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Precisely what description of cargo are Cargolux B747's going to be flying-in that needs to be in the London Markets so PDQ, how many B747's per day is that likely to warrant, where shall they be flying in from and what description of backloads shall they be flying out of Manston or another not so far away airport> I recall when the there was a problem shipping across the channel, I can't recall if the cause was the French ports blockade or the Channel Tunnel fire, but then the major food chains were making contingencies of such as, turboprops, B737's or similar freighters out of the likes of CQF & OST to UK, not B747's!
But the air freight industry works on backloads, one way traffic and the other way ferry flying makes for very expensive cargo, backloads out of Kenya are flowers, out of Ghana pineapples, so any freighters dropping off anywhere in the vicinity of those drops in to pick-up a backload of flowers or pineapples, what backloads are there to be had out of Manston?
And with London taken care of what about feeding the rest of the country and what about all the other Manston freighter arrivals of one per 74 minutes?
And, let's say, Manston has a night curfew until 0600L, what time allowing for unloading then reloading on to trucks, less than desirable roads, morning rush hour, unloading and sorting, how is it going to make it to a London morning market?