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CarlosSi wrote:How long do y'all think the last 748 will be flying for, assuming it doesn't get retired early because fuel prices?
tapairbus370 wrote:CarlosSi wrote:How long do y'all think the last 748 will be flying for, assuming it doesn't get retired early because fuel prices?
If not others, the UPS ones will be here in 2050, at least, I would say.
Jayafe wrote:tapairbus370 wrote:CarlosSi wrote:How long do y'all think the last 748 will be flying for, assuming it doesn't get retired early because fuel prices?
If not others, the UPS ones will be here in 2050, at least, I would say.
I would actually say around 12-15 years, so around 2030, due to the lack of economy on spare parts when all other metals go off the sky.
CarlosSi wrote:How long do y'all think the last 748 will be flying for, assuming it doesn't get retired early because fuel prices?
KarelXWB wrote:LN 1535 already found a home at Atlas Air. Not sure when delivery is scheduled.
Jayafe wrote:I would actually say around 12-15 years, so around 2030, due to the lack of economy on spare parts when all other metals go off the sky.
Geoff1947 wrote:KarelXWB wrote:LN 1535 already found a home at Atlas Air. Not sure when delivery is scheduled.
Thanks , not in the Boeing orderbook. Perhaps it will be funded by Boeing and leased to Atlas.
Geoff
747classic wrote:L/N 1535, RC651, white livery, just airborne for a Functional Check Flight with callsign BOE651 towards Moses Lake, see :
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE6 ... /KPAE/KMWH
boefan wrote:LN 1435 N828BA is returning to PAE from long term storage since 2015 at MZJ
https://www.flightradar24.com/BOE021/e445478
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE21
SCAT15F wrote:Does this mean (hopefully) there's finally a taker out there for L/N 1435?
kanban wrote:The new order was for two planes... if it had been a BBJ it would have been listed under BBJ which it was not so we have to keep guessing
seabosdca wrote:I think it's been established that the single order is a BBJ order for 1495. I remember reading somewhere that 1435 would be used for testing systems for AF1, but I can't remember where I read that.
Geoff1947 wrote:Was there a recent order for 2 frames?
Stitch wrote:Geoff1947 wrote:Was there a recent order for 2 frames?
Yes two 747-8 freighters were booked as UFOs on 19 July. They are assumed to be for Qatar Air Cargo based on comments by the company the week prior that they had two on order.
N837MH wrote:HL7644 is delivery at July 31st. Also, Arrive at August 1st. Flight Number is KAL028D, Route is KPAE-RKSI. Thank you.
Slug71 wrote:N837MH wrote:HL7644 is delivery at July 31st. Also, Arrive at August 1st. Flight Number is KAL028D, Route is KPAE-RKSI. Thank you.
Did she go home today?
audidudi wrote:Phil LeBeau on CNBC just hinted that the replacements for the two AF1s could be the two (ntu) Transaero 748Is, l/ns 1519 and 1523, which are both currently stored at VCV.
CarlosSi wrote:How long do y'all think the last 748 will be flying for, assuming it doesn't get retired early because fuel prices?
jagraham wrote:CarlosSi wrote:How long do y'all think the last 748 will be flying for, assuming it doesn't get retired early because fuel prices?
At least 2047 because of the nose door. No one is planning anything with nose doors other than Guppy conversions.
CarlosSi wrote:How long do y'all think the last 748 will be flying for, assuming it doesn't get retired early because fuel prices?
.@qatarairways will take delivery of LN1535 #748F white tail that is currently parked on the Everett flight. Due Sept 2017.
starrion wrote:So if the NTU Transaero birds are spoken for as AF1 replacements, and the BBJ has been taken, there is only 1 whitetail left. The only remaining orders are UPS and whatever Airbridge will take.
What are we gonna talk about?
ikolkyo wrote:I wonder if we will ever see a 747-8 Dreamlifter..
“They made an offer. We did assessments and held negotiations in this regard. The planes had problems that would have delayed the delivery by at least one and a half years,” Farhad Parvaresh, former CEO of Iran Air—also known as Homa—told Financial Tribune.
DABYT wrote:What "problems" could those frames have had that would delay a delivery for about 1.5 years??? Any insight appreciated.
Stitch wrote:Perhaps Boeing could not legally transfer them to another customer until the Transaero bankruptcy court formally nullified the orders, and as I recall, that was not until 2017 - over a year after Boeing suggested them to Iran Air.
So I would not be surprised if Boeing told Iran Air that it could be up to a year or more before the frames were no longer legally encumbered plus reconfiguration time to put them in IR's desired cabin outfitting.
747classic wrote:A rare picture of the two future AF 1 aircraft (Transaero NTU) stored at Victorville (VCV)
Original uploaded by Captain Dave's twitter, see : http://twitter.com/DaveWallsworth/statu ... 4882733056
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From the last remaining 747-8I, without a customer, two engines are removed and taken to building 40-54 (propulsion systems)
L/N1435, RC021, N828BA, PAE, August 7th 2017
Original uploaded by Matt Cawby's twitter, see : http://twitter.com/mattcawby/status/894761178001362946