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Nov 12, 2020 | 3:00 pm

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Error 601

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Originally Posted by Adam Smith

In addition to the great post from Error 601, keep in mind that a lot of freighters have low utilization, i.e. they sit around on ramps a lot of the time (which is part of why they can fly for so many more years). Less time in the air means less fuel burned than passenger aircraft. Obviously the fuel burn per hour of flight is still going to be higher on the old planes, but the up-front cost to acquire them is also a lot lower than the cost to acquire newer, more fuel-efficient planes. For freight operators, that math typically works out in favour of the older planes.

Found the story:

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Grizzled FedEx Express veteran Joey has retired after nearly 50 years flying.

Joey, more formally known as Aircraft N365FE, last flew to Victorville, California, from Memphis on March 29 to join other retired FedEx Express planes. The MD-10 jet logged 91,452 hours and 56 minutes in the air over its career, according to FedEx.

The plane was the sixth DC-10 off its production line and first flew in 1971 for United Airlines, according to civil aircraft information site Airfleets. Two years later, a Memphis company called Federal Express officially began operations.

FedEx acquired the plane in 1997 after it logged many flight hours with United, converting it into a freighter and naming it “Joey,” the company said.

https://www.commercialappeal.com/sto...ng/3616601002/

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