TWO OF SIX ex-Lufthansa McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s acquired by Gemini Air Cargo from Potomac Financial Group have been converted to freighters by Aeronavali of Italy and leased to Swissair and British Airways.
The newly established US cargo carrier, based in Reston, Virginia, says that it will place a third DC-10-30F into service this month.
The Swissair aircraft is used on weekly freight services between Basle and Chicago and Atlanta, and BA is flying the DC-10-30F from London Gatwick to Sao Paulo, returning via Bogota and Miami. The DC-10-30F is the latest in a series of freighters - with a total capacity of that of 13 Boeing 747s - leased in by BA to meet the growth in cargo traffic.
Source: Flight International
