AAR's Nordisk Aviation Products recently announced that it has received orders for nearly 400 lightweight air cargo containers and pallets from Xiamen Airlines for its first Boeing 787-8 aircraft.
Nordisk ULDs are currently the lightest in the industry, and will save the airline, which is based in the Fujian Province of China, a minimum 350 tonnes of fuel a year and reduce its CO2 emissions by more than 1,200 tonnes.
Nordisk's Lite product line includes the Nordisk UltraLite, the world's first certified LD3 container with a standard configuration weighing only 55 kilogrammes; the Nordisk TwinLite; and the Nordisk AluLite: all offer significant weight and fuel savings over traditional aluminium models.
