How many watches Apple can ship in one aircraft

[sananpx]

Just for fun, let us guess how many watches Apple can ship in one flight. Assuming a 4x4 watch box Apple can fit 60 watches in one standard 12x20x16 packaging box. Now next one is little hard without knowing the cargo area of an aircraft and what percentage of it will be filled with Apple watches. Area of box dimension above is 2.21sqft. If cargo area is 15x6x60 ft, then total area is 540 soft. So it can fit 240 boxes.if Apple book 50% area then it is 120 x 60=7200 watches . NOT MUCH.

Anyone with better dimensions for aircraft? That can make lot of difference.

 

[dspalton]

Just for fun, let us guess how many watches Apple can ship in one flight. Assuming a 4x4 watch box Apple can fit 60 watches in one standard 12x20x16 packaging box. Now next one is little hard without knowing the cargo area of an aircraft and what percentage of it will be filled with Apple watches. Area of box dimension above is 2.21sqft. If cargo area is 15x6x60 ft, then total area is 540 soft. So it can fit 240 boxes.if Apple book 50% area then it is 120 x 60=7200 watches . NOT MUCH.

Anyone with better dimensions for aircraft? That can make lot of difference.

would not be the aircraft as such but the ULD (universal logistics devices) they use for them.
PAG/PMC/AKE/AQF.... the list and sizes goes on

Dave

 

[Vanilla Face]

Well there was a report of 195,000 iPhones on one aircraft, so I'd imagine it'd be about that.

 

[sananpx]

My initial estimate was too out. Just checked Internet and Cargo capacity of 747 is 24885sqftso about 200,000 watches seems more reasonable.

 

[dspalton]

My initial estimate was too out. Just checked Internet and Cargo capacity of 747 is 24885sqftso about 200,000 watches seems more reasonable.

would be highly unlikely for a 747F these days
most likely 777F

Dave

 

[Apfpilot]

would be highly unlikely for a 747F these days
most likely 777F

Dave

If it's FedEx bringing them over that's less likely since they have fewer in the fleet and it gets high priority first. MD-11 with a stop in ANC is my guess for FedEx. UPS will be a 747 without a doubt.

 

[dspalton]

If it's FedEx bringing them over that's less likely since they have fewer in the fleet and it gets high priority first. MD-11 with a stop in ANC is my guess for FedEx. UPS will be a 747 without a doubt.

U recon AeroLogic might be involved as upscale happens?

forgot UPS 747, not seen them for donkeys

 

[bbeagle]

Actually, only about 50. Angela Ahrendts has ordered these planes to do the shipping. This is why the watch shipments are so slow.

 

[Apfpilot]

U recon AeroLogic might be involved as upscale happens?

forgot UPS 747, not seen them for donkeys

Yeah UPS was 747less for a few years. I'd imagine even wager that AeroLogic will be involved in the lift to Europe.

 

[cmichaelb]

would not be the aircraft as such but the ULD (universal logistics devices) they use for them.
PAG/PMC/AKE/AQF.... the list and sizes goes on

Dave

Great point about the ULD.

 

[Bazooka-joe]

I am sure that Tim can accommodate a few watches on his private Lear jet

 

[AJT-au]

If it's FedEx bringing them over that's less likely since they have fewer in the fleet and it gets high priority first. MD-11 with a stop in ANC is my guess for FedEx. UPS will be a 747 without a doubt.

Based on cargo capacity alone, a MD-11 could carry more than 500,000 watches. However, they might have to carry less than that because of the amount of fuel they need.

 

[TimUSCA]

Well there was a report of 195,000 iPhones on one aircraft, so I'd imagine it'd be about that.

Have you seen the unboxing? The Apple Watch boxes look almost twice the size of the iPhone box. Looks huge to me.

 

[Apfpilot]

I am sure that Tim can accommodate a few watches on his private Lear jet

Apple doesn't have a Lear. I'm not sure what they use for their own lift nowadays (they were chartering for a while.)

SJ had a G550 that is now Laurene's (although i think her foundation is listed as the registrant.)

 

[5684697]

Apple doesn't have a Lear. I'm not sure what they use for their own lift nowadays (they were chartering for a while.)

SJ had a G550 that is now Laurene's (although i think her foundation is listed as the registrant.)

Jony Ives bought the gulf stream...after all, it's made of "al eyoo minn ee yum..."

 

[Switchback666]

Well there was a report of 195,000 iPhones on one aircraft, so I'd imagine it'd be about that.

I remember last year a guy here made a thread with pictures of him with a cargo full of iPhones

 

[Vanilla Face]

I remember last year a guy here made a thread with pictures of him with a cargo full of iPhones

He probably got canned for that.

 

[foxkoneko]

not enough

 

[kycophpd]

I wont speak directly to Apple to avoid any issues but as someone who works with shipping, keep in mind that UPS volume for next day and 2 day air takes priority so sometimes shipments get bumped. Also, when it comes to shipping on plane or by truck and rail, there is a cap generally on how much they will put in one load for insurance purposes.