freighter

Example Sentences

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Boeing on Friday said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Ethiopian Airlines with "the intent to purchase" five 777X freighters.

From Reuters

"Someone offered to sell me seven freighters – and two other international lessors asked if I wanted to buy their entire Russian portfolio," said a person at a China-based lessor, adding the offer had been refused.

From Reuters

United Parcel Service agreed to buy 19 Boeing freighter jets as soaring e-commerce and snarled shipping lines lead to a boom in air-cargo demand.

From Seattle Times

The freighter market has been a rare bright spot for planemakers after facing pandemic lows, as a boom in online shopping, supply chain disruptions and a drop in passenger plane flights has stoked demand.

From Reuters

One night his writer’s block was so intense that he contemplated jumping to his death off the freighter near Liberia, where he had gone to write.

From New York Times