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N856GT. Boeing 747-87UF. c/n 37561-1442.
Was also registered as: G-GSSD.
This aircraft was ordered new by Atlas Air - ? Built by the Boeing Company Limited, Everett - 2011 The intended registration of N849GT was not taken up Rolled out at Everett (Paine Field) - October 2011 First flown as '?'- October 21, 2011 Powered by General Electric GEnx-2B67 engines Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-GSSD (CofR G-GSSD/R1) - November 02, 2011 Leased to Global Supply Systems, England as the registered operator Returned to Atlas Air at the end of the lease - May 02, 2014 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - May 02, 2014 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N856GT - May 02, 2014 Registered to Atlas Air Inc, Westchester, New York The Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - May 08, 2014 Leased to Polar Air Cargo (wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air) as the registered operator - October 01, 2014 The aircraft was operated in DHL livery with 'Polar Air' titles It was observed at Amsterdam (Schiphol) in the basic DHL livery without titles - April 06, 2017 Returned to Atlas Air at the end of the lease - May 24, 2017 Wet-leased to Cathay Pacific - June 02, 2017 It was observed at Hong Kong in DHL livery with 'Operated by Atlas Air for Cathay Pacific' titles - June 02, 2017 Returned to Atlas Air at the end of the wet-lease - May 26, 2019 The aircraft was repainted into the Atlas Air livery in preparation for a long-term lease to Qantas Freight This aircraft was wet-leased by Qantas Airways for freight services - August 25, 2019 It was operated in the Atlas Air livery with a small sticker on the nose that read 'Operated by Atlas Air Inc on behalf of Qantas Airways Ltd' Departed Chicago (23:41 local) on its first southbound revenue service as QF7554 - August 25, 2019 Arrived Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 11:27 AEST) - August 27, 2019 Route: Chicago - Honolulu - Sydney Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 15:50 AEST) on its first northbound revenue service as QF7521 - August 27, 2019 Route: Sydney - Chongqing - Shanghai - Anchorage - Chicago Current status Atlas Air / Qantas Freight |
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N856GT. Atlas Air - in the standard livery with additional 'Qantas Freight' titles at an unknown sirport, October 2019. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4635-874.) |
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N856GT. Atlas Air - in the standard livery with additional 'Qantas Freight' titles at Bangkok Airport, February 04, 2020. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4635-834.) |
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N856GT. Atlas Air - in the standard livery with additional 'Qantas Freight' titles at Christchurch Airport, February 11, 2020. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4635-832.) |