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TNT Airways are set to take delivery of new airframes to help with their growing business.
TNT Airways and Guggenheim Aviation Partners, LLC have signed an agreement for the delivery and lease of three new Boeing 777-200 Long Ranger Freighters. The first aircraft will be delivered and enter service by July 2011. The two other will enter service by the end of 2011.
The B777 freighters will operate on long-haul routes between Europe and Asia. On these routes, TNT currently operates a fleet of two owned B747-400ERFs and two B747-400ERFs on short-term lease. The new B777 freighters will reduce TNT’s reliance on commercial line-haul and external short-term contract capacity, while providing the capacity required to support the company’s growth in Asia.
In addition, GE Capital Aviation Services Ltd. (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced delivery of the first of 11 converted Boeing 737F freighters to international cargo carrier TNT Airways to replace its existing B737 fleet.
The 11 aircraft – nine Boeing 737-400s and two 737-300s – will be converted by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) at their conversion centers in China and Israel, and will be delivered to the airline over the next 18 months.