frankvw
September 5, 2003 at 9:07 pm

Ex- KLM 747

Yesterday, passing in front of EBBR, i saw a 747 cargo (I think a -200F) pargen on the apron, in the colours of KLM, but without KLM’s logo.

Being on the highway, i could not see any reg number.

Does anybody know if such planes were sold to other companies?

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By: frankvw - 6th September 2003 at 09:56

If I see it again this week, I’ll try to get a pic of it… I hope I’ll be able to do so. But I don’t think it was an ex Korean Airlines plane.

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By: tenthije - 5th September 2003 at 21:19

Haven’t heard anything! There are 2 or 3 parked in the desert and more will likely follow. There are constant rumours over here that one will be sold to Southern Air but only for parting out.

If it had a short upper deck like the typical 742 it must have been a new 744ERF (since all of KLM’s 742’s have had their upper deck stretched). In that case it must have had the KLM titles.

If it did not have any titles but did have a small hump, it must have been another airline. My best bet would be that it was a Korean Air.

KLM had 2 old 747 freigthers. One has been sold to Martinair (PH-BUH) and the other one (PH-BUI) has not been sold yet. I do not believe it is still in use and is likely to be the plane Southern Air has its eyes on.