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Aircraft reliability and contractor dependability under the present CNF arrangement at Dayton does not appear to be a problem. Perhaps because of the recession and excess freighter capacity. But the key ingredient for long term subservice success is to built ACMI arrangements with as many subcontractors as possible, rather than to make an exclusive contract with a single carrier.
Instead of rebuilding its in-house airline unit, CNF is getting cheaper, more dependable services from a multitude of contractors who are outbidding each other for choice Emery routes.
