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DLNZ wrote:Geo-Sky have sent 4L-GEO down to GMF for maintenance after sistership -GEN returned to service last week, resplendent in her new livery. Looks like they will have two freshly services, freshly painted machines ready and willing for Peak winter 21.
747classic wrote:Geo-Sky, 4L-GEN, new livery, FRA, September 03th 2021
jbs2886 wrote:747classic wrote:Lufthansa Cargo will add two more 777F aircraft to replace the last active MD11F (D-ALCC).
- EK, 777F1H, A6-EFF, a 10 year old aircraft will be leased from DAE Capital, new registration D-ALFJ, the aircraft was ferried (EK9370) at August 29th DXB-FRA.
- a brand new Lufthansa 777F emerged at the Everett flight line (D-ALFK, L/N 1703), see : http://kpae.blogspot.com/2021/09/paine- ... ber-7.html
Fascinating EK would give up a 777F in this cargo market.
flyguy1 wrote:jbs2886 wrote:747classic wrote:Lufthansa Cargo will add two more 777F aircraft to replace the last active MD11F (D-ALCC).
- EK, 777F1H, A6-EFF, a 10 year old aircraft will be leased from DAE Capital, new registration D-ALFJ, the aircraft was ferried (EK9370) at August 29th DXB-FRA.
- a brand new Lufthansa 777F emerged at the Everett flight line (D-ALFK, L/N 1703), see : http://kpae.blogspot.com/2021/09/paine- ... ber-7.html
Fascinating EK would give up a 777F in this cargo market.
EK have been using their passenger 777's on a lot of cargo flights, perhaps they feel this is good enough for now. It is surprising though.
Polot wrote:flyguy1 wrote:jbs2886 wrote:
Fascinating EK would give up a 777F in this cargo market.
EK have been using their passenger 777's on a lot of cargo flights, perhaps they feel this is good enough for now. It is surprising though.
Could be something as simple as EK’s lease with DAE was coming to an end and LH was willing to pay more for it.
flyguy1 wrote:
EK have been using their passenger 777's on a lot of cargo flights.
TriniA340 wrote:Also, Skybus DC-8-73 OB-2158-T is currently taxiing at MIA as Skybus 849 destined for MGA (Amerijet route).
Hooray!!! Another DC-8 in svc.
TriniA340 wrote:The 2nd Amerijet 757 (N172AJ) arrived at MIA yesterday, from GYR. Hoping to see it in svc soon. Not sure what's going on with the first one, N818NH.
MO11 wrote:TriniA340 wrote:The 2nd Amerijet 757 (N172AJ) arrived at MIA yesterday, from GYR. Hoping to see it in svc soon. Not sure what's going on with the first one, N818NH.
Actually, this is the first one. N818NH hasn't been handed over yet.
wjcandee wrote:TriniA340 wrote:Also, Skybus DC-8-73 OB-2158-T is currently taxiing at MIA as Skybus 849 destined for MGA (Amerijet route).
Hooray!!! Another DC-8 in svc.
So this is 873SJ. Same plane as OB-2158-T. Interesting that they put it into service after such a long time at MIA. Makes me happy. Just wondering what's up with OB-2059-P. Hopefully just in maintenance? Getting ready for Amerijet to charter both during Peak?? Wouldn't that be cool?
MO11 wrote:TriniA340 wrote:The 2nd Amerijet 757 (N172AJ) arrived at MIA yesterday, from GYR. Hoping to see it in svc soon. Not sure what's going on with the first one, N818NH.
Actually, this is the first one. N818NH hasn't been handed over yet.
RoyalBrunei757 wrote:Sky One FZ B747-45BDSF N27063 resurrected from death was seen arriving into CGK today September 11, 2021for major maintenance activities. Hopefully a repaint too.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/indones ... 558411836/
747classic wrote:Following the issue of an AD for the 747classic and -400 aircraft, the worldwide 747 freighter fleet will have to be inspected before October 05th 2021'
[...]
Although ADs are routinely issued, the current unavailability of repair kits and the fast-approaching effective date of October 05th could cause a lot of (planning) issues with the 747 cargo operators, except the 747-8 series.
wjcandee wrote:747classic wrote:Following the issue of an AD for the 747classic and -400 aircraft, the worldwide 747 freighter fleet will have to be inspected before October 05th 2021'
[...]
