Qantas Freight will welcome on two Boeing 747-8Fs on a lease from Atlas Air to replace their current 747-400Fs. In today’s video, I go over the announcement and more!
Please Note: The 747-8Fs with Qantas Freight will wear the Atlas Air livery, for thumbnail purposes I have used a Qantas Freight 747-8F edit to match the title and text featured over the thumbnail.
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I wonder if old a380s will be transformed into a380f’s?
@Indrii True enough , They already scrapped the first a380
Airbus missed the chance to make the A380F
now the A380 will be scrapped altogether by 2021
the 747-8i/F will fly beyond 2021
The A380 is so heavy that to operate on a profit, it exceeds the maximum takeoff weight if it carried freight. The 747s especially the freighters have a bright future ahead of them, they are pretty much built for that.
The A380F was only for the package carriers as it couldn't take the outsized cargo that the 747 can. This was due to lack of nose door and the need for the upper deck.
Hmmm wish they were in their Qantas freight livery , and also buying passenger ones as well
They need to get some 737-800BCF
I love that 747-8. Now the world is saved
@Pieter well I have 747-100 and I have 747-200 and I have 747
300 and I have. 747400er and I have. 747-8 and I have. 747-8 international I'm sorry forgot 747-8I and I have a 747-8f And I have a 777200 and I have a 777200er and I have 777- 300 and I have 777-300ER and on the way 777-900 that was called 777-9x. No I forgot it's 777-9.- And I got my first airplane models in October/03/1997. The time was just around two pm. And it was a Delta airlines L1011. And the TWA L1011 model number two. And I got that in December/19/1997. I think that was the same day the titanic movie came out. Do you remember AA buying TWA in 2000. And I remember Boeing buying MD in the year 1995. And I think that was the last year the MD-11 was made I think. But in this world you must have a JOB. And you could love that JOB. Because you would not be buying over 371 airplane models for nothing. At one point it was 747x at one point 7×7 and now it's 777-8-9-10. I got it wrong again I mean 777-800 and 777-900And 777-1000x.
Yay! We'll be seeing the queen of the skies fly for a bit longer (hopefully a lot longer). That would've been nice in Qantas Freight livery. Although sadly we won't be seeing the 747's in passenger variants anytime soon, at least we will continue to see them fly, carrying freight and packages. Even if Boeing wanted to release the next generation of the 747 jet, chances are it will be a freighter. Either way, it's great and awesome to see these 747 jets fly over, especially the -8.
The 747-8F has a bright future. In the upcoming 2 years more orders will flow in. Maybe something already this year at paris maybe
At least a couple more quad jets will be flying in the skies! With the A380 shutting down, the A340 being phased out and the 8i not getting many orders, the 8F is really the only hope for quad jets.
Hopefully Qantas orders a 747-8F instead of just leasing them. It would be pretty cool to still see 747s flying for Qantas for a long time, they look great in Qantas liveries.
Pity they won't have the Qantastic livery like in the thumbnail.
Nice to here something positive about Boeing
I was not expecting this pretty cool 😀
SHOULD BE IN QANTAS COLORS , WOULD BE NICE TO SEE , LOOK EXCELLENT IN 1/200 SCALE
Dj I love your vids I love how somebody tells the news of the aircraft world your vids are amazing never stop
I think it’s great that they are getting an upgrade, but it’s unfortunate that the aircraft won’t be painted in the Qantas freight livery.
He mentioned that the 747-400 doesn't fly the Qantas Freight livery, does anyone know what livery the 747-8 will run, but confused.
The 747-8s will be in atlas air livery.
A short term lease
Not a commitment perhaps the freight company just want to gain some cash
747-400 change to A380 for long haul flights to Hawaii from 2020!?!?
A380 has no long term viability. 747s will have a long term conversion industry to freighter on both 747-400 and 747-800
I think its great about the acquisition of two new 747-8F aircraft. Just disappointed that it will be in the Atlas livery and not the wonderful Qantas livery instead.
Boeing should make the Boeing 747 more fuel efficient
Alpha the 747-8 is fuel efficient
I don't like that decision
Nice!!! I really love the 747-8!!!
1 like = 1 expression of sadness that it won’t wear Qantas’s livery.
Farmer
Love it ,go 747
I wish they came out with an A380 freight.
I know what a 737F is, but what's a 737SF ?
Notice:
We all know that the A380 is dead but what if… the engines of the plane changed by other efficient engines?
hey
@nameynamename 1 It's too hard to re-engineer the design. If it was easy you would see it done on all old aircraft. You Almost never see it done.
It was done on the 737, and we all know the problems and complications that caused. @Redlock
Great video! It’s great to see Qantas improving the fleet with the -8!
SQ could be in the market for the 747-8fs soon. Their current 747s are nearing 20 years old
748? Did you mean 747-8?
