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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by pasta on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:43AM (#13316174)
It depends. A big airplane can carry like 20,000 kg total. This is the weight that fits in most containers.

So its the airfreight cost vs the waiting cost.

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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by csiegert on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:50AM (#13318652)
A big airplane can carry a lot more than 20,000 kg (20 metric tons) total. The Antonov An-225 Mriya can carry a payload of 200 tons for 4000 km[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#Specifica...

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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by mattkrause on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @10:39AM (#13319103)
There is exactly one of those planes in existence.

That said, I think someone is considering (re)starting production.

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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by sbierwagen on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:22AM (#13316347)
An airframe isn't going to fit inside an ISO container
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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by hueving on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:42AM (#13316446)
Who said anything about putting an airframe in a container?
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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by sbierwagen on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:26PM (#13320734)
We discover here the perils of commenting right before you fall asleep.
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Re:First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lif... by jessaustin on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:16PM (#13321173)
You weren't wrong...
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