The Big Twin is the nickname for the Boeing 777 passenger-to-freighter conversion aircraft. It’s big, has two engines and is getting ready for metal cutting.
ATRAN Airlines says increased online shopping has increased express air cargo traffic between Moscow and China’s northern cities.
GE Capital Aviation Services now has 74 orders for Boeing to convert versatile, narrow-body passenger planes for express and e-commerce services.
The global air cargo carrier has tasked Israel Aerospace Industries with converting the planes to all-cargo configuration.
For aircraft lessor GECAS, the “Big Twin” doesn’t refer to a large person. It’s a big twin-engine passenger plane that’s being turned into a cargo plane.
