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At Quito airport, I was able to meet the first Boeing 737-800BCF from Copa Airlines Cargo, with which the Panamanian airline returns to exclusive cargo transport.
Copa Airlines An exclusive cargo aircraft has just been incorporated into the Copa Airlines Cargo service, un Boeing 737-800BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter), with the capacity to transport 21,7 tons per flight. with this plane, the airline plans to increase the kilograms transported in a 50% with respect to 2021.
The registration of the cargo aircraft is HP-1522WW and it began operations on 28 march 2022, with weekly flights to Central America, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Havana (Cuba) and Quito (Ecuador). Operations to other possible cities are already being evaluated, that are part of the more than 70 destinations operated by Copa Airlines Cargo, across the company's passenger trade routes (belly cargo).
First Copa Airlines Cargo Boeing 737-800BCF
On his first flight to Quito I was able to meet him exclusively from the inside out and learn more about his technical capabilities as well as the logistics of the loading process of this first plane., It should be noted that the plan for this year will be two aircraft, but the second still does not have a date for entering the workshops for conversion from passengers to cargo.
I also invite you to enjoy this new Aero Reportage, where you can learn and see even more of this aircraft:
The Boeing 737-800 converted to cargo are relatively new aircraft on the market and there are currently about twenty of these aircraft flying in the world, so being able to meet them was an important plus of this first flight to Ecuador of the Copa Cargo aircraft..
Being inside a cargo plane doesn't happen every day., this time I was able to be inside the plane and go through each of its spaces.
Once the load that had a final destination was left Ecuador and before the loading process starts 20 tons of flores, I was able to tour the main warehouse, where before they were seating and compartment for hand luggage, now there is only room for pallets.
the first boeing 737-800 BCF has registration HP-1522WWP, with serial number MSN33709, have 18 years since its first flight in Copa and its conversion process began in August 2021 in China and is powered by two CFMI CFM56-7B26 engines, which allows reaching all the main export markets of the region.
There are airline plans to increase to two weekly frequencies to Quito and with the short-term incorporation of the second aircraft, these flights would become daily, thanks to the high demand for export cargo that the country has since Marshal Sucre.
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