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The air cargo industry has expressed disappointment that Air France-KLM is to stick to its decision to ground its 747 combi aircraft.

Stan Wraight, president of Sasi and former head of cargo sales and marketing for KLM, wrote to Ben Smith, chairman AF-KLM Group, and Peter ...

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  • Donald Strand

    March 30, 2020 at 6:48 am

    So many experts telling KLM Cargo how important the combi is. The advice is offered from those without knowledge of the cost structure around the Combi. Commentary suggests that there is an opinion that shippers/forwarders are prepared to pay rates to keep this aircraft in the air. This is not the experience at all. Shippers and forwarders constantaly commoditize the combi capabilities and indeed DO NOT pay enough to keep the cargo orientated passenger aircraft flying.

    In the end there are huge capacities available via the integrators (FedEx, DHL, UPS) and also the globa freighter fleet. Dropping the hugely expensive 747 hardly impacts the global capability.

    This is rather naive, uninformed commentary and careless reporting.

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