EXPRESS FREIGHT company FedEx has placed a follow-on order for seven Airbus A310-200 freighter conversions from Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAA). Conversion of an eighth aircraft is still under discussion.
The aircraft are being bought by Memphis-based FedEx from Delta Airlines' fleet, and will be converted to A310-200F freighter standards at DAA's Hamburg site. The deal follows an earlier contract for the conversion of 13 ex-Lufthansa A310-200s, and will bring FedEx's A310 freighter fleet up to 21 DAA-converted aircraft by early 1996.
FedEx fleet development and acquisitions vice-president Jim Parker says that the company has already decided to buy a further A310 from Martinair.
Source: Flight International