Although ADs are routinely issued, the current unavailability of repair kits and the fast-approaching effective date of October 05th could cause a lot of (planning) issues with the 747 cargo operators, except the 747-8 series.
Here's hoping that the inspections disclose few on-condition situations. Remarkable that 8 months after the Boeing Service Bulletin, repair kits aren't available.
747classic wrote:wjcandee wrote:747classic wrote:Following the issue of an AD for the 747classic and -400 aircraft, the worldwide 747 freighter fleet will have to be inspected before October 05th 2021'
[...]
Although ADs are routinely issued, the current unavailability of repair kits and the fast-approaching effective date of October 05th could cause a lot of (planning) issues with the 747 cargo operators, except the 747-8 series.
Here's hoping that the inspections disclose few on-condition situations. Remarkable that 8 months after the Boeing Service Bulletin, repair kits aren't available.
Especially P-F converted 747 freighters could be effected, because they are operating at higher operating weights, than original designed and not all relevant structural parts are changed/ re-enforced during the P-F conversion.
wjcandee wrote:747classic wrote:Following the issue of an AD for the 747classic and -400 aircraft, the worldwide 747 freighter fleet will have to be inspected before October 05th 2021'
[...]
Although ADs are routinely issued, the current unavailability of repair kits and the fast-approaching effective date of October 05th could cause a lot of (planning) issues with the 747 cargo operators, except the 747-8 series.
Here's hoping that the inspections disclose few on-condition situations. Remarkable that 8 months after the Boeing Service Bulletin, repair kits aren't available.
eightcone wrote:Sorry, for the quality. I will work on doing better next time I cruise over to DHN.
Spacepope wrote:wjcandee wrote:747classic wrote:Following the issue of an AD for the 747classic and -400 aircraft, the worldwide 747 freighter fleet will have to be inspected before October 05th 2021'
[...]
Although ADs are routinely issued, the current unavailability of repair kits and the fast-approaching effective date of October 05th could cause a lot of (planning) issues with the 747 cargo operators, except the 747-8 series.
Here's hoping that the inspections disclose few on-condition situations. Remarkable that 8 months after the Boeing Service Bulletin, repair kits aren't available.
I don’t know if I would get worked up about it too much. 8 months in, we could have 90% of the fleet inspected and repaired by now for all we know. Especially anything that’s gone through heavy MX recently. The fact that Cargofacts hasn’t made a stink of it is either it’s not a huge issue, or maybe we just picked it up here first for them.
eightcone wrote:Drove around Dothan today and got a few pics including n102ff with its green cargo door. They’re only phone quality but I’ll see if I can solve getting them up here.
eightcone wrote:Sorry, for the quality. I will work on doing better next time I cruise over to DHN.
From 9/11/21
N102FF
These were hard to look up.
N837US (I think former N976DL)
N836US (I think former N971DL)
N83(5?)US (no idea)
Phosphorus wrote:eightcone wrote:Sorry, for the quality. I will work on doing better next time I cruise over to DHN.
From 9/11/21
N102FF
These were hard to look up.
N837US (I think former N976DL)
N836US (I think former N971DL)
N83(5?)US (no idea)
The last photo shows the jet with Ukraine International / PS livery. There were never too many of those, so identifying might be a bit easier as a result.
The last photo shows the jet with Ukraine International / PS livery. There were never too many of those, so identifying might be a bit easier as a result.
eightcone wrote:The last photo shows the jet with Ukraine International / PS livery. There were never too many of those, so identifying might be a bit easier as a result.
If all things matched with RB757’s very detailed post above, it should be N290BR in the big hanger with the Ukraine tail.
It’s about 30 miles over to DHN, I’ll probably ride my motorcycle over there next weekend and re-scout. And I’ll take a small set of binoculars so I can read and note the tail #s.
wjcandee wrote:RoyalBrunei757 wrote:Sky One FZ B747-45BDSF N27063 resurrected from death was seen arriving into CGK today September 11, 2021for major maintenance activities. Hopefully a repaint too.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/indones ... 558411836/
Another big jet moved for the owners by our friends at Jet Test and Transport.
CX747 wrote:wjcandee wrote:RoyalBrunei757 wrote:Sky One FZ B747-45BDSF N27063 resurrected from death was seen arriving into CGK today September 11, 2021for major maintenance activities. Hopefully a repaint too.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/indones ... 558411836/
Another big jet moved for the owners by our friends at Jet Test and Transport.
