Atlas Air’s Global Supply Systems to operate three Boeing 747-800F freighters for British Airways

July 31, 2010 — 29552, 747, 747-400, 747-400F, 747-47UF, 747-8, 747-800F, 747-8F, Atlas Air, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Boeing, Boeing 747, Boeing 747-8, Boeing 747-800F, Boeing 747-8F, British Airways, G-GSSB, Global Supply Systems, London, Pedro Pics, Stansted, STN

Copyright Photo: Pedro Pics. The current three Boeing 747-400F freighters are expected to replaced by the new 747-800Fs. 747-47UF (msn 29252) is pictured at the STN base.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (New York-JFK) confirmed that its 49%-owned UK subsidiary, Global Supply Systems Limited (GSS) (London-Stansted), has signed a five-year wet leasing agreement with British Airways Plc to operate three Boeing 747-8 freighters on behalf of British Airways starting in 2011.

Under this long-term aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) outsourcing contract, GSS will provide a turnkey solution for British Airways’ cargo division, British Airways World Cargo (BAWC). GSS will lease the 747-8F aircraft that it will operate for BAWC from AAWW’s Atlas Air unit, which expects to take delivery of the aircraft from Boeing in early 2011.

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