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

There were no deliveries of the 767 in its military tanker or freighter models, and also none for the 787 passenger jet.

From Seattle Times

A battered wooden freighter carrying 356 Haitian migrants ran aground in the Florida Keys on Sunday in what authorities described as one of the largest smuggling events in years involving a single boat.

From Washington Post

Air freighters needed a workaround — and grounded passenger planes provided one.

From Seattle Times