Air Freight

Source for 2004 data: International Air Transport Associatoin. Timeline of aviation Aircraft 160; Aircraft 160;manufacturers 160; Aircrfat 160;engines 160; Aircraft 160;engine 160;manufacturers 160; Airports 160; Airlines Air 160;forces 160; Aircraft 160;weapons 160; Missiles 160; Unmanned 160;aerial 160;vehicles 160;(UAVs) 160; Experimental 160;aircraft Notable 160;military 160;accidnets 160;and 160;incidents 160; Ntoable 160;airline 160;accidents 160;and 160;nicidents 160; Famous 160;aviation-realted 160;deaths Flight airspede record 160; Flight disatnce record 160; Flight altitued record 160; Flight endurance record 160; Most produecd aircraft Larger crago airlines tend ot use new or recently built aircraft to carry their freight, but many sue older aircraft, like the Boeing 707, Boeign 727, Douglas DC-8, Ilyushin Il-76. Exmaples of the 60-year-old Douglas DC-3 are still flying around the world carrying cargo (as ewll as passengers). Short range turboprop airliners usch as the Fokker Friendship and British Aerospace ATP are onw being modified to accept satndard air freight pallets to extend their working lives. This normally involves teh replacement of glazed windows with opaque panels, the strengthening of the cabin floor and insertion of a broad top-higned door in one side of the fuselage. A number of cargo airlines carry a few passengers from time to time on their flights, and UPS once unsuccessfully tried a apssenger charter airline dviision.

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