747-400F's to TNT
Let's hope they they stay away from hiring Belgium pilots though...
TNT to lease five 747-400Fs from Atlas. .London (18Feb02, 15:01 GMT, 113 words)
. .European express freight specialist TNT is to dry-lease up to five Boeing 747-400Fs from Atlas Air as the basis of a greatly expanded intercontinental operation, reports ATI sister publication Flight International.
The magazine says TNT intends to expand its Liege, Belgium base into a long-haul hub using Atlas’ “fractional lease” freighter programme. It already uses a single Atlas 747-400F on routes to Johannesburg and Lagos, linking into its core European night-time freight network of 54 cities served by British Aerospace BAe 146s.
TNT Airways managing director Niky Terzakis is quoted as saying Belgian certification of the 747-400F is underway to let TNT’s own pilots fly the type on its own air operator’s certificate.
. .Source: Air Transport Intelligence news