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Oct 31, 2005 (newstodate): TNT has announced that its Express Division will lease two B747-400ERF freighters to start up a new direct service between Europe and China in 2006.
The aircraft will be leased for a period of ten years from the US-based aircraft leasing company Guggenheim Aviation Partners, and will be introduced into service in November 2006 and in June 2007.
-This step provides us with much needed additional capacity between China and Europe, where our volumes have grown by 35 per cent year-to-date, compared with 2004, says Peter Bakker, TNT CEO.
One aircraft will do four round trips per week between Shanghai and Liege, while the second will enable the company to increase the total number of weekly trips to five, and up to nine. Maximum aircraft utilisation will additionally be achieved by operating for third party partner airlines.
The aircraft will be leased for a period of ten years from the US-based aircraft leasing company Guggenheim Aviation Partners, and will be introduced into service in November 2006 and in June 2007.
-This step provides us with much needed additional capacity between China and Europe, where our volumes have grown by 35 per cent year-to-date, compared with 2004, says Peter Bakker, TNT CEO.
One aircraft will do four round trips per week between Shanghai and Liege, while the second will enable the company to increase the total number of weekly trips to five, and up to nine. Maximum aircraft utilisation will additionally be achieved by operating for third party partner airlines.