Fedex 747?
12-13-2017, 05:41 PM
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Fedex 747?
Looking at flight aware this evening and it looks like there are a number of Fedex flights with the equipment type listed as 747-400(ex. STN-MEM FDX1)? Who is operating these flights? Atlas? Kallita? Why do they have Fedex flight numbers?
12-13-2017, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
FDX callsigns is odd, though...
If I understand the basics of wet leasing correctly, the lessor (FedEx in this case) has operational control.
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12-13-2017, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
FDX callsigns is odd, though...how does that work with operational control?
12-14-2017, 06:03 AM
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I've done Atlas flights as QANTAS, Turkish, Cathay, Emirates, Etihad, Quality, Reach and Camber. Probably some others I've forgotten. Reviewing your callsign is a part of the Atlas briefing and you hear pilots checking in stumbling through two or three callsigns. Using the customer's callsign gets you their landing rights and slots. The whole reason Polar is still around. Operational control is a whole lot more than saying we want an airplane to go from ABC to XYZ at 12 o'clock.
12-14-2017, 09:49 AM
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