ZS-DJI belongs at the moment to Aeronexus Corporate (Proprietary) Limited that operates as a passenger airline company. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Kempton Park, South Africa. The 767 is its only aircraft although the company has managed the Presidential Aircraft (B727-100 VIP) on behalf of the Government of Djibouti for the past 10 years.
“Boeing pointed out the max endurance flight is being flown under F&R certification, not ETOPS. As it turns out cargo models are exempt from the ETOPS rules as part of the 2007 update.”
B747-8F doesn’t need ETOPS but the long flights were part of the F&R (Function and Reliability) requirements. BOE522 was doing the final certification requirements for the Honeywell management computer (FMC) checks.
It’s all systems go for final FAA certification, likely coming in the next month and then delivery of the first aircraft to Cargolux.
Hard to tell if Thomas Cook has been dropped for Summer 2012 as no schedule posted. Certainly Air Transat running the flights until May 2012 from November 2011. We will have to wait and see I guess.
Just had a look at Casper. Even more impressive as it does give the to and from info. Looks like a 15 min delay but maybe less if you take a subscription.
Well worth a look
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