Originally Posted by
OzzyOzBorn
Rather, you should ask why did they wilfully run down the perfectly good cargo operation which thrived at MAN as recently as 2008. There are people who leave behind a rich legacy in business. And there are others who leave disaster like this in their wake. Business mistakes need to be acknowledged with honesty and transparency. Then corrected. Defending failed strategy with religious zeal until your market share is decimated generally doesn't work out well from a business perspective.
I think you need to look a little closer at how cargo only operations have changed over the last 10-20 years. Of those that used MAN - China Airlines have reduced from 21 to 18 744Fs; Lufthansa are in the final stages of removing their MD11 fleet, with the number of 777Fs replacing them far fewer, Cathay’s freight only operation (which now also incorporates Air Hong Kong) disappeared as part of their wider consolidation, but that has been replaced by the (probably greater) under floor space on the daily pax flights. Great Wall folded, as did the Singapore-based outfit whose names escapes me. Of course others have been and gone for different reasons over the years, but it’s the air freight business that has changed in the main, and not much to do with MAN discouraging anything.
Maybe the extra Chinese flights over the next few weeks will calm you a little!