Volga-Dnepr buys five Boeing 747-8Fs

3/15/2007 9:10:23 AM

Volga-Dnepr Group and Boeing have signed a contract for the delivery of five new long-range Boeing 747-8F freighters, with an option for another five. The first Boeing 747-8F is scheduled to join AirBridgeCargo Airlines in February 2010; the next four are due for delivery between 2011 and 2013.   The order is valued at $1.4 billion at list prices   Volga-Dnepr has also secured an option to buy another five Boeing 747-8Fs.   Boeing aircraft now account for around 90% of the global freighter fleet, with more than half of all existing international cargo capacities represented by Boeing 747 aircraft.   With this order, Volga-Dnepr becomes the seventh customer announced for the new 747-8 Freighter, joining Atlas Air, Cargolux, Emirates, Guggenheim Aviation Partners, Nippon Cargo Airlines and Korean Air. Eyefortransport

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