OzJet Takeover
 

There are Rumours around that OZjet has a new owner, anyone got some news?

That should make the good guys a gals in OZjet happy. :ok:

Heavylift i believe...

APNG actually.

dont believe these rumours yet!

Red Bull again????:rolleyes:

HeavyLift Cargo Airline Pty Ltd Australias Largest International cargo airline has purchased OZJet at 5pm Friday afternoon in an all cash transaction. This takes the combined fleet to ten aircraft.
I believe SKY AIR WORLD have been bagging OZ Jet. The new owner said they will beat any SAW charter rate and run them off the Honiara route with SOL AIR ?

The crews that left OZ for SAW might want to have a long hard think ?

THE HUNTED BECAME THE HUNTER ?????????????????????????? :cool:

This will be interesting. A flag of convenience operator now having to deal with CASA and CASA having to deal with them. While they will probably keep the Ozjet entity it won't stop CASA being able to now influence the other Heavylift Ops.

I'm interested to see if CASA develop some spine. How you have a permanently based foreign operator in Australia has me beat. Makes a laughing stock of having Australian standards and Regulations.

Unless they are going to remove the B737 off the Australian register and operate them only internationally the current arrangement for Heavylift won't work.

Hope it all works out for the Ozjet boys and girls, however if it doesn't, I probably haven't seen a better time for opportunities for jobs. Good luck! Can't help but feel it may be needed.

??????
 

More rubbery rules?

Rudder,

I checked the Australian DOT/IASC data and HeavyLift is designated by Australia as scheduled and charter all cargo Australian Airline.
USA, China, Europe, PNG,Solomons,Nauru, New Zealand,Vanuatu etc.

I hear two B757Fs or QCs for domestic. That will please the OZ B737/2 crews.

Norfolk Island?
 

So do heavylift simply own Ozjet, and the operation rumbles on, or do parts of Ozjet flying, like NLK, come into play.

I keep hearing Our Airline linked to NLK.

Mind you, that may be the cargo cult members in the Norfolk Island Administration.

Nick LEACH funded cash to HeavyLift Cargo Airlines to buy OZ Jet the entire company , routes, AOC, aircraft , paid the debt and all will truck on . The HeavyLift guys will help turn the ship ( OZ Jet ) around. There maybe new equipment like QCs which will help lower costs for both operators. HVY can now add a couple of B757QC or B737-300 QCs to fly domestic so the cargo guys ( HeavyLift ) can fly domestic freight when the pax guys ( OZ Jet ) are sleeping at night. The HVY International and outsized operation will remain. There is a long term deal with Solomons and pax traffic rights coming for Noumea and PNG all current HeavyLift ports.
All ten aircraft 6 HVY and 4 OZ are owned nil debt or loans beats a leased operator all day long.
HVY have extensive ground equipment and engineering and many new jobs will be advertised next Friday including Engineers and Engineering managers, tech crew B737 and B727, cabin crew , station managers etc.

HVY have plenty ( $$$ ) and play hardball for keeps, so the carriers and people whom spoke ill about OZ Jet prior to the purchase may want to pull their heads in going forward now it has a big brother.

Ill be back in the B727-200F tomorrow, until then gear up..

:ok:

Do the OZ jet guys/girls who want to remain in PER get to do so or do they do they have to move east?
I guess time will tell.

Hi Heavy,

I have been watching your posts over the last couple of days and today I decide to bit.....

You mention that Heavy lift has brought out Ozjet - no objections there, HL [heavy lift] already have a nice operation out of Australia abeit on foreign registrations.... so it seems we may again see more 727's on the Australia register, no objections here :ok:

You mention that would be some Boeing 757-200QC operations, but where are they getting them from?????

FED - EX / UPS are snapping up all 757-200QC / PF aircraft on the market and the same way for pax aircraft there is absolute no availablility..... [abeit wet lease / acmi] [for those who see 'sale' these aircraft need major funds to be spent on the aircraft]

You also mention that they would obtain B737-300QC's, nice but to replace four 732's with 733QC you would be looking at US$20million a piece per aircraft!!!!!

Don't forget HL have advertised that they would be getting a DC-10 / 747 for some years now.........

I just wish HL well [if the heavylift has actually brought out Ozjet, no press release has been issued]

Nobhead,

Yeh spoke with him and crews will do as they wish same as we do at HeavyLift. His wife us to fly with some of the OZ Girls in BNE/PER when they were at Alitalia. I think the girls are sorting over lunch ?

SKYSTAR 320,

The DC10s are N323FE and N326FE parked up in Phoenix. I think they were bought for USD 6.0M for both and when fuel went up sold engines for 7.0M ??? so technicaly they had them but did not operate and made some money if that helps ?
I understand OZ are waiting for Stoddart tomorrow in Mel for the press.Staff memo went out ?

There will be no more B727s in either fleet OZ/HN as the 727 burns to much. I think there is a lot of DELTA/NORTHWEST and US Air 757s coming up which can be converted and his mate owns a bunch. The -300QC or -400 pax are being talked about for OZ. The OZ airplanes will probably get washed , tidied up next week. He hates dirty airplanes ?
HVY have 2 x 727-100s which have same pallet space as -300QC but 727/1 lifts more weight 21,000kgs ?

