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Qantas to add more A321 cargo jets for e-commerce

Qantas Airways said Thursday it intends to acquire three additional Airbus A321 converted freighters to upgrade its fleet as it seeks to capitalize on soaring growth of e-commerce shipments in Australia. 

The airline deployed the first A321 freighter ever produced in October 2020 and now operates three of the aircraft in domestic operations for Australia Post. It said last August it would take six more A321 passenger jets that had been retrofitted to carry large cargo containers on the main...

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E-commerce spurs Qantas to convert A330 jets for cargo operation

A Qantas jetliner with white body and red tail on the ground.

Australian airline Qantas said Tuesday it will convert two Airbus A330-200 medium widebody passenger aircraft into freighters to support growing cargo volumes driven by the shift to e-commerce. The carrier’s all-cargo fleet will immediately expand this week with the delivery of its third Airbus A321 converted freighter, a narrowbody aircraft, that will operate for Australia Post.

Qantas, which currently operates 22 dedicated cargo jets, is following a similar path as Air Canada by repurposing...

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