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Freight aircraft

Freight aircraft may be operated by civil airlines, by private individuals or by the armed forces of individual countries. They are often adapted from aircraft originally designed for passenger use, perhaps when the aircraft type is considered to have become uncompetitive in passenger airline service. Most air freight is however carried in the holds of passenger aircraft.



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