Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
Very sad, though I don't know what an airkine is.
Hard to believe that these wouldn't be useful as cargo planes.
Da airline kine. 😉
Most airliners have to go through heavy conversion to serve as freighters, and I think the problem with the A380 is there may be no practical way to remove the upper deck and modify it with a swing nose for heavy cargo.
The freight handlers sure love the A300-330 and DC-10 / MD-11, though.