Originally Posted by
grounded27
It is called ACMI, I am surprised by the lack of knowledge on the subject. The airline is operating on the the WET lease of the customer, the customer has a certificate, the aircraft is chartered for aircrew,maintenance and insurance.. long standing standard of business. Buyer pays for all other associated fee's and files the flight plan, more importantly THEY pay for the fuel. Additionally if one could climb up the NLG of a MD11 they would have access to the E&E, if the dead guy was able to open the door an alert would be displayed (possible reason for diversion) though he would be fighting cabin pressure, possible to partially make his way into the #3 pack bay.
To me it seems to be quite obvious from all the reports that:
- the operating Carrier is Western Global (USA)
- the aircraft was leased to Allied Air (Nigeria) and flying under their flight number and callsign
- Customer was Network Airline Management
To get a clearer picture of the traffic right situation we would need to have more information on the traffic right agreement between Germany and South Africa. And - maybe even more important - the one between Germany and Zimbabwe. A more relaxed regulation in that agreement when it comes to third country cargo operators might give an explanation for the "tech stop" in Harare...