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quote:Originally posted by Skol
The unfortunate Morrie Davis made the statement many years ago that "there's no money in freight".
Since that time freight airlines have boomed but AIR has never got into it, except outsource a freighter and crews from other operators. Why would an airline do that when it must be cheaper to do it itself, it has crews, it has aircraft, could convert an older one to a freighter using its own expertise? (Before they sacked hundreds of engineers).
No overheads. No cabin crew, no hotel rooms, no transport for cabin crew, no check-in staff, no lounges, etc. etc. etc.
NZ is an exporting nation, we rely on export of perishable cargo to markets like Oz, Japan, US.
If you are looking for common sense to prevail you are in the wrong place. macdunk