In a week that has seen Boeing announce further delays to it’s 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft, freight versions of the famous manufacturers aircraft are giving the Seattle based company something to smile about.

Specifically, this week has seen the first flight of the Boeing 767-300BCF or “Boeing Converted Freighter”, the  aircraft having been converted from passenger to freight configuration in Singapore.

Sporting the livery of launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo and that of ALLEX, a joint venture between ANA, Nippon Express and Kintestsu World Express, the Boeing 767-300BCF first flew for three hours, before undertaking the significantly longer fourteen hour, fifty-one minute flight to Boeing’s Seattle facilities.

Boeing Flight Operations pilots stationed in Seattle will now conduct the flight test program on the 767-300BCF, with delivery and certification of the freighter expected in June.

Source: PR Newswire and Boeing

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