the airínea Hi Fly based in Lisbon, presentó officially the first Airbus A380 converted to freighter, temporarily, of the world. Photos and vídeo prensa Hi Fly.
Hi Fly has created and increased additional cargo capacity in its fleet by temporarily eliminating economy class seatsómica from some of its planes, including the icóonly Airbus A380 baptized «Save the Coral Reefs», to meet the high demand for cargo during the global crisis due to the pandemic of COVID-19.
Hi Fly Airbus A380
Previously configured with 471 passenger seats divided into 12 first class seats, 60 in business and 399 in económica, now Hi Fly's Airbus A380-800 can offer más de 300 m3 volume capacity and close to 60 tons of cargo.
Be convertedón temporal, to allowá to the airínea offer its cargo services worldwide in a ráask and direct given the load capacity and autonomyía of is avión, highlighting that the aircraft maintains its configurationón of aviónumber of passengers, so it is notá exploited to the mámaximum its capacity to whatever it was like avión exclusive o of fábrica, load.
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¿A second chance for the Airbus A380?
time will tellá. While the aerosolícompanies worldwide that operate it have announced their departure from the fleet, as is the case of Air France, others like Qantas park themán for several añfaced with the drop in demand worldwide, converting them to freighters couldíto be a second chance for this great avión.
With its large sizeñor and being able to transport más de 60 tons of cargo, without having a configurationón native, couldíto be an optionón, but loading times and operating costs determineán its economic feasibilityólong-term and restricted by space to the airports it could operate.
Without a doubt actions like that of HiFly allowá know the effectiveness of this avión as freighter, but above all, its operating costs in búfinding a new opportunity for this aircraft.
