ABX Air

[B727-100QF]

Ufford lives!

 

[LarryinTN]

I remember seeing a press release awhile back stating ABX was going to retire a bunch (like 20 or so) aircraft. Did that ever happen or is it still planned?

No, it didn't. In early 2005 DHL advised ABX that they would be removing 26 ABX airplane from the DHL system by the end of 2005. They actually removed only ten or twelve with only a handful actually being parked. The rest have remained in active as spares for recoveries, extra sections, etc.

 

[LarryinTN]

Ufford lives!

Huh? He's long gone...

 

[TWA]

My understanding was ABX parked 10 or so DC-8s at CVG, only to bring them back on the line a few months later.

 

[LarryinTN]

My understanding was ABX parked 10 or so DC-8s at CVG, only to bring them back on the line a few months later.

It wasn't that many DC8s, we were only operating about 18 at integration. Most of the 26 were supposed to be DC9s. We had 74 DC9s but parked one (931AX) well before the integration because of it's lease. At integration we parked the only two DC9-10s plus around 15, or so, DC9-30s. Those -30s have been maintained and rotated in/out of the system to keep them all ready. They've definitely brought back some DC8s that had been parked and I think the number of parked DC9s is down a bit, too, due to the recoveries and extra sections that have been running.

 

[steamgauge]

I understand a few B727's are in hot storage in CVG until manning issues are worked out.

They're supposed to be back in ILN around 3/11 which is about the time the latest class of FOs finish OE.