Atlas Air reactivates third 747F

[caption id="attachment_413597" align="alignright" width="460"] Atlas Air now has just one 747-400BDSF (27062) in storage in Marana. (Photo: Atlas Air)[/caption] Atlas Air has brought out of storage the third of four converted 747-400Fs as the airfreight market continues to suffer from a shortage of capacity amid the COVID-19 crisis. The aircraft is a 747-400BDSF (27174, ex-EVA Air) that had been stored in Marana (MZJ) Dec. 24 by Atlas due to soft demand for charters. It was ferried to Hong Kong (HKG) via Anchorage (ANC) on April 26. Atlas reactivated its first converted 747 freighter April 1, ferrying the 747-400BCF (24833) from MZJ to Los Angeles (LAX). The second, another 747-400BCF (26557), was brought out of storage in Lleida-Alguaire (ILD) April 8, having been parked there since Feb. 2. The carrier now has just one 747-400BDSF (27062) left in long-term storage, having sent it to MZJ on Dec. 29. We wouldn’t be surprised to see this aircraft joining its converted siblings back in service. Other 747-400Fs are expected to take to the skies again shortly. U.A.E.-based Aquiline International has one 747-400BDSF (24311) previously operated by Slovakia-based Air Cargo Global (ACG) but stranded in Karaganda, Kazakhstan (KGF) since mid-December and a 747-400BCF (24975, ex-Air Cargo Germany) on lease to Belarus-based Rubystar Airways. Aquiline’s CEO Roman Trandafilov told Cargo Facts it had purchased a production 747-400F earlier this year and anticipates having it online in May. Cargo Facts believes this aircraft is unit 27503, which Cargolux retired at the end of 2019, and brought to Kansas City (MCI) for storage in January. Cargolux plans to begin flying the 747-400F it acquired to replace unit 27053 . That aircraft (35170) was previously operated by U.K.-based CargoLogicAir (CLA) but was ferried to Luxembourg (LUX) in February. Cargolux told Cargo Facts that unit 35170 is in maintenance and will enter service in May. CLA recently also resumed operations with its 747-400Fs.

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