Originally Posted by
lsquare
Given how old the B767s are, is it even worth converting them for freight use? Oil prices will eventually climb back up at some point. Wouldn't it be expensive to operate the aircraft at that point?
Rouge has some 767s that aren't that old and there's a strong demand for 767 freighters at the moment and that will likely mean there will be support for them for a long time to come in the future. When 767s went to Route, AC kept/retired the oldest frames and sent the newest ones to Rouge. If the economy had not tanked with Covid, they probably would have lasted another 5-10 years in passenger service with high utilization, so that must be 20 years left as a freighter!