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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.

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].

There is exactly one of those planes in existence.

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

An airframe isn't going to fit inside an ISO container

Who said anything about putting an airframe in a container?

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