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HPRamper wrote:I'd also add I see no need to exclude Amazon and DHL from this thread from an airfleet standpoint. They are both major players the same as FX and 5X and as we saw this peak, there is so much interplay among them with the charter carriers like Atlas and Kalitta. They are all large pieces of the same cargo-moving puzzle.
CX747 wrote:All of the Aerotranscargo 747s are operational and find themselves working between Europe and Asia.
National's N756CA is preparing to blast out of the Former British Colony of Hong Kong for Anchorage.
WGN's N344KD aka Forty Fo is resting in ICN for about 48hrs. Maybe waiting for a slot into China.
Anyone have eyes on our DC-8F?
HPRamper wrote:re: increased Western Global flying for FedEx, I didn't have the chance to check today but if Atlas ops have wrapped up, it makes sense that WG jumped in on those routes. USPS volume has still not tapered off, my ramp alone had additional postal charters nearly every day this week, from 757 to MD10 in size.
wjcandee wrote:HPRamper wrote:re: increased Western Global flying for FedEx, I didn't have the chance to check today but if Atlas ops have wrapped up, it makes sense that WG jumped in on those routes. USPS volume has still not tapered off, my ramp alone had additional postal charters nearly every day this week, from 757 to MD10 in size.
Which explains why it took until 1/8 for a Priority Mail 2-Day Envelope that I mailed at the Post Office on 1/2 to be delivered to Tennessee.
USAirKid wrote:wjcandee wrote:HPRamper wrote:re: increased Western Global flying for FedEx, I didn't have the chance to check today but if Atlas ops have wrapped up, it makes sense that WG jumped in on those routes. USPS volume has still not tapered off, my ramp alone had additional postal charters nearly every day this week, from 757 to MD10 in size.
Which explains why it took until 1/8 for a Priority Mail 2-Day Envelope that I mailed at the Post Office on 1/2 to be delivered to Tennessee.
Geez. I wonder where the bottleneck is?
If it’s a lack of air cargo capacity, at this point you might as well just truck the stuff since you wouldn’t lose much space.
The was pondering if they could do extra charters, like perhaps bring on UPS on Friday and Saturday when their fleet is down, or pull on passenger airlines just for the belly freight.
USAirKid wrote:wjcandee wrote:HPRamper wrote:re: increased Western Global flying for FedEx, I didn't have the chance to check today but if Atlas ops have wrapped up, it makes sense that WG jumped in on those routes. USPS volume has still not tapered off, my ramp alone had additional postal charters nearly every day this week, from 757 to MD10 in size.
Which explains why it took until 1/8 for a Priority Mail 2-Day Envelope that I mailed at the Post Office on 1/2 to be delivered to Tennessee.
Geez. I wonder where the bottleneck is?
If it’s a lack of air cargo capacity, at this point you might as well just truck the stuff since you wouldn’t lose much space.
The was pondering if they could do extra charters, like perhaps bring on UPS on Friday and Saturday when their fleet is down, or pull on passenger airlines just for the belly freight.
gdavis003 wrote:OB-2059-P back in action today with a round trip to Santo Domingo, DR. Like clockwork. Don't remember Santo Domingo being a previous destination though, seems to usually go a bit further south in the Caribbean/South America, unless it's Managua
gdavis003 wrote:OB-2059-P back in action today with a round trip to Santo Domingo, DR. Like clockwork. Don't remember Santo Domingo being a previous destination though, seems to usually go a bit further south in the Caribbean/South America, unless it's Managua
747classic wrote:Etihad 777F A6-DDA was flown at Jan 2th to New Iberia (ARA) after operated on behalf of FedEx during the peak.
The aircraft has been purchased by FedEX : a FedEx livery will be applied at Aviation Exteriors Louisiana (AvEx) after (conformity) maintenance.
The aircraft will be listed in the FAA registry with the registration N840FD. ( already reserved by FedEx)
Aircraft data : 777-FFX, L/N 939, C/N 39682, A6-DDA, F/F 12 Jun 2011, Del 21 Jun 2011.
747classic wrote:Etihad 777F A6-DDA was flown at Jan 2th to New Iberia (ARA) after operated on behalf of FedEx during the peak.
The aircraft has been purchased by FedEX : a FedEx livery will be applied at Aviation Exteriors Louisiana (AvEx) after (conformity) maintenance.
The aircraft will be listed in the FAA registry with the registration N840FD. ( already reserved by FedEx)
Aircraft data : 777-FFX, L/N 939, C/N 39682, A6-DDA, F/F 12 Jun 2011, Del 21 Jun 2011.
CALMSP wrote:747classic wrote:Etihad 777F A6-DDA was flown at Jan 2th to New Iberia (ARA) after operated on behalf of FedEx during the peak.
The aircraft has been purchased by FedEX : a FedEx livery will be applied at Aviation Exteriors Louisiana (AvEx) after (conformity) maintenance.
The aircraft will be listed in the FAA registry with the registration N840FD. ( already reserved by FedEx)
Aircraft data : 777-FFX, L/N 939, C/N 39682, A6-DDA, F/F 12 Jun 2011, Del 21 Jun 2011.
I thought this was strange when I read about this. Given such a large demand for cargo right now, wonder why EY would dump something that can make them money.
UA flew a 789 cargo only flight ATL-FRA last night.
Delta28L wrote:DHL orders 8 more 777Fs
Atlas orders 4 more 747-8Fs
Delta28L wrote:DHL orders 8 more 777Fs
747classic wrote:Delta28L wrote:DHL orders 8 more 777Fs
Source for this 2021 order ?
