Why Airlines Are Cutting Open Retired Boeing 777s & Turning Them Into Freighters

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Airlines are converting retired Boeing 777 aircraft into freighters to meet growing cargo industry demands. The process involves cutting open and rebuilding the planes, exemplified by a retired Emirates 777 handed to Kalitta Air for freighter use in the UK.

A retired Emirates 777 gets cut open, rebuilt as a freighter, and handed to Kalitta Air. Here is how it works and why the cargo industry needs it.