Here is one of the original threads on this: http://www.usaviation.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3D9923&st=3D0 All 15 pages of it. -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kees de Lezenne Coulander Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:27 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: US and FedEx Liam Tully <lrtully@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Something about FedEx buying 50 737's > from US Air. What the heck would they > do with them? AFAIK, FE does not op. > any 37's at the moment. The British magazine Flight International has been spreading the word for a while that FedEx was about to decide on acquiring freighter conversions of Boeing 737-300/400s. US would be as good a source as any. The aircraft are intended to replace 727s from the bottom end, with the Airbus fleet taking over from the top end. Interestingly, FedEx has owned a handful of 737s in the past, intended for carrying passengers by day and cargo by night. Wisely, FedEx retraced their steps before the aircraft were even delivered, and quickly sold them. Kees de Lezenne Coulander C.M. de Lezenne Coulander Aircraft Development and Systems Engineering B.V. Hoofddorp, the Netherlands