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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 0:20:11 GMT -5
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 0:27:34 GMT -5
//Air Koryo Cargo 1998 Air Koryo Cargo (1990 - Present) IATA: JS ICAO: KORC CALLSIGN: AIR KORYO Air Koryo's 3 IL-76's were operated as Air Koryo Cargo. Beijing gets at least 1 flight daily, sometimes 2, while there is a limited network of domestic flying and a few other international destinations that are sparsely served. The texture for the RATS IL-76 is on Avsim as "air_koryo_il-76md.zip".  Download Air Koryo Cargo 1998 here |
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 0:30:53 GMT -5
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 1:25:37 GMT -5
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 1:33:55 GMT -5
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 2:19:09 GMT -5
//JAC 1998 v2 (fixed error where "RJNN" was used for some flights instead of "RJNA" Japan Air Commuter JAC (1983 - Present) IATA: 3X ICAO: JAC CALLSIGN: COMMUTER Japan Air Commuter, or JAC, was originally a subsidiary of TOA Domestic Airlines, which later became Japan Air System (JAS). Initially, the airline operated Do-228s on commuter services across Japan, but later added the YS-11 in the late 1980s and then the Saab 340 in the early 1990s. By 1998, JAC had retired the Do-228 and had a split fleet of YS-11s and Saab 340s flying regional services around Southern Japan for JAS, with hubs in FUK, ITM, and KOJ. At the time, the airline faced intense competition from ANA's domestic subsidiary, ANK, who operated many of the same routes with both YS-11s and jets. It appears that all aircraft wore the standard livery with the white fuselage and JAC tail, the stripped livery mimicking that of JAS was already gone. However, some YS-11s had a logo by the door while most did not. The company would continue expanding across Japan, and would become part of JAL when JAS and JAL merged in 2006. Today, the airline is still active flying commuter routes on behalf of JAL with Q400s and Saab 340s. Ranmori Scythe has painted the fleet: TFS Saab 340: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1n8qqfXG4Xbtrw8Nkuc8JlkSLHbgXomlI?usp=sharingFSPX YS-11: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BgWZU9zRfBTvRTUN1SXdy8f1yr5Nvk7B?usp=sharingSaab 340:  YS-11:  Download Japan Air Commuter - JAC 1998 Version 2 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 2:26:27 GMT -5
//KLM Cargo 1998 (representative) KLM Cargo (1972-1980,1998-2003) IATA: KL ICAO: KLMC CALLSIGN: KLM KLM Cargo is the cargo division of the Dutch global carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The earliest evidence of KLM having a dedicated cargo fleet is in 1972, when DC-8s retired from passenger service were converted to freighters and began operating with "KLM Cargo" titles. Several DC-8s were added to the fleet over the next 8 years, but after 1980, there is evidence that KLM Cargo paused all cargo operations until 1998 when a few 747-206BMSUDs(or 747-200B Combi variants with a side cargo door and a stretched upper deck giving it the appearance of a 747-300) were converted to a cargo role and began scheduled cargo flights on behalf of KLM. In the late 1990s, the flights were operated to the Pacific Rim, usually non-stop to Asia Eastbound and stopping in DXB or ALA often Westbound. The aircraft did service Hong Kong's Kai Tak(VHHX) in it's final days, and also flew several different routes connecting Singapore(SIN), Kuala Lumpur(SZB) and Penang(PEN), as well as some flights to Japan and China. This new cargo service was short lived, as in 2003, KLM reached an agreement with Martinair to operate 747-400Fs under the KLM Cargo branding, and these aircraft quickly appeared replacing KLM Cargo's own 747s by the year's end. The agreement with Martinair continues to this day, and the aircraft fly a global network beyond Asia to points in North America, South America, and Africa. These flightplans, like most 90s cargo plans for the time being, are representative. However, they are based on early 2003 KLM flightplans that were flown by KLM Cargo pre-Martinair and the original author was simply listed as "silvester_vanwijk@yahoo.com", so credit goes to Silvester. All I did was remove aircraft not active in the late 1990s, backdate the airports, and delete routes the appeared to not start until the 2000s. Raphael Rodrigues has painted the FAIB 747-300(which closest represents the -200BMSUD) and it is included with the rest of the 1998 KLM paints on Avsim in this package: library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=klm_1998.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search747-200BMSUD:  Download KLM Cargo 1998 Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 2:39:14 GMT -5
