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Probably delivering Aircraft Engines to different Maintenance facilities around the country. If you recall they had to lease an Anatov to deliver an engine for

• pdelbarba 10y ago
  That's a common use of these kinds of cargo aircraft, but if they have multiple visits from multiple aircraft for a single company, I'd be surprised if it was all just replacement engine transport.
  • hourislate 10y ago
    How come? Couldn't Rolls Royce or GE have them under contract for parts distribution. Perhaps with all the new aircraft deliveries all the carriers are taking, they need to bring in new parts and engines, etc. Would make sense to have 1 cargo company bid on distribution to keep cargo costs down.
    • abstractbeliefs 10y ago
      Because heavy lift aircraft are perfect when you need to get something bulky somewhere else, fast. When it's multiple somethings and it's not time critical (days or weeks rather than hours), it's economically far more sensible to ship by sea. Sure, a service centre could really need half a dozen flights of engines, but given how well planned aircraft maintenance is, it would certainly be a turn up for the books to suddenly need such a number so urgently.
      • hourislate 10y ago
        That makes sense....