Last "preighter" operation for Air Canada
Air Canada has operated its final cabin-loaded cargo-only flight using its fleet of temporarily converted passenger aircraft.
Flight AC7272, operated with an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, touched down in Toronto from Bogota on 14 May 2022 for what was the last cabin-loaded flight operated with a mix of Boeing 777s and A330s. The A330-300 aircraft will be reconverted back to passenger service to meet the return of global travel demand.
This final flight comes more than two years after Air Canada became the first passenger airline globally to go to market removing seats to double cargo capacity by utilising the cabin to load additional cargo. That first flight, operated with a Boeing 777 that would normally carry more than 400 passengers, was on 18 April 2020, and its cabin was filled with critical PPE for healthcare workers. (cj)