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Old 3rd Jun 2003, 04:20
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Big Time Charlie
 
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Same old nonsense with the freighter, same old nonsense with MSF, nothing ever seems to change. You are all absolutely correct about him, knows zero about anything, particularly how the cargo industry works.

With all due respect to Stephen Vella, anyone who knows anything about freighters will tell you that a converted A300 is not the best suited for the job (there are better options for many reasons) and some of the routes touted about (particularly in the Indian subcontinent) will have a very difficult time trying to meet the requirements of a freighter. You need to get people onboard who have experience of operating & marketing freighters, not a GM Commercial whose previous experience and current capabilities are questionable to say the least.

Having said that, marketed correctly it could make big money. A high proportion of profits (past & present) of a lot of the big and established carriers are made up of cargo revenues.

MSF.....busy achieving nothing as usual.
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