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Mar 17, 2006 (newstodate): With the activation of the summer timetable 2006, Swiss WorldCargo ends its contract with MNG for full freighter cooperation on the routes between Zurich and Karachi, Riyadh and Istanbul.
-While the MNG operation had strategic value in allowing us to maintain Karachi online after termination of own flights in 2004, and demonstrating our ability to purchase and market capacity outside of the Swiss network, a pre-condition has always been a profitable operation, says Bernd Maresch, Swiss General Manager Marketing and PR.
-Despite several success stories during our cooperation with MNG, the cost of fuel has risen inexorably, and these costs have only partially been offset by surcharges. Therefore we will not extend the contract with MNG's A300 full-freighters beyond the end of the winter, he says.
-While the MNG operation had strategic value in allowing us to maintain Karachi online after termination of own flights in 2004, and demonstrating our ability to purchase and market capacity outside of the Swiss network, a pre-condition has always been a profitable operation, says Bernd Maresch, Swiss General Manager Marketing and PR.
-Despite several success stories during our cooperation with MNG, the cost of fuel has risen inexorably, and these costs have only partially been offset by surcharges. Therefore we will not extend the contract with MNG's A300 full-freighters beyond the end of the winter, he says.