Tue, Sep 06, 2011
Launch Customer Cargolux Will Take Delivery Of Its Second
Airplane Two Days Later
The first 747-8 Freighter will be delivered to launch customer
Cargolux September 19 at Boeing's Paine Field in Everett, WA.
Cargolux will fly the airplane away that morning and put the
airplane immediately into revenue service. Boeing will celebrate
the first delivery with Cargolux, employees and other stakeholders
the following day at the Everett factory. Cargolux will take
delivery of the second 747-8 Freighter Sept. 21. The carrier has a
total of 13 of the airplanes on order.
"It's so exciting to be able to deliver two of these amazing
airplanes to Cargolux in one week," said Elizabeth Lund, vice
president and general manager, Boeing 747 program. "Cargolux has
been a great partner for many years, and we so appreciate its deep
commitment to this program."
"It is great to receive our first two 747-8 Freighters within
just a few days," said Frank Reimen, president and chief executive
officer of Cargolux. "In a sense, history is repeating itself. We
were pioneering the cargo industry when we put the first 747-400
Freighter into revenue service in 1993. This is what we do once
again with the 747-8 Freighter, which is ultimately a testimony of
our good and long-standing partnership with Boeing. We are proud to
be the world's first cargo operator to benefit from the
game-changing performance and efficiency of this ground-breaking
aircraft."
The 747-8 Freighter is the new high-capacity 747 that will give
cargo operators the lowest operating costs and best economics of
any freighter airplane while providing enhanced environmental
performance. It is 250 feet, 2 inches long, which is 18 feet
and 4 inches longer than the 747-400 Freighter. The stretch
provides customers with 16 percent more revenue cargo volume
compared to its predecessor. That translates to four additional
main-deck pallets and three additional lower-hold pallets.
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