//Martinair Cargo 1998 Martinair Cargo (1991 - Present) IATA: MP ICAO: MPHC CALLSIGN: MARTINAIR Historically, Amsterdam-based(AMS) Martinair of Holland was primarily a passenger carrier until the 20th century, with the roots of it's passenger flights dating back to 1958. In 1991, Martinair introduced a cargo division, converting older 747-200s and later adding MD-11s. In 1998, the cargo division was just 7 years old, consisting of 2 747-200s and several MD-11s. The 747-200 was mostly used to serve points in Asia and India, with stops in the Persian Gulf en-route, and also on a route to South Africa via stops in Central Africa. The MD-11s were used extensively across Africa, North America, and South America but also operated some short services like AMS-STN. Notebly, some routes passed through Benghazi, Libya(BEN) at the time! In 1998, the aircraft wore special titles celebrating the 40th operational anniversary of Martinair. Over the next several years, Martinair would transition into becoming primarily a cargo carrier, and the passenger division was retired in 2011. The Cargo division is still going strong, flying on behalf of KLM Cargo with just 1 aircraft left in Martinair's colors as of summer 2020. These flightplans are representative, based on 2001 web data and 2003 flightplans by "klemen.kaltnekar@hotmail.com", credit goes to them for the original plans. Airports backdated and routes known to start in the 2000s were removed. Michael Pearson has painted the fleet on Avsim: FAIB 747-200F: faib_747-200f_mph.zip FSPX MD-11F: fspxai_md-11_mph_cargo.zip 747-200F:  MD-11F:  Download Martinair Cargo 1998 Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 21, 2018 2:46:04 GMT -5
\\NCA 1998 (representative) v2 Nippon Cargo Airlines NCA (1985 - Present) IATA: KZ ICAO: NCA CALLSIGN: NIPPON CARGO Nippon Cargo Airlines, better known as NCA, is a Japanese cargo airline which was planned in 1958, founded in 1978, and started flying in 1985! The road to the inaugural flight was very difficult for NCA. NCA was born when Japanese businessmen saw demand for an all cargo airline serving the United States. Initially, the airline needed to seek the approval of the pre-existing airlines, including JAL who was already utilizing it's obsolete propliners for freight, and freight forwarding companies as well as the blessing of the government, who required various certification. This took about 20 years, but in 1978, 5 freight companies were willing to pool their money and resources and start the airline and JAL and ANA had worked out agreements with NCA. Now came the problem of getting the approval for flying to the United States. Flying Tigers was long established in both SFO and JFK, where NCA hoped to fly, and despite the Prime Minister himself reaching out to the US diplomatically, the US regulatory agencies did not seriously review NCA's request under pressure from Flying Tigers. In 1984, the first 747-200 was delivered from Boeing and IATA had approved the entry of NCA, but the US had still not granted the airline the rights to operate it's intended routes. Finally, in 1985, only after diplomatic pressure from the Japanese including threats to restrict the cargo activities of Flying Tigers and other US companies, NCA was approved to operate in the United States and flight KZ102 embarks on it's NRT-SFO-JFK route on May 8th. By the end of the year, NCA also received approval to operate international charter flights as required. Flights expanded across Europe, Asia, and the United States over the next decade, and in 1998, the airline finally received approval from the Chinese authorities to operate a NRT-SHA-KIX route. Short-lived flights to Portland(PDX) and London-Stansted(STN) were also launched this year. The 1998 fleet consisted of several 747-200Fs and 1 747SR converted freighter. NCA did not serve as many routes as JAL Cargo at the time, but the routes it did serve were often unserved by JAL Cargo. Also, the aircraft had much less downtime than JAL Cargo's and were thus more efficient. This means you'll mostly only see them at NRT for a few hours between trips. Over the next few years, NCA opened a HKG-based subsidiary at the new Hong Kong Airport and received 747-400s, which it used to skip ANC and fly non-stop to Europe and the Eastern United States. In 2005, NCA would become the joint launch customer for the 747-8F along with Cargolux, with the 747-200s being retired in 2008 and the 747-8F arriving in 2012. Despite this expansion, and while new destinations were added, several of the 90s destinations such as PDX, STN, MNL, SZB, DMK, and SZB were dropped, in several cases because the cities opened new airports and NCA declined to invest in the fees to move facilities. In the mid 2010s, NCA ran into financial trouble and stopped operating, storing their new 747-8Fs and the rest of the fleet in the US desert, but resumed limited operations a few years later dropping service to SFO and several other cities it had long-served. Despite this, NCA is still active today. These flightplans are representative based on early 1990s and early 2000s schedules, but the destinations and routings are real. Flightplans by Ranmori Scythe, made for the mid 1990s, and I edited them to reflect 1998, so please use these flightplans instead of the plans on his site for 1998. He has also painted the fleet: FAIB 747-200F: ranmori.mixh.jp/wp/blog/2018/08/01/nippon-cargo-airlines-boeing-747-200f/FAIB 747SR: ranmori.mixh.jp/wp/blog/2018/08/01/nippon-cargo-airlines-boeing-747sr-f/747-200F:  Download Nippon Cargo Airlines - NCA 1998 Version 2 Flightplans Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 25, 2018 23:04:54 GMT -5
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 25, 2018 23:08:07 GMT -5
