N854GT. Boeing 747-87UF. c/n 37566-1471.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Atlas Air - ?

Built by the Boeing Company Limited, Everett - 2013

Rolled out at Everett (Paine Field) - January 2013

First flown as 'N854GT' - February 02, 2013

Powered by General Electric GEnx-2B67 engines

The Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - February 21, 2013

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N854GT - March 28, 2013

Registered to Atlas Air Inc, Westchester, New York

Accepted by Atlas Air at Everett (Paine Field) - March 28, 2013

Leased to Polar Air Cargo (wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air) as the registered operator - April 03, 2013

Returned to Atlas Air at the end of the lease - May 25, 2013

Leased to Ethiad Airways, Abu Dhabi as the registered operator - May 26, 2013

Returned to Atlas Air at the end of the lease - June 09, 2013

This aircraft was wet-leased by Qantas Airways for freight services - August 28, 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 New York (23:55 local) on its first southbound revenue service as QF7550 - August 28, 2019

Arrived Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 15:26 AEST) - August 30, 2019

Route: New York - Chicago - Honolulu - Sydney

Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 18:46 AEST) on its first northbound revenue service as QF7557 - August 30, 2019

Route: Sydney - Chongqing - Shanghai - Anchorage - Chicago

Current status Atlas Air / Qantas Freight

 

 

N854GT. Atlas Air - in the standard livery with additional 'Qantas Freight' titles at Christchurch Airport, June 01, 2020.

(Z. Rae Copyright Image 4635-854.)