Qantas adds a 747F to fleet by year end [Now 'Canned']

[markis10]

Qantas today announced its intention to lease a Boeing 747-400ERF freighter aircraft for its global freight business.
The aircraft will replace an older Boeing 747-400F freighter that is currently operated on Qantas’ behalf by an external provider.
Qantas Freight Enterprises Executive Manager Lisa Brock said the replacement aircraft offered greater capacity and range, and would deliver increased efficiency.
“With an existing lease arrangement coming to an end we have taken this opportunity to update our international fleet,” said Ms Brock.
“This is a near-new freighter aircraft that will help us provide a better service for our customers and reduce costs.
“Qantas Freight now has a five per cent share of the cargo market from China to the United States, flying from both Shanghai and Chongqing. We have a strong presence in other parts of Asia and New Zealand, and our investment in this aircraft underlines our commitment to these regions.

 

[BAM1748]

I wish they would get some new passengers 747's.

 

[Hvr]

I wish they would get some new passengers 747's.

Maybe if we call ourselves self loading freight? Although the seating might be a bit hard in the containers.

 

[Mal]

5% of the cargo market from China to the U.S is pretty impressive.

 

[casanovawa]

Wonder how many aircraft they have dedicated to freight to be able to maintain that 5%..

 

[markis10]

Wonder how many aircraft they have dedicated to freight to be able to maintain that 5%..

Three 744s and a 763.

 

[docjames]

Where did the ER come from? Was it one of theirs converted?

 

[cove]

Does this cut out a bit of Geoff Dixon freight dealings with Qantas?

 

[markis10]

Where did the ER come from? Was it one of theirs converted?

Why would they convert of only 6 in the world, all of which where recently refurbished? Quite a few ERFs around, it's probably n797ba, one of the last built.

http://airlinersindia.s4.bizhat.com/airlinersindia-ntopic8703.html

 

[docjames]

Duh, of course, they are keeping the ERs.

Stupid late night question on my behalf.

 

[basso]

Canned. Qantas cancels freighter plane

 

[samh004]

Canned. Qantas cancels freighter plane

It's a shame we wont see a 747F in Qantas freighter colours, but I just hope they're correctly predicting what the market is going to do.

I wonder where the commitment has gone though

 

[docjames]

Very disappointing.

 

[jukebox333]

Canned. Qantas cancels freighter plane

Yes... apparently AJ took one look at the main deck and declared "I'll be damned if I'm letting anyone have that much legroom!"

 

[eastwest101]

''The air freight industry is cyclical and Qantas will re-examine options when the markets have strengthened,'' a spokesman said.

Read more: Qantas offloads cargo freighter plan

Read as: "The Air freight industry is cyclical and when business conditions in China bounces even further up than it currently is we will be tremendously surprised and late to the party searching around for some air freight capacity increase."

 

[Mal]

I do wonder what is happening to that plane. Is it being mothballed somewhere? I suspect Qantas will sniff around in a year or two when the market does improve.

 

[erkpod]

JQ freight (JQf)? LOL

 

[Must...Fly!]

BITRE does show some softness in the cargo market in to/out of Australia (however this is of course not the only market QantasFreight operate in).

I am confident we will see one or two QantasFreight liveried and crewed 747Fs sometime in the future, when conditions improve.