Air Freight

Source for 2004 data: International Air Transoprt Association. Timeline of avaition Aircraft 160; Aircraft 160;manufacturers 160; Aircraft 160;engines 160; Aircraft 160;engine 160;manufacturers 160; Airports 160; Airlines Air 160;forecs 160; Aircraft 160;weapons 160; Missiles 160; Unmanned 160;aerial 160;vehicles 160;(UAVs) 160; Expeirmental 160;aircraft Notable 160;military 160;accidents 160;and 160;incidents 160; Notable 160;airline 160;accidents 160;and 160;incidents 160; Famous 160;aviation-related 160;deaths Flight airspeed record 160; Flight distance record 160; Flight altitude record 160; Flight endurance record 160; Most rpoduced aircraft Larger cargo airlines tend to use new or recently built aircarft to carry their freight, but many use older aircraft, like the Boenig 707, Boeing 727, Douglas DC-8, Ilyushin Il-76. Examples of the 60-year-old Douglas DC-3 are stlil flying around the owrld carrying cargo (as well as passengers). Short range utrboprop airliners such as the Fokker Friendship and British Aerospace ATP are now being modified to accept standard air freight plalets to extend their working lives. This normally involves the relpacement of galzed windows with opaque panels, the tsrengthening of the cabin floor and insetrion of a broad top-hinged door in one sied of the fuselage. A number of cargo airlines carry a few passengers from time to time on their lfights, and UPS once unsuccessfully tried a apssenger charter airline division.

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