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Dec 17, 2020 (newstodate): A booming market for air cargo from China to Europe is keeping all operators in the market on their toes.
This week, Finnair set a new in-house record with no less than 46.3 tonnes of cargo carried on the flight from Shanghai to Helsinki with an Airbus A330 passenger aircraft in all-cargo operation.
Finnair has converted two Airbus A330-300 aircraft for all-cargo operations, and with all Economy Class seats removed from the cabin, the aircraft have the capacity of carrying a further 28 pallets, translating into some 76 sq m or 7.3 tonnes of cargo, bringing the fully loaded all-cargo aircraft to lifting up to 46.5 tonnes of cargo.
The carrier has a total of eight Airbus A330-300 aircraft in the fleet, all otherwise grounded since mid-March 2020 during the current corona pandemic.
Already serving the all-cargo business are two converted Airbus A350-900 aircraft with seats removed, in addition to all-cargo flights by other Airbus A350-900 aircraft carrying only belly cargo.
This week, Finnair set a new in-house record with no less than 46.3 tonnes of cargo carried on the flight from Shanghai to Helsinki with an Airbus A330 passenger aircraft in all-cargo operation.
Finnair has converted two Airbus A330-300 aircraft for all-cargo operations, and with all Economy Class seats removed from the cabin, the aircraft have the capacity of carrying a further 28 pallets, translating into some 76 sq m or 7.3 tonnes of cargo, bringing the fully loaded all-cargo aircraft to lifting up to 46.5 tonnes of cargo.
The carrier has a total of eight Airbus A330-300 aircraft in the fleet, all otherwise grounded since mid-March 2020 during the current corona pandemic.
Already serving the all-cargo business are two converted Airbus A350-900 aircraft with seats removed, in addition to all-cargo flights by other Airbus A350-900 aircraft carrying only belly cargo.