Originally Posted by
sailingfun
It would be at least a year if not more before we could complete a cargo conversion for a aircraft. In the end we might wind up competing with ourselves. In order to justify a dedicated freighter you need enough demand where the passenger aircraft are maxed out for belly freight and you can fill the freighter.
A year for a cargo conversion? Holy cow. We own the planes and there’s flying to be done. Who does it better than us? The 757s and 767s have a lot of life left in them with the lower cycles of a cargo operation. Not everything can be done on passenger routes with belly cargo. No offense, of course.