:ok:

Sorry to spoil the fun:

N326FE & N326FE are both DC-10-40 aircraft and are currently in active service with Fed-ex

Nope - Delta had a couple up for sale with leaseback and two for sale [hightimed and expensive to run model's - required a major D-Check] As far as I know all the major US carriers are keeping the 757's as they fit nicely into the fleet

Boeing 737-400's eh? Wow - once again where you getting those from? Currently only really two for sale, though they went under deposit lastweek........

Sounds all too complicated if you can spill the beans on the operations and your only a 727 pilot....

Skystar DC10-30s CF6 Google the regos in United colours were lease to FX and you will see the pictures of them parked up in Phoenix. The world is a big place with plenty of planes ?
No just a pilot check and training too ?????????

Seems you r getting angry your not from SAW are you ?:ugh:

Nah, sorry aint getting angry [apologise if its coming across that way] and nope, got nothing to do with SAW wouldnt touch with a 6ft barge pole

Googled N326FE

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1318/...8d0a1d9e_b.jpg

Ahhh, beauty personified...:p

Now that's an aeroplane, or airplane as the cousins say!:ok:

brand new, just off the factory floor

Heavy,

The IASC/DOTR allocation of capacity or charter approvals is a completely seperate issue to having an Australian AOC which HeavyLift don't have. The allocation of rights is about Australian Control and from what I know the Leachs' are at least Australian.

As I have said it will now be interesting to see how this is handled from both CASA's and HeavyLifts point of view. There will be some fun and games (and Fireworks) if past experience is anything to go by.

In regards some of your other comments I assume you are espousing HeavyLifts opinion as to how they will treat the competition. While I can understand the seige mentality it's not a good look and does not bode well for the future. I don't know any of the HeavyLift people but do know quite a few Ozjet people who are quality individuals and can only think that you could get crushed in the rush as they get out of there.

However like I have said. Good luck to the Ozjet boys and girls. I hope it works out for everyone.

Personally, I'm an L1011 man myself Howard, but I can appreciate that the finer points of the three holers are lost on some.....:hmm:


;)

I agree those aircraft are in Phoenix but my records [abeit I can be wrong] state's that these aircraft are owned by FED-EX not heavylift

Hey Skystar,

I thought you had suffered from laryngitis, keep feeling special with that pen of yours!!.


Back to subject, so does Oz still have the Norfolk contract or did it get sold to ON prior to the HVY buyout. What about the Solair connection, did that survive.

Hear that another Captain has left. Makes 5 in the last few months. Must get expensive maintain the Flight Ops if current 73-2 guys are leaving.

Anyway all the best to those hanging in, hope it works for you guys.

As they say happiness is the front LH seat of an L1011:O

The sale include's everything + all the contracts

So far this is a single source rumour....., or has anybody detected some form of confirmation?? Press release?? :confused:

Skystar, wrong. Norfolk went to ON. Oz continues to operate it on ON's behalf.

Timber,

There might not be any press releases out there, but it is a total given that HVY now own OZ.

Skystar 320,

current contracts may be one thing but is NLK still a current contract. I heard that Our Airline picked that one up and wet leased it back to OZ, for the short term anyway (as short term as aviation is!!!!).

Nope, your wrong!!!!!!!!!! ;););););)

Skystar,
Nope from what I've heard (rgds NLK ops) NOPE your wong!!

Nope Capt Coco, Skystar is correct :)

Now, now chaps. Two Wongs don't make a wight!:=

Media release
 

MEDIA INFORMATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


MEDIA RELEASE – OzJet Airlines SOLD

Paul Stoddart announced today that he has sold his interest in the charter airline OzJet that he founded in 2005.

In a multi million dollar deal Heavylift Cargo airlines based in Sydney have acquired OzJet and it’s fleet of Boeing 737 Aircraft.

Stoddart says “ I am glad that OzJet will maintain it’s progress into a successful Schedule and specialist Charter airline – I wish them every success “.

Nick Leach (Heavylift and newly appointed OzJet Chairman) said “ I am delighted with the acquisition of OzJet and look forward to the synergies that can be achieved with our existing fleet of Boeing 727 Cargo aircraft. These are challenging times in the aviation sector but this development will strengthen both companies”.



MEDIA ENQUIRIES -
Willie O’Neill CEO, 0406 380 989

Synergies = pulling engines and common instrument & other bits etc off the B732's to keep the freighters running?

ON has norfolk run and have leased it back to ozjet until they get equipment to do it themselves.Mr Sumsum is still making up his mind.

Ozjet's scheduled ex PER route
 

Ozjet currently fly 2 or 3 flights to DPS a week out of PER in chartered schedule arrangement with Indojet. Holiday pax with many tickets issued for dates well into the future. Skystar do the ground service.
Is it just me or this at odds with a cargo operators normal business?
Has anyone any ideas about what Heavylift may have in store for the 737 200 op out of PER, considering it is a contract albeit not the firmest contract I've ever heard of.

66: they also run a fully scheduled RPT service Perth-Derby and return 3x weekly.