At Quito airport, I was able to meet the first Boeing 737-800BCF from Copa Airlines Cargo, with which the aerosolínea panamañreturns to exclusive cargo transportation.
Copa Airlines An exclusive cargo aircraft has just been incorporated into the Copa Airlines Cargo service, un Boeing 737-800BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter), with the capacity to transport 21,7 tons per flight. with this avión, the airínea prevé increase the kilograms transported in a 50% with respect to 2021.
The motheríbutt of the cargo aircraft is HP-1522WW and startó operations 28 march 2022, with weekly flights to Centroamérica, Santo Domingo (RepúDominican War), Havana (Cuba) and Quito (Ecuador). Ya it isán evaluating operations to other possible cities, that are part of the más de 70 destinations operated by Copa Airlines Cargo, a través of the company's commercial passenger routesñía (belly cargo).
First Copa Airlines Cargo Boeing 737-800BCF
On his first flight to Quito I was able to meet him exclusively inside and out and get to know más details of your capabilities tétechnical as wellén logídetails of the loading process of this first aircraftón, It should be noted that the plan for thisñthe beingánumber of aircraft, but the secondún does not have a date to enter the workshops for conversionónumber of passengers to cargo.
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The Boeing 737-800 converted to cargo are relatively new aircraft on the market and exist for now onlyéAbout twenty of these aircraft flying in the world, so being able to meet them was an important plus of this first flight to Ecuador of the Copa Cargo aircraft..
Being inside an airplaneón load is not given all días, On this occasion I was able to be inside the planeón and explore each of its spaces.
Once you have left the load you haveíto final destination Ecuador and before the loading process starts 20 tons of flores, I was able to tour the main warehouse, where there was beforeían seating and compartment for hand luggage, now there is only room for pallets.
the first boeing 737-800 BCF has matríhorn HP-1522WWP, with núMSN33709 serial grouper, have 18 añfrom his first flight in Copa and his conversion processóin the beginningó in august 2021 in China and is powered by two CFMI CFM56-7B26 engines, which allows us to reach all the main export markets in the region.ón.
There are plans for the airlineíplan to increase to two weekly frequencies to Quito and with the incorporationón short term of the second aircraft, these flights passíto be daily, thanks to the high demand for export cargoóWhat does the pa count?ís from the Marshal Sucre.