\\Northwest Cargo 1999 (Representative) Northwest Cargo (1984-2009) IATA: NW ICAO: NWAC CALLSIGN: NORTHWEST Northwest Airlines first started dedicated cargo flights with 747-200s under the branding of "Northwest Orient Cargo" in 1984. The cargo network operated around scheduled flights connecting major air freight destinations in the USA with Northwest Orient's vast Pacific Rim network in Asia, via a large hub in Anchorage(ANC). Once in Asia, the aircraft served most destinations via a large hub in Tokyo Narita(NRT), with Northwest having relatively large passenger hub there as well. By the late 1980s, Northwest dropped the "Orient" from it's name and resumed trading as Norhtwest Airlines, and by 1988, the cargo division became "Northwest Cargo" and the aircraft were all repainted. When the Osaka Kansai Airport(KIX) opened in 1994, much larger cargo facilities than were offered at the Itami Airport(ITM) allowed Northwest to develop a smaller second Japanese hub in KIX. By 1999, Northwest Cargo had grown to 14 747-200s, some converted from airline use and some as pure freighters, and many of it's routes were operarted daily. As we still haven't found a Cargo OAG for schedules, these plans are representitve, based on early 2000s flightplans by Ricky Tam and late 1980s plans from Retro AI, using date from various sources to make sure cities like SFO, which were dropped by the 2000s, were added in while routes not yet flown were deleted. The 1980s to 2000s schedule didn't change too much as far as the route network, so these should be reasonably accurate to the 1999 operation. In addition to the scheduled routes, Northwest Cargo, like many other cargo airlines, flew frequent charter flights out of Louisville(SDF) on behalf of UPS for the annual Christmas rush. I took an aircraft that would sit in NRT for 4 days of the week and kept it busy with routes actually flown by Northwest on behalf of UPS to a handful of cities with a ferry flight to/from LAX to reposition. Most of the fleet wore the standard silver livery with a grey nose cone, but one aircraft was repainted into a special "Investing into Pacific Trade" livery in 1999, and it is included in these plans. A few more special liveries would follow into the 2000s, and several aircraft would even get the new colors introduced in 2003. The carrier would stay the same size for a few more years before a rapid retirement of most of the fleet in the late 2000s and a decision from Northwest to end it's cargo operation at the end of the 2009 calendar year after the Holiday rush marked the end of Northwest Cargo's 25 year history. The fleet has been painted: FAIB 747-200 by Ranmori Scythe (HD), and Investing in Pacific Trade by Chris Gorodetzky (FS2004 native): drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JuoT6xPQRu7VxXBp22vfnewaGXxeSaQJ?usp=sharing747-200F Scheduled Flights:  747-200F UPS Charters:  Download Northwest Airlines Cargo 1998 Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 25, 2018 23:13:11 GMT -5
//Tradewinds Air Cargo 1998 Tradewinds Air Cargo (1973 - Present) IATA: WI ICAO: TDX CALLSIGN: TRADEWINDS EXPRESS Tradewinds Air Cargo started flying in 1973 as Wrangler Aviation with Lockheed Constellations. Until 1981, it was a passenger airline for the first several years before becoming an all cargo carrier. In 1991, the name of the company was changed to Tradwinds Air Cargo after problems with federal regulators lead to a re-organization. The carrier notably operated a "swing tail" CL-44 up until the mid 1990s, which was joined by an L-1011. In 1998, Tradewinds was flying a single L-1011 in 1998, after having retired the CL-44 used in my previous 1995 plans. These plans are representative with a plausible route based on photo evidence, including Nagoya, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. A texture for the DWAI L-1011 is on Avsim as "waldron_l1011_tradewinds.zip", one day the HJG AI model will retire this DWAI version. L-1011:  Download Tradewinds Air Cargo 1998 Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 25, 2018 23:18:50 GMT -5
//Thai Cargo 1998 Thai Cargo (operated by Atlas Air) (1997-1999) IATA: TG ICAO: THAC CALLSIGN: THAI INTER Thai International Airways technically started flying dedicated freighters in the 1970s with DC-8s retired from the passenger fleet, however, this service was short lived. About 2 decades later, Thai would again dabble into the air cargo market, from 1997-1999. This very, very short lived Thai Cargo venture had a single 747-200 leased from Atlas Air. All data I could find suggested that, at least at one point, a sole Bangkok-Hong Kong route was operated along with another run out to Europe from Bangkok to Stockholm, Paris, and Frankfurt. As weather diversions into HKG were common and the aircraft made a few visits to Macau(MFM) these flightplans include a weekly diversion to MFM. A friend at Atlas was able to confirm that these flights used Thai flight numbers and callsigns. Routes and approximate times are real, but representative. The repaint for the FAIB 747-200F by Michael Pearson is on Avsim as "faib_747-200_tha_cargo.zip". 747-200F:  Download Thai Cargo 1998 Here |
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Post by chasensfo on Oct 25, 2018 23:36:31 GMT -5
//Volga Dnepr 1998 VI/VDA "VOLGA" Nothing too special here. I took the 1995 plans by @alec and simply edited them to fit repaints I found and to suit the 1998 project by including additional flights to VHHX as well as a weekly overnight stay in RJAA for an An-124 with a long ground stay in Ukraine. Download Volga Dnepr 1998 Here |
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Post by wernerw on Oct 26, 2018 1:56:12 GMT -5
Thank you, but some links don't work, for example Lufthansa and Northwest.
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