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Two airlines, two freighter strategies

American Shipper Magazine

Friday, December 21, 2012

By Eric Kulisch Delta Air Lines, the world’s largest passenger airline, and fast-growing Emirates of Dubai exemplify the different attitudes towards freighter aircraft among passenger airlines that also haul cargo. Atlanta-based Delta has no freighter aircraft and quickly decommissioned more than 10 jumbo jet freighters it took possession of when it acquired Northwest Airlines in 2009. The move was made at a time when the air cargo market was slumping in the wake of the recession a...

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