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Old 24th Aug 2016, 21:59
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If it has a commercial future at all I would suggest it will be in the ad hoc freight charter market. To get a ten ton+ single load from A to B at the moment could take days if not weeks to organise, especially if you have to wait for the Antonov. Transport from manufacturing base to airport, (road?), loading, unloading at destination and transport to required site will be complex and time consuming. An Airlander could probably do such a charter, say Manchester to Toulouse, cheaper and quicker. Is there likely to be a market to sustain a small fleet?
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