@Donna Wasserman Yes.. Fat fingers haha
@Donna Wasserman Actually, industry speak for Boeing aircraft sometimes replaces the 3rd digit of the model with the first digit of the sub-type. 777-200 = 772, 737-400 = 734, 747-400 = 744, etc… So yeah, 747-8 could be heard sometimes as 748.
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Well that’s great news!! Just wish they painted them in the Qantas livery. Maybe in the future 🤞
Finally! The photoshopped Qantas Freight 747-8F is becoming a reality! 😂😉
it wont
Did you not see the “😉”?
no
Oh okay…
Boohoo! Why can’t they paint it in a Qantas Freight livery?!?! Or half-half? 😭
Yeah like the BA Singapore Concorde
Adds to much the cost then since it's just a lease they would have to paint it twice in a short time frame once to put the qantas livery then a second time to return it to the atlas cargo livery not worth the cost especially since it's a cargo plane and not a passenger plane so branding doesn't matter no customers will see it like in the case of airlines who repaint lease planes that carry paying customers
747-8F the new Queen of Cargo Aviation.
I've seen the 747-8 freighter once. I didn't even know it was an -8 until I noticed something was wrong with the wings and it was parked next to a -400. It is noticeable larger, beautiful jet. The cargo model seemed to be keeping the 747 alive and seems to be a nice addition to every cargo fleet. Too bad I didn't have a camera that day.
It's all about fuel efficiency. Every time.
It be nice in the Qantas livery but why altas air
2:07
I got big sad when I heard the -8F wasn't getting the Qantas Freight livery
I am happy to see that the 747 will still be flying in Australia. I wish it was in the Qantas Freight livery though. Good Video Dj
Those 747 would have to be state of the art planes. If not, is a worry meaning we would have the worst computer programmers for flight simulation and the worst and laziest aerodynamic mechanics and engineers ever existed.
that's the funny part now if the newer engines are even 10% better than the older 1s and you have a 20% increase in capacity your not looking at 30% it be more like 35% improvement that is serious coin savings
because a extra 7 pallets for the 20% then means 35+7=42 so add maybe 10% for engine efficiency of 42 pallets =4.2 so 42+4= 46 pallets so it is 35 pallets on 400 series is 11 more pallets of efficiencies means for every 3 flights 1 flight is free. so assume 80k per trip rather than 320k for 4 flights it costs only 240k if my logic sounds off constructive comments are allowed
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A380 has left the chat
Interesting that Qantas even outsources the Freight operations.. It'll be an interesting day Joyce goes and maybe someone will stop running it as a budget airline.
I told you!
Why did not they order the 8f not the 8i 😐
The 747 is a long known aircraft even if it is cargo
So glad that someone still orders 747s!
A bit misleading. QF is not purchasing or even operating the aircraft. It’s simply a change in the contact with Atlas to provide more leased capacity
John Iii finally someone who understands.
Gets add about turkish airlines
Surprised that Quantas in retiring the 747-400 from passenger service did not convert a couple to freight !!!!!!
They will sell them to companies that will use them for that purpose.
This is cool mate
Can you make a video reporting how satisfied those airlines operating the 747-8I are with the aircraft i.e. Luftansa, Korean Air, etc. ?
Yay!
Yea, that news has really cheered up my morning!
Great move Quantas ! Buying The Queen of The Skies
A380 is gone crab rave
Yaaass! Can’t wait to see these birds fly.
Is the thumbnail taken at the Everett, WA location ? I worked there for almost 5 years painting the 777 wings and fuselage interiors.
Yes it’s a pity they didn’t get the 747-8i to replace the 747-400 passenger planes.
I had the pleasure of flying from Johannesburg to Sidney return on Quantas 747 400, it was fantastic and so much better than the trip to London on an Airbus A340 with Virgin. Hopefully the carriers will recommit to the super jumbos eventually post A380 provided the two engine experiment proves too risky in the long run. The F should keep the program alive in the meantime.
Nice…but need to have Qantas livery….
Awwww
I really wanted to see the -8F in Qantas Livery
Good on Qantas, happy to see the queen of the sky continue in Australian airspace
A video suggestion is how you go plane spotting and get your superb photos and videos.
Imagine a Qantas airlines 747-8
Long live the Queen ✈️🙌🏻
Had the great pleasure of flying on a 747-8 from JFK to PEK Bejing China. Incredible aircraft.
What is Reg of 2 B748F?
The Joe Sutter original freighter design still paying dividends for Boeing
Good to know that the 747 will continue if only for freight.
awesome news……long live this beautiful badass aircraft
Can i declare myself as cargo?? 😛
Always happy to hear about any 747 orders, but particularly this one….My most recent flights on the 747 always were through Sydney.
We will see more 748F orders in 2019 with others as well……..😉
Do you know if it’s qantas pilots flying the atlas 747?
Pure logic the 747 was from the start desigend as a freighter to compete with the C5-Galaxy.
The 747-8F is the safest choice for heavy hauling.