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MAY 30, 2003 (newstodate): Air Atlanta intends to stick to Boeing, rather than Airbus freighters.
The Icelandic ACMI provider currently operates a fleet of four Boeing 747-200 freighters, with plans to expand to a fleet of 16-17 Boeing freighters by 2005, equalling the number of Boeing passenger aircraft in the fleet.
-Operating an all-Boeing fleet entails benefits like spare parts commonality, and low aircraft crew training costs, says Erling Aspelund, Air Atlanta manager corporate communications.
Mr. Aspelund says Air Atlanta's freighters are converted ex-BA Boeing 747-200, and while the company is monitoring the market for Boeing 747-400 aircraft as well, their residual value is still considered too high to warrant cost-efficient conversion into freighters.
The Icelandic ACMI provider currently operates a fleet of four Boeing 747-200 freighters, with plans to expand to a fleet of 16-17 Boeing freighters by 2005, equalling the number of Boeing passenger aircraft in the fleet.
-Operating an all-Boeing fleet entails benefits like spare parts commonality, and low aircraft crew training costs, says Erling Aspelund, Air Atlanta manager corporate communications.
Mr. Aspelund says Air Atlanta's freighters are converted ex-BA Boeing 747-200, and while the company is monitoring the market for Boeing 747-400 aircraft as well, their residual value is still considered too high to warrant cost-efficient conversion into freighters.