Delta28L wrote:Atlas orders 4 more 747-8Fs
wjcandee wrote:Delta28L wrote:Atlas orders 4 more 747-8Fs
That's UPS's loss, as their new bean-counter CEO from outside the company took a pass on them, and then bragged about it.
Each to their own, I guess.
Glad Atlas stepped up, and that the frames will be built.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlas-ai ... 00187.html
UPS Pilot wrote:wjcandee wrote:Delta28L wrote:Atlas orders 4 more 747-8Fs
That's UPS's loss, as their new bean-counter CEO from outside the company took a pass on them, and then bragged about it.
Each to their own, I guess.
Glad Atlas stepped up, and that the frames will be built.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlas-ai ... 00187.html
Figures.... Bought Lufthansa MD-11's when the MD-11 fleet was to start retracting but passes on additional 748's. The tripping over quarters to pick up nickels mentality is strong in this one.
UPS Pilot wrote:wjcandee wrote:Delta28L wrote:Atlas orders 4 more 747-8Fs
That's UPS's loss, as their new bean-counter CEO from outside the company took a pass on them, and then bragged about it.
Each to their own, I guess.
Glad Atlas stepped up, and that the frames will be built.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlas-ai ... 00187.html
Figures.... Bought Lufthansa MD-11's when the MD-11 fleet was to start retracting but passes on additional 748's. The tripping over quarters to pick up nickels mentality is strong in this one.
wjcandee wrote:UPS Pilot wrote:wjcandee wrote:
That's UPS's loss, as their new bean-counter CEO from outside the company took a pass on them, and then bragged about it.
Each to their own, I guess.
Glad Atlas stepped up, and that the frames will be built.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlas-ai ... 00187.html
Figures.... Bought Lufthansa MD-11's when the MD-11 fleet was to start retracting but passes on additional 748's. The tripping over quarters to pick up nickels mentality is strong in this one.
Y'all must love this one.
From the Fortune article about her coming out of retirement, an important initiative is: "How we can introduce technology to eliminate the people tasks?" If Bezos said it that directly, they'd be standing with pitchforks in front of Amazon facilities.
Or this about bedrock principles: "Our brand relevance—and relevance is about doing good, be it our approach to social justice, or philanthropy, or diversity and inclusion." To me, brand relevance is mostly about reliably delivering stuff at a fair price, but whatever.
Or quoting Alinsky, even if she doesn't know it -- yikes!: “A crisis is a terrible opportunity to waste.”
https://fortune.com/longform/ups-ceo-ca ... depot-cfo/
It's not all terrible -- she's a smart politician. Touch all the constituencies when speaking. But sometimes, just running a good, solid operation and being fair with your employees goes a long way to affecting all the other metrics people want to talk about.
Delta28L wrote:DHL orders 8 more 777Fs
Atlas orders 4 more 747-8Fs
UPS Pilot wrote:Remember this ad? That ship has sailed. https://youtu.be/J4bdiVn6NYg
jreeves96 wrote:Delta28L wrote:DHL orders 8 more 777Fs
Atlas orders 4 more 747-8Fs
They have not said who is gonna operate these batch.
We are still pending delivery of 4 from the original order of 14 back in 2018.
I would say it sounds about right....
I'm gonna place a bet and say...
AeroLogic gets 4 777s.
Southern gets 2.
Kalitta gets 2.
Spacepope wrote:Youtube popped this kinda long spotting video up at MIA. It catches the Skybus DC-8 at about 5:10 in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTMcS8k3Dr4
wjcandee wrote:But our Gal was the best thing on there!!!
She was back in the air today, flying MIA-BGI-SVD-MIA. So a good day.
MO11 wrote:wjcandee wrote:But our Gal was the best thing on there!!!
She was back in the air today, flying MIA-BGI-SVD-MIA. So a good day.
Noticed today that Titan Airways received DOT authority to operate subservice between the US and the Caribbean, Central America, South America on behalf of Amerijet. Didn't say whether it would be a 737 or A321. This may also mean the days of the DC-8 are numbered.
wjcandee wrote:MO11 wrote:wjcandee wrote:But our Gal was the best thing on there!!!
She was back in the air today, flying MIA-BGI-SVD-MIA. So a good day.
Noticed today that Titan Airways received DOT authority to operate subservice between the US and the Caribbean, Central America, South America on behalf of Amerijet. Didn't say whether it would be a 737 or A321. This may also mean the days of the DC-8 are numbered.
Or they're just replacing the constantly-breaking Doug and IFL 727s. Also, I thought you thought that the DC8 was working for StratAir? I notice that one of the Doug 727s that is flying South isn't using an Amerijet flight number, and so may be flying for whomever the Doug 733 is flying for, or somebody else entirely.
OR...what's going on is that DHL for some reason wants Amerijet to fly more routes for it. Probably price as a big factor. Amerijet doesn't have the metal to do it right now, but would love the DHL business. Maybe they're locking it in by getting subservice from Titan.
wjcandee wrote:MO11 wrote:wjcandee wrote:But our Gal was the best thing on there!!!
She was back in the air today, flying MIA-BGI-SVD-MIA. So a good day.
Noticed today that Titan Airways received DOT authority to operate subservice between the US and the Caribbean, Central America, South America on behalf of Amerijet. Didn't say whether it would be a 737 or A321. This may also mean the days of the DC-8 are numbered.
OR...what's going on is that DHL for some reason wants Amerijet to fly more routes for it. Probably price as a big factor. Amerijet doesn't have the metal to do it right now, but would love the DHL business. Maybe they're locking it in by getting subservice from Titan.