Boeing 757-200PF
The Package Freighter — a windowless 757 built for overnight parcels · First flight 1987 · In service 1987
Boeing announced the 757-200PF in December 1985 after UPS ordered 20 aircraft. Aimed at the overnight package market, it has a large upward-opening cargo door on the forward left side, a pilots' entry door next to it, and no cabin windows, passenger doors or emergency exits.
The main deck takes up to 15 containers or pallets — about 187 m³ — behind a rigid barrier, and the two lower holds add bulk space. The freighter entered service with UPS in September 1987, and UPS's extended-range aircraft carry extra fire suppression and an optional supplementary fuel tank.
Only 80 were built. Freight demand was later met by conversions: the 757-200SF, first delivered to DHL in March 2001, and FedEx's large programme of converted ex-passenger 757s.
