Panalpina’s second Boeing 747-8 Freighter enters service
The second of two brand-new Boeing 747-8 Freighters enters scheduled service within Panalpina’s unique own controlled air freight network. The aircraft in Panalpina livery was delivered to Atlas Air, Inc., yesterday at Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington, and went into operation for Panalpina today.
Following yesterday’s official ceremony, the 747-8F with the tail number N851GT took off from Paine Field in Everett (nearby Seattle) and flew to Huntsville, Alabama. In Huntsville, the aircraft named “Passion for Solutions” will immediately enter scheduled service within Panalpina’s unique own controlled air freight network. From Huntsville, the 747-8F will fly on to Luxembourg via Stansted in the UK with the first cargo on board
In September 2011, Panalpina and Atlas Air, a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services, signed a wet-lease agreement for two Boeing 747-8 Freighters. They are replacing two previous generation 747-400 Freighters. The first aircraft was handed over to Panalpina end of May.
The only freight forwarder with an own controlled network
Panalpina is the only freight forwarder with an own controlled network besides regular air freight product offerings and global charter programs. The own controlled network acts as an in-house carrier to the whole Panalpina network. It has been designed to offer capacities and solutions in routings required by customers across various industries that cannot be covered by commercial carriers in the air freight market. Roughly 20% of Panalpina’s global air freight volumes are handled by the own controlled network. The remaining volumes are procured with commercial carriers.
See the video of the first Panalpina 747-8F being painted.
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