{"id":102129,"date":"2020-10-28T15:10:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T15:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=102129"},"modified":"2020-10-28T15:10:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T15:10:52","slug":"kalitta-air-will-be-launch-customer-for-the-boeing-777-300ersf-the-largest-twin-engine-freighter-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2020\/10\/kalitta-air-will-be-launch-customer-for-the-boeing-777-300ersf-the-largest-twin-engine-freighter-in-history.html","title":{"rendered":"Kalitta Air will be launch customer for the Boeing 777-300ERSF, the largest twin-engine freighter in history."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>GECAS Cargo<\/strong> announced an agreement with Kalitta Air for three <strong>777-300ERSF <\/strong>aircraft. With this agreement, Kalitta will be the first operator of the new passenger-to-freighter type, adding to their already sizable all-cargo fleet when these aircraft deliver in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/10\/rolls-royce-would-be-interested-manufacturing-the-engines-for-boeings-new-aircraft.html\">Rolls Royce would be interested manufacturing the engines for Boeing\u2019s new aircraft.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubbed \u201cThe Big Twin,\u201d the 777-300ERSF will be the largest ever twin-engine freighter. As announced a year ago, the conversion program is jointly funded by GECAS and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), with GECAS delivering the prototype aircraft to undergo conversion in June of this year. Setting a new benchmark for cargo operators, The Big Twin will be powered by GE90 engines, the world\u2019s most powerful in-service engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/10\/easa-is-pleased-with-the-changes-made-to-the-737-max.html\">EASA is pleased with the changes made to the 737 Max.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With twenty years of providing scheduled and on-demand charter service in the United States and around the world, Kalitta Air currently operates a fleet of more than three dozen cargo planes, including 747-400F, 767-300SF and 777F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cProviding air express delivery all around the world for virtually any type of freight, the addition of these three 777-300ERSF freighters will help us meet the needs of our customers,\u201d shared Conrad Kalitta, owner of Kalitta Air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to continue our 15-year relationship with Kalitta Air and proud they\u2019ve become the launch customer with the 777-300ERSF freighter for its future air cargo operations,\u201d said Rich Greener, SVP and Manager Cargo of GECAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-547db8a9     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"200\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/indigo-boosts-international-expansion-second-airbus-a321xlr-deployed-on-delhi-istanbul-route.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IndiGo-Airbus-A321XLR.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IndiGo-Airbus-A321XLR.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IndiGo-Airbus-A321XLR-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IndiGo-Airbus-A321XLR-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IndiGo-Airbus-A321XLR-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/indigo-boosts-international-expansion-second-airbus-a321xlr-deployed-on-delhi-istanbul-route.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">IndiGo Boosts International Expansion: Second Airbus A321XLR Deployed on Delhi-Istanbul Route<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/indigo-boosts-international-expansion-second-airbus-a321xlr-deployed-on-delhi-istanbul-route.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/airasia-x-maintains-plans-to-launch-new-bahrain-hub-despite-middle-east-tensions.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Air-Asia-Airbus-a330.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Air-Asia-Airbus-a330.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Air-Asia-Airbus-a330-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Air-Asia-Airbus-a330-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Air-Asia-Airbus-a330-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/airasia-x-maintains-plans-to-launch-new-bahrain-hub-despite-middle-east-tensions.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">AirAsia X Maintains Plans to Launch New Bahrain Hub Despite Middle East Tensions<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/airasia-x-maintains-plans-to-launch-new-bahrain-hub-despite-middle-east-tensions.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/air-india-comprehensive-rebuilding-of-a-giant-for-global-leadership.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Air-India-Airbus-A350.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Air-India-Airbus-A350.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Air-India-Airbus-A350-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Air-India-Airbus-A350-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Air-India-Airbus-A350-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/air-india-comprehensive-rebuilding-of-a-giant-for-global-leadership.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Air India: Comprehensive Rebuilding of a Giant for Global Leadership<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/air-india-comprehensive-rebuilding-of-a-giant-for-global-leadership.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/03\/willie-walsh-to-take-helm-at-indigo-a-heavyweight-leader-for-indias-largest-airline.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Willie-Walsh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Willie-Walsh.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Willie-Walsh-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Willie-Walsh-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Willie-Walsh-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/03\/willie-walsh-to-take-helm-at-indigo-a-heavyweight-leader-for-indias-largest-airline.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Willie Walsh to Take Helm at IndiGo: A Heavyweight Leader for India\u2019s Largest Airline<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/03\/willie-walsh-to-take-helm-at-indigo-a-heavyweight-leader-for-indias-largest-airline.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GECAS Cargo announced an agreement with Kalitta Air for three 777-300ERSF aircraft. With this agreement, Kalitta will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[230,220,429,221],"class_list":{"0":"post-102129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airlines","8":"tag-airline","9":"tag-boeing-2","10":"tag-cargo","11":"tag-usa"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-380x220.jpg",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-380x190.jpg",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF-560x336.jpg",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kalitta-Air-777-300ERSF.jpg",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Aviaci\u00f3n al D\u00eda","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"GECAS Cargo announced an agreement with Kalitta Air for three 777-300ERSF aircraft. With this agreement, Kalitta will be&hellip;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102138,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102129\/revisions\/102138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}