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NOV 04, 2003 (newstodate): Aiming at an MD-11 freighter fleet, Lufthansa Cargo is now to convert five of its passenger aircraft to freighters.
The freighters will be updated with features such as the flight deck and cargo handling system to secure commanility with the existing MD-11F in Lufthansa Cargo's fleet.
The MD-11s will replace 747-200s in the Lufthansa Cargo fleet and increase to 19 the number of MD-11Fs operated.
Boeing Commercial Aviation Services will provide detailed engineering design work and oversight of the Lufthansa Cargo conversions, with SASCO, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace, providing the conversion.
Modification work will begin in June 2004. The first two airplanes will be redelivered to Lufthansa Cargo in mid-December of that year. Two more airplanes will be completed in January 2005, with the last one to follow in February 2005.
The freighters will be updated with features such as the flight deck and cargo handling system to secure commanility with the existing MD-11F in Lufthansa Cargo's fleet.
The MD-11s will replace 747-200s in the Lufthansa Cargo fleet and increase to 19 the number of MD-11Fs operated.
Boeing Commercial Aviation Services will provide detailed engineering design work and oversight of the Lufthansa Cargo conversions, with SASCO, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace, providing the conversion.
Modification work will begin in June 2004. The first two airplanes will be redelivered to Lufthansa Cargo in mid-December of that year. Two more airplanes will be completed in January 2005, with the last one to follow in February 2005.