UK Cargo Airlines?
Hi all,
This is a very simple question but I am dying to find an answer as I cant get my head around it. Why are there so few cargo airlines based in the UK? Yes we have West Atlantic (don't pay well), DHL (no spaces at East Midlands for a long time apparently) and Air Contractors (again, pay poorly) but as far as I can tell that's it. How comes there are so many cargo airlines based in the USA and Germany but so few in the UK? Do cargo airlines tend not to do much cargo business from and to the UK?
Apologies if this has already been covered or is in the wrong section but I really want to find an answer. For people, such as myself, who are studying to become a pilot it feels as if i'm being pushed into having to either do PAX airline work in the UK or move abroad if I want to do SLF work. So why is this the case? I know that GSS had a contract with BA and were paying quite good but it was terminated, it seems unlikely that they will make a return by the looks of things so what does the future hold for cargo airlines in the UK?
Thanks to everyone in advance......