The Boeing 757 is enjoying a successful 2nd life as a narrowbody freighter, thanks to Amazon and Alibaba
Boeing 737 Max-8 crash, a nostalgic meme circulated in the pilot community: an image of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 with the tagline, “Miss me yet?” The timing was poignant, since the low-tech MD-80s, once the backbone of the U.S. short-haul fleet, are slated to complete their phased retirement by the end of this year. They are equipped with simple cable-and-pulley-operated controls that have served over 45 million safe flights over the life of the fleet.
Now entering their golden years, many of the remaining 640-or-so 757-200s are finding new homes as freighter aircraft. A production freighter version of the 757 proved itself in the UPS fleet starting in 1987, but only 80 OEM freighters were ultimately delivered . Since then, several companies have offered conversion programs for the passenger variants. Precision Aircraft Solutions has been converting about 20 aircraft per year for the past several years.
Popular and industry press has focused on Amazon’s investment in a fleet of widebody cargo aircraft called Amazon Air, currently operated under contract by Atlas and ATSG, in which Amazon has taken a 19% stake. There has also been ample coverage of Amazon’s proposed new $1.
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