Freighter Contracts
Hello all
I have long been interested in the night cargo business around Europe and the operations of the hubs, and flights into them. My question is do the integrators issue a tender of some description for flight routes or is it all done in-house so to speak?
I was curious as there are frequent changes in contracts for example the latest one I've seen was RAF-Avia's An26 being replaced between Leipzig and Ostrava with an ASL Ireland ATR72 (transferred itself from Switzerland/Farnair). Obviously this would be an upgrade in capacity and also aircraft age, now would RAF-Avia have been contracted for say 3 or 4 years and then when its up for renewal a new tender went out which ASL won? What happens when they need to up capacity in the middle of a contract?
Interestingly, ASL France are operating for Amazon at present, 6x a week with a B737-400F from Wroclaw-Doncaster-Kassel-Wroclaw - with rumours of further routes starting soon this may be one to keep an eye on!
Any more changes coming up soon?