I believe that Terra Avia's ER-BAC sacrificed some of its engine cowlings to assist N27063's resurrection. CGK and GMF have just been the go to facility for quite some time now with 747 resurrection and maintenance work. Good for that outfit to make a tidy profit and continue to build and expand their tribal knowledge on all things 747.
RoyalBrunei757 wrote:CX747 wrote:wjcandee wrote:
Another big jet moved for the owners by our friends at Jet Test and Transport.
I believe that Terra Avia's ER-BAC sacrificed some of its engine cowlings to assist N27063's resurrection. CGK and GMF have just been the go to facility for quite some time now with 747 resurrection and maintenance work. Good for that outfit to make a tidy profit and continue to build and expand their tribal knowledge on all things 747.
Yes indeed, it is great to see there are still a MRO company that pays attention for those aircraft from bygone era. GMF Aero is well known for providing MRO services for many forgotten aircraft type, B747 Classics, DC-10, B737 Classics. That actually explains all those parked Classics at CGK for past two decades, this might end soon as CGK authority plans to clear up those mess soon.
On a side note, Aerotranscargo B747-433BDSF ER-BBB also flew in the same day as N27063 from Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan. She just past her 30th birthday on August 30th!
https://www.facebook.com/stam.aviation/ ... 1598199909 Credit: STam Aviation
CX747 wrote:ER-BAM "Roll Tide" departed GMF, having finished up it's own maintenance period. Roll Tide departed CGK for the former British held terra firm of HKG. Once it was loaded up, "Roll Tide" blasted Westbound for homeplate at NQZ.
jbs2886 wrote:VCVSpotter posted this in another thread: “Ex Emirates 777-300ER OE-IHY flew SNN-VCV for storage prior to freighter conversion for Air Atlanta Icelandic.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oe-ihy”
How many 77W conversions is Air Atlanta Icelandic getting? Don’t think I’d heard they were getting any.
ThePointblank wrote:Had an enlightening presentation and briefing from one of my freight forwarder account managers about the current state of the air cargo market and the immediate future prospects.
From my notes and the general tone of the briefing, air cargo in and out of Asia-Pacific, particularly China is badly screwed over. China has a real problem of air cargo congestion at their major airports both inbound and outbound; part of this is driven by the issues at Shanghai Pudong Airport, where the authorities have effectively shut down the airport's cargo terminal due to an outbreak and infection cluster there. All ground handlers and warehouse workers of every forwarder, vendor and operator without exception is being forced to follow a 14/7/7 rule; basically employees can work 14 days in a row, quarantine at a hotel for 7 days afterwords, and then quarantine at home for another 7 days before the cycle starts again. This is causing air cargo to back up heavily at Shanghai, and is spilling over to other airports as cargo gets rerouted.
There's also a chance that cargo won't get accepted by the forwarder until literally hours before it is scheduled to depart as well due to the congestion and workforce issues for anything coming out of China.
Adding to issues is issues with ocean freight; rates for ocean freight have skyrocketed by 4-5 times normal pricing out of Asia, and availability is near zero. This has caused a lot of cargo that would be moved via ocean freight to spill over and be moved by air freight, which is compounding the congestion issues. They don't see any improvement in sight as the market is heading into peak season and an increase of consumer related product as well as strong demand in e-commerce.
Air freighter availability is an ongoing concern; the lack of passenger flights and the continued shortage of cargo aircraft is an ongoing constraint on availability. Still lots of passenger jets being used as freighters, and with the upcoming holiday season, we could see even further issues with availability due to demand increases. Lots of cargo aircraft are right now in maintenance, in anticipation of the upcoming peak season.
eightcone wrote:I’d like to thank everyone who makes this such a informative and educational thread. It stays civil and there is very little debate that doesn’t advance the topic. It has become my morning and evening routine to read.
V/R
TriniA340 wrote:Also, Skybus DC-8-73 OB-2158-T is currently taxiing at MIA as Skybus 849 destined for MGA (Amerijet route).
Swiss03 wrote:interesting development on one of very few still remaining 757-200M
9N-ACB 757-2F8M Air Nepal has been sold to CSDS Aircraft Sales and Leasing for 4.9 million euros.
