Cargo B

[cateye]

Anyone know what is happening with CargoB ? Last I heard they stopped flights to JNB and NBO until further notice ??

[Bae]

One of the two 747s will be in D-check for 2 months, that is the reason.

They will resume Africa flights in September.

[cateye]

So is it just a reduced frequency to Africa (NBO and JNB specifically) ?

[Bae]

That is right!

[Turbo-driver]

When is the 3rd aircraft arriving?

[Bae]

Should be in service on September 15th.

[cateye]

CargoB back into Africa ?

Saw an announcement that CargoB will return to Africa later this week... can anyone confirm this ? What routes ? when ??

[gtf]

3x FZAA FOOL HKJK FTTJ
2x FAJS

Service to begin as soon as the new 744 is ready (delivered yesterday)

[747Comet]

Two key backers have walked away from Cargo B. They have now been given some sort of backing from the Belgium govenment but have to move their base from BRU to LGG.

[gtf]

Government backing and the move were unrelated. In fact, the regional government that intervened to help Cargo B was opposed to the move (EBBR is within the jurisdiction of that government, EBLG is not), but Cargo B wants to operate 24/7 without restrictions, no longer an option at EBBR... Good thing Cargo B got their money before moving, else it would be Cargo Been Gone now.

[747guru]

Which backers pulled out of cargo b? Was it the japanese?

[ScootCargoOps]

Do we know how they got on with the first JNB flight? South and North bound?

[Charlie_Fox]

Full outbound, 60t inbound.

[747Comet]

Any one can fill an aircraft up if they offer silly rates.
Cargo B im sure have done this just to get as much cargo onboard as possible.
With the rates currently what they are in the market place I doubt very much this flight made a profit.

[747Comet]

Cargo B have cancelled their second rotation in to Africa today. Im guessing they do not have enough freight to cover the cost?

[cateye]

Is that cancelling the 2nd rotation from the schedule completely or just for this week ?

[747Comet]

Well it is still showing on the Cargo B web site so lets see.

[ScootCargoOps]

any news on the w/end JNB svc? still op?

[744rules]

at this moment

cbb1701 scheduled 24may05 std 0500z dest lbv-jnb and back as 1702 via nbo

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