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ACW - Air Cargo Week

10/25/2011

Cargolux B747-8F goes to work

The new B747-8 freighter which arrived at Luxembourg-based carrier Cargolux recently (ACW, 17 October, p1) immediately went into commercial service and made its first revenue-earning landing in Italy last week.

At Milan-Malpensa International airport, cargo handler Alha Airport loaded nine high-performance cars onto the freighter before it returned to its Luxembourg home base.

The aircraft then flew a service to Dubai, where it was welcomed with a traditional water salute from the gateway's fire service. Next, it undertook a Luxembourg - Hong Kong - Baku - Budapest - Luxembourg routeing.

A second B747-8F has now joined the airline's fleet. Cargolux has a total of 13 B747-8Fs on order - its 10-aircraft launch commitment in 2005 was followed in 2007 by a confirmation for three additional freighters.

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