![Atlas Air grounds four Boeing 747Fs due to shrinking freight market](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/An-artist-impression-of-Boeings-hugely-anticipated-777x-Boeing-770x420.jpg)
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Atlas Air has blamed a shrinking global freight market for the decision to ground four of its Boeing 747-400s in 2020. The company said the aircraft are too heavy and less efficient because they were converted from passenger jets.
![Atlas Air Boeing 747-8F operating for Qantas Freight lands in Sydney](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/QF-ATLAS-NOSE-UP_1170.jpg)
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Atlas Air has commenced operating Boeing 747-8F cargo flights on behalf of Qantas Freight, with the first flight landing in Sydney on August 27 2019.
![Qantas to replace Boeing 747-400F freighters with larger capacity 747-8F](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/photo_freight_04_full_1170.jpg)
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Qantas is replacing two Boeing 747-400F freighters with the larger-capacity 747-8F for its cargo services to China and the United States from July 2019.