RickYHM From Canada, joined Jun 2004, 140 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2341 times:
Quote: Airport gets Cargojet boost
June 05, 2008, Eric McGuinness, The Hamilton Spectator
Cargojet will more than double the size of its maintenance hangar at a cost of $9 million, add two Boeing 767s and one 757 to its fleet of 14 smaller 727s, hire 50 to 100 more employees over the next 18 months and start the airport's first scheduled cargo service to Europe this fall.
Jamie Porteous, the Mississauga-based airline's executive vice-president of sales and service, revealed the plans at a one-day multimodal shipping conference held by Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada at LIUNA Station yesterday.
Seven-year-old Cargojet employs 300 pilots, maintenance engineers, avionics specialists and ground handling staff in Hamilton -- up from 120 in 2004 when it built a $4 million, 32,000-square-foot maintenance hangar for the 10 727s it then flew. It will now expand that to more than 72,000 square feet.
Porteous said 767s carry twice the volume and almost twice the weight, but use only 13 per cent more fuel. They also need only two pilots instead of three. "They're a good fit with our network because business has grown substantially."
Swissy From Switzerland, joined Jan 2005, 1734 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1894 times:
Good news for YHM
Quoting JRadier (Reply 4): Looks like it's worth paying YHM another visit!
For sure, I often think back when I was the first time @YHM 10 years ago..... and look were they are now..... on a very very little budged... and who knows were they would be IF WS would not have pulled all these flights out of YHM
Teneriffe77 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 423 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1807 times:
Speaking of YHM Hard to believe that just 15 years ago the only pax service they had was 4x USEX JS-31 service to PIT. It was weird in that you could take a scheduled flight to the US and yet not one to cnanada. Now there are only seasonal/charter flights to the US but there is scheduled flights to YOW, YEG, YHZ, YWG, YUL, YYC, and Moncton.
RickYHM From Canada, joined Jun 2004, 140 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1685 times:
This is all I have been able to find from March edition of YYZ News:
Quote: Kelowna Flightcraft ---are planning to operate a DC-10 out of Hamilton effective in early May on behalf of their main customer...Purolator Canada. No details available yet on the specific aircraft.
Quote: Cargojet 757 freighter ---has recently registered a converted passenger 757-236 ( msn 24792) recently flown by Thomsonfly (SE-DUO). The aircraft is currently undergoing freighter conversion at Flightstar Aircraft Services at Cecil Field (VQQ) in Jacksonville Florida, and is expected to be in service by late March or April.
Steelhead From Canada, joined Nov 2005, 78 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1681 times:
Until today none of these have arrived at YHM. What's going on with the CJT 757? Still under
conversion to freighter? Would make so much sense to switch a.s.a.p. with todays fuel prices.
Is Starjet still flying? I have seen one of their 727's parked at YHM for months with parts missing. Used for spares for the freighters?
YVRLTN From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 2084 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1644 times:
Quoting RickYHM (Reply 8): DC-10 out of Hamilton effective in early May on behalf of their main customer...Purolator Canada. No details available yet on the specific aircraft.
Cruiser From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 998 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1551 times:
I think that over time, we will see more cargo go through YHM and the passenger service will continue to gravitate towards YYZ. It makes sense and with the cost of oil, I am sure this will be the way of the future.
Leahy on Per Seat Costs: "Have you seen the B-2 fly-by at almost US$1bn a copy? It has only 2 seats!"
Fly_yhm From Canada, joined Dec 2000, 1661 posts, RR: 11 Reply 14, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1492 times:
Quoting Cruiser (Reply 12): I think that over time, we will see more cargo go through YHM and the passenger service will continue to gravitate towards YYZ. It makes sense and with the cost of oil, I am sure this will be the way of the future.
I don't doubt this ont eh Cargo side but I think that we will continue to see airlines add more passenger service at YHM especially as they are constantly working to expand the Terminal. As well with Citi Group owning a Share in YVRAS with owns YHM the money is going to be a a little easier to obtain for projects such as Terminal expansion and Rwy/Taxiway work.
Where will you spend eternity? He,s more real then you think!!!!!
Osiris30 From Barbados, joined Sep 2006, 3182 posts, RR: 26 Reply 15, posted (4 years 11 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1477 times:
Quoting Cruiser (Reply 12): I think that over time, we will see more cargo go through YHM and the passenger service will continue to gravitate towards YYZ. It makes sense and with the cost of oil, I am sure this will be the way of the future.
I think YHM will see a growth in PAX service too... if for no other reason than the costs of YYZ (let's ignore for the moment that YYZ is pretty close to fully grown now).
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