UPS orders 14 new Boeing 747 cargo jets
UPS has ordered 14 new Boeing 747-8 cargo jets which are scheduled to be delivered between 2017 and 2020. In a statement issued on Thursday (27 October), UPS said: “The 747-8s will enable UPS to begin a cascade of aircraft route reassignments that will add significant air capacity to the company’s busiest lanes, thereby optimizing global air network capacity well beyond the impact of adding new cargo jets.”
The new jumbo freighters will be added to the company’s existing operating fleet of more than 500 aircraft.
The 747-8 freighters carry 34 shipping containers on its main deck and 14 in its lower compartments. The 747-8 has a cargo capacity of 307,600 pounds, or approximately 30,000 packages and a range of 4,340 nautical miles.
