Total Cargo's newest Boeing 737-400 received a new paint job at the Digex Hangar located in São José dos Campos. The aircraft ed PS-TLA should enter into operation in the next few days. The aircraft was ed by Wagner Lucio.
After going through the nationalization and regularization process with ANAC for a few weeks, the PS-TLA is now ready to start its trajectory. The first route should depart from Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus.
According to the flights requested from ANAC, the Boeing 737-400 should depart Guarulhos at 16:40 pm on July 9, arriving in Manaus around 19:40 pm (local time). On the way back, the 737 will take off at 20:40 pm from the capital of Amazonas, arriving in São Paulo the following day at 01:20 am (local time). Flights may change without prior notice.
Previously this plane flew under the registration SP-LLG on the Polish airline LOT Polish. LOT was also the same company to operate this aircraft, which was manufactured in 1997.
The aircraft is the newest addition to the Brazilian cargo fleet. In addition to Total, the blue one, Sideral and Modern already use the 737F on cargo flights in Brazil.
Total recently took the opportunity to carry out a systems update on the company's old Boeing 727s, which may indicate the continuity of this aircraft model in the fleet.
Speaking of the fleet, Total intends to acquire two more ATRs, this time the 72-500 version, according to an interview by the president of Total Linhas Aéreas, Alfredo Mesiter, for the Solange's Black Box Blog.
