Originally Posted by
Bagso
Suzeman
If as you say the Cargologic 747 has indeed appeared at STN is this not a real worry ?
Do you feel this because of a commercial decision by the operator Volga Denepra ?
It just seems very odd as industry media suggested opening new routes direct to importers /exporters in the
N West !
I say this as obviously with STN being MAG owned the benefits of a 747 operation to MAG as a company are transparent whether it operates from STN MAN EMA or BOH ... you might argue they are not bothered!
BUT if you are a freight forwarder in Manchester surely you are very much bothered !!!
IF it is true that Cargologicair is to be based at STN, I'm sure that the decision will have been made by the operator after discussing things with MAG and who knows what the deal is. But see Shed's excellent post 3760 of 4th December for a possible explanation. I'm sure MAG will have a strategy for freight and as you say, the Group gets the business wherever they go, so it may suit them to have it operate from STN for a number of reasons.
Cargologicair haven't as far as I know, ever said where they were going to operate from - it was just speculation by the media possibly based on some inside gen at the time.
I'm sure freight forwarders in the NW won't be too bothered - to use these services, they'll just deliver their freight to one of the transit shed operators at MAN who will consolidate it to get a good rate and truck it down to STN. Just like a considerable volume of freight does now. Adds a bit of time to the transit but that isn't a major consideration most of the time nowadays. And if it's wanted quickly, you have the integrators at EMA.
A study some while ago suggested that the volume of air freight passing through the airport's transit sheds was half as much again as that which actually flew in and out of MAN, the remainder being trucked in and out and never going near an aircraft at MAN. Add to that as well unknown volumes that were going past the door on trucks to be consolidated elsewhere and there's a large amount of airfreight to and from the North of England.
And lots of options available to Northern shippers too about how to send it depending on time and importantly cost. Plenty of belly-hold options from MAN already and more to come, with trucking a viable and cost effective option for other types of freight.
Isn`t their UK operation head office at Stansted, I have thought it very unlikely to start at MAN and not have flights from where there base is
Pelican were based at MAN but after a handful of flights upped sticks to guess where - STN - but their head office remained at MAN for quite a while. But then that was a long long time ago...
