonnell Douglas DC-8 combis.
Don't know if it happen tho.
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tb727 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1398 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1807 times:
National Air Cargo is getting them but I don't know if they are going to operate them or not. They are being delivered but put into storage I think. It seems like it could be a very versatile aircraft if it is marketed to the right people.
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31228 posts, RR: 58 Reply 5, posted (7 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1807 times:
The reason was Understanably an operator wanting to use a Freighter....especially an -PF or -PCF over an -SF but why spend to convert a B752 to a B752PCC......
cargolex From United States of America, joined Apr 2010, 1178 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (7 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1807 times:
Quoting HAWK21M (Reply 5): The reason was Understanably an operator wanting to use a Freighter....especially an -PF or -PCF over an -SF but why spend to convert a B752 to a B752PCC......
The 757 combi is designed to replace the DC-8-62 combi, since it can do essentially the exact same job but is much more modern and fuel efficient.
The market for combi operations is very limited, but there are other 757 combis being used for NATO and military purposes - very different missions from the PCF/PF/SF missions - plus a single one at Royal Nepal that was a factory product and not a conversion and is unrelated to these later developments.