AI to convert Boeing 747-400s into cargo freighters

Mumbai : State-run carrier Air India plans to convert all its Boeing 747-400s into cargo jets in a phased manner and place orders for new, large aircraft to replace them after 2011.
Indicating this, Air India's Chairman, V Thulasidas, told PTI here that the yet-to-be-ordered large aircraft would either be the double-decker Airbus A-380 or Boeing 747-8.
Air India, which is now expanding its fleet by getting 111 Boeing and Airbus aircraft for domestic and international operations, may consider acquiring at least 60 more aircraft for its expansion beyond 2011.
The present order of 68 Boeing and 43 Airbus aircraft would be completed by 2011, Thulasidas said, adding the fresh order would have to be placed within the next six months to ensure that deliveries start from 2011-2016.
18/11/07 PTI/The Hindu

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