There's no money in freight!!

[Redstone]

Rumour has it at QF that the board is looking seriously at purchasing two 744 freighters. If this is true, some could quite literately be flying rubber dog $hit out of Hong Kong in the not to distant future.

[TopperHarley]

Arent QF currently operating a few freight services day into SYD ??

Using Polar/Global 744's I think.

[argusmoon]

Atlas Air provide the wet leases for most of QF freight services.See the IASC website for the info.
www.iasc.gov.au

[Redstone]

Could be wrong but I think it's about 12 Atlas flights a week wet leased. Coming in chocked and leaving empty......... speaks volumes in terms of balance of payments.

[TIMMEEEE]

Redstone.

I think you may find that what we export from Australia on aircraft are typically seafood/fresh produce/medicines/smaller industrial items and chemicals etc.
Things with a shelf life typically

What we manufacture/export in this country goes very well on a container ship or tanker and most are not appropriate for aircraft.

Just because we dont send it offshore by jet doesnt mean we're not exporting.

[Redstone]

Yes Timmeee, it was a throw away line and a sarcastic attempt at humour. Never the less, QF has built up quite an operation in freight these days, it doesn't seem that long ago that a certain CEO was dead against freight citing the lack of money to be made while Singapore and MAS et all were beating a steady path into Sydney.