Summary
- American Airlines used a chartered Antonov An124-100 to move a damaged engine from JFK to Charlotte, relieving the carrier’s sticky situation.
- Antonov Airlines, a Ukrainian carrier, held a permit for foreign air transport and will deliver the essential engine parts that other US carriers couldn’t handle.
- Ground transport would have taken five days, but Antonov’s swift response helped American Airlines avoid lost revenue of roughly $125,000 per flight.
American Airlines called on an Antonov An124-100 on the weekend after one in all its Boeing 777-200 was stuck in Charlotte with a busted engine. The chartered Antonov was called upon to help in transferring an RR Trent 800 engine, which was whisked south from Latest York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK).
In keeping with data published by the Department of Transport, Antonov Airlines applied for an exemption on August eleventh to operate the domestic route to help the American Carrier. According trackers on Flightradar24.com, the An124-100 was positioned at JFK on Saturday twelfth and transported the engine to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) later that evening.
Foreign air permit
Antonov Airlines, a carrier of Ukraine, holds a permit to interact in charter flights for foreign air transport to/from the US and noted that the operation could be to return the 777-200 back to service as soon as possible for American Airlines by transporting the essential parts.
The Trent 800 aircraft engine and its associated parts weigh as much as 26,000 lbs, and this unit size is unimaginable to be loaded right into a freighter aircraft by other US carriers. The delivery of the parts highlights the power of Antonov to answer urgent situations and relieve American Airlines in its sticky situation. Of the Antonov aircraft variants, the An-124-100M can operate with a payload of 330,693 lb. (150,000 kg) and fly 2,000 NM (3,700 km).
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As for any airline, when a plane is on the bottom, it often is not making its owner any money, as reiterated in a letter to the Department of Transport from American Airlines, Global Logistics Specialist Vincent Palmieri reiterated that using ground transport would take as much as five days for the parts to be delivered, and will the 777 remain out of motion, incurs lost revenue to the carrier of roughly $125,000 per flight.
Antonov Airlines
With its headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Ukrainian cargo carrier had operated from its base on the international cargo facility at Hostomel Airport (GML), nonetheless during attributable to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the airport site became an intense battleground, and the Battle of Antonov Airport, where the infamous Antonov An-225 Mriya (the world’s largest aircraft) was destroyed. With the carrier trying to protect its remaining assets, moving its hub to Germany now means it operates from Leipzig Halle Airport (LEJ).
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Sources: Regulations.gov