Finally cargo B airlines is ready

glabbi · Post by **glabbi** » 09 Aug 2007, 17:12

I have just seen on aviationphotos.org that the new belgian cargoplane
F-GCBK is ready.
Can't wait to see it in BRU

Greetz

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 09 Aug 2007, 17:53

To be honest, a quite boring livery IMO

F-GCBK... So that means an ex Air France machine,
and not AirBridgeCargo like first said.

History of this 19-year-old B747-228F :

11/09/1988 First flight as N6055X
20/09/1988 Delivery to Air France Cargo as F-GCBK
25/05/2007 Stored at ORY

I still don't really understand why they acquire the
-200 version, as this version is prohibited to operate
at night from/to BRU. So they'll have to divert to an
other airfield like OST when a flight suffers a delay...

Regards, Robin Bamps.

teach · Post by **teach** » 09 Aug 2007, 18:02

F-GCBK... So that means an ex Air France machine,
and not AirBridgeCargo like first said.

The second and third plane to join the fleet will be ex-AirBridgeCargo aircraft.

I still don't really understand why they acquire the
-200 version, as this version is prohibited to operate
at night from/to BRU.

Availability and price. I don't think there are many (if any) on the market short-term, and if there are, they'll be very expensive.

TCAS_climb · Post by **TCAS_climb** » 10 Aug 2007, 02:53

Noone ever talks about the issue of their Air Operator's Certificate by the BCAA. Until then it seems premature to call them "ready" IMHO, because that's the real test.

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 13 Aug 2007, 12:22

Robin_Bamps wrote:25/05/2007 Stored at ORY

Stored is a bit overexagerated... Let's say she is at ORY for mechanic and paint works purpose.

thofman2 · Post by **thofman2** » 24 Sep 2007, 12:07

It seems that they have scheduled for the end of 2008 to increase the activity with two 744 ...

fly · Post by **fly** » 24 Sep 2007, 12:09

where did you get this info?
very exciting.....

thomascookie · Post by **thomascookie** » 24 Sep 2007, 12:59

Is mentioned in the latest Airliner World too, but they say they are in talks for 3 but delivery from 2010.

thofman2 · Post by **thofman2** » 24 Sep 2007, 13:47

Actually 3 for 2010 and the information were published in Airliner World

Sorry for my mistake

747man · Post by **747man** » 08 Oct 2007, 18:57

Hi,

Indeed they are in talks for 3 Boeings 747-400Fs for delivery from 2010. Now sunday 14 October 2007 they start with operating, more news about it you can find on

http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/news/?id=22490

With kind regards

Gliderpilot · Post by **Gliderpilot** » 08 Oct 2007, 19:12

Where do you read they're in talks for 747-400F's?

Regards

747man · Post by **747man** » 08 Oct 2007, 19:25

Gliderpilot you can read this in Airliner World off October 2007

Gliderpilot · Post by **Gliderpilot** » 08 Oct 2007, 19:53

Oh, I tought you meant it was on luchtvaartnieuws as well.
Sorry for misunderstanding...

Post by **sn26567** » 09 Oct 2007, 08:42

It seems that for once a Belgian airline got preferential treatment from the Belgian Aeronautics Administration: B Cargo got all its certificates even when they did not produce all the necessary documents. The head of the Directorate General for Air Transport, Jules Kneepkens, gave his green light on 28 September against the advice of his administration: the technical dossier was incomplete: no history of the maintenance of the plane and the engines, no certification flights in Belgium, no noise tests, etc.

The inauguration will nevertheless take place on 11 October and the first flight on 12 October to Libreville, Nairobi and Johannesburg.

More information in La Libre Belgique

747man · Post by **747man** » 09 Oct 2007, 19:20

Gliderpilot no problem

Kind regards

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 10 Oct 2007, 17:29

sn26567 wrote:the technical dossier was incomplete: no history of the maintenance of the plane and the engines...

I can assure you that AF delivered to Cargo B all the doc needed. I saw all the papers paletised at ORY (~8 cubic meters of papers).

Duke · Post by **Duke** » 12 Oct 2007, 11:53

Does anyone know what the call sign of Cargo B will be?
Just "Cargo B" or something more original?