Would be a perfect candidate for conversion due to the already installed cargo door otherwise, national / ATI might like it, however at 33 years old it might well end up as parts, not sure what the cycles/time are but it has been stored in Kathmandu since 2018 which probably isn't all too good in terms of corrosion/wear.
source (in german): http://www.aerotelegraph.com/nepal-airl ... ng-757-los
VCVSpotter wrote:jbs2886 wrote:VCVSpotter posted this in another thread: “Ex Emirates 777-300ER OE-IHY flew SNN-VCV for storage prior to freighter conversion for Air Atlanta Icelandic.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oe-ihy”
How many 77W conversions is Air Atlanta Icelandic getting? Don’t think I’d heard they were getting any.
Crap I just saw on planespotters that now it’s showing as an NTU for Air Atlanta Icelandic. Wonder if she just doesn’t have a customer yet then
TriniA340 wrote:Our Resident DC-8 has re-entered svc today! (OB-2059-P). So Amerijet has two in operation now, exciting!
wjcandee wrote:TriniA340 wrote:Our Resident DC-8 has re-entered svc today! (OB-2059-P). So Amerijet has two in operation now, exciting!
Interesting factoid: the year-old Amerijet CEO who was diversifying and expanding rapidly into ACMI, acquiring aircraft quickly, etc., has departed. The old CEO, who had become Executive Chairman, has retaken the CEO role. According to the Loadstar, it's because the old guy couldn't give up trying to run the company day-to-day from his more-removed post.
This doesn't bode well for rapid expansion and modernization.
SOOOOO...maybe our favorite DC8s will stick around for a long while!!
LTEN11 wrote:ThePointblank wrote:Had an enlightening presentation and briefing from one of my freight forwarder account managers about the current state of the air cargo market and the immediate future prospects.
From my notes and the general tone of the briefing, air cargo in and out of Asia-Pacific, particularly China is badly screwed over. China has a real problem of air cargo congestion at their major airports both inbound and outbound; part of this is driven by the issues at Shanghai Pudong Airport, where the authorities have effectively shut down the airport's cargo terminal due to an outbreak and infection cluster there. All ground handlers and warehouse workers of every forwarder, vendor and operator without exception is being forced to follow a 14/7/7 rule; basically employees can work 14 days in a row, quarantine at a hotel for 7 days afterwords, and then quarantine at home for another 7 days before the cycle starts again. This is causing air cargo to back up heavily at Shanghai, and is spilling over to other airports as cargo gets rerouted.
There's also a chance that cargo won't get accepted by the forwarder until literally hours before it is scheduled to depart as well due to the congestion and workforce issues for anything coming out of China.
Adding to issues is issues with ocean freight; rates for ocean freight have skyrocketed by 4-5 times normal pricing out of Asia, and availability is near zero. This has caused a lot of cargo that would be moved via ocean freight to spill over and be moved by air freight, which is compounding the congestion issues. They don't see any improvement in sight as the market is heading into peak season and an increase of consumer related product as well as strong demand in e-commerce.
Air freighter availability is an ongoing concern; the lack of passenger flights and the continued shortage of cargo aircraft is an ongoing constraint on availability. Still lots of passenger jets being used as freighters, and with the upcoming holiday season, we could see even further issues with availability due to demand increases. Lots of cargo aircraft are right now in maintenance, in anticipation of the upcoming peak season.
Sea freight is in the same predicament that air freight is at Shanghai. There have been ports shut down due to outbreaks and this is compounding the problems with not enough ships sailing. The freight is backing up on the docks, with little to no ending in sight for the problems.
We've had retailers in Australia suggest to buy Christmas gifts now, as they expect there to be shortages at the peak demand period.
wjcandee wrote:TriniA340 wrote:Our Resident DC-8 has re-entered svc today! (OB-2059-P). So Amerijet has two in operation now, exciting!
Interesting factoid: the year-old Amerijet CEO who was diversifying and expanding rapidly into ACMI, acquiring aircraft quickly, etc., has departed. The old CEO, who had become Executive Chairman, has retaken the CEO role. According to the Loadstar, it's because the old guy couldn't give up trying to run the company day-to-day from his more-removed post.
This doesn't bode well for rapid expansion and modernization.
SOOOOO...maybe our favorite DC8s will stick around for a long while!!
