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Sep 7, 2006 (newstodate): NATO's contract, signed in December, 2005, with Antonov Airlines and Volga-Dnepr for AN-124-100 uplift capacity changed, but did not erase, the market for aircraft brokers.
-A big volume was certainly taken off the free brokering market by the contract, but there is still a significant potential to go for, says Christian Juul Moller, Aircontact Norway.
-The AN-124 are stationed at Leipzig, and all operations under the contract start and end there. If the transportation comprises a large shipment to, say, Kabul it will make sense cost-wise. But if the job comprises smaller shipments or shipments to sites not useable for AN-124 requirements the IL-76 may still be a better solution, and in this case only the actual leg is paid for by the customer. This is still a broker's business case.
-Many military operations also develop over time, starting out from major sites and airports, and later spreading out to regions further away which also requires cargo support by IL-76 or AN-12 operations.
-So while the market has changed, much business still remains, and this requires experienced brokering, says Mr Juul Moller.
So far this year, Aircontact has fetched contracts, including ACMI and both military and civilian work, worth some NOK 180 mio, which is a record and bodes for an all-time high annual result in 2006.
-A big volume was certainly taken off the free brokering market by the contract, but there is still a significant potential to go for, says Christian Juul Moller, Aircontact Norway.
-The AN-124 are stationed at Leipzig, and all operations under the contract start and end there. If the transportation comprises a large shipment to, say, Kabul it will make sense cost-wise. But if the job comprises smaller shipments or shipments to sites not useable for AN-124 requirements the IL-76 may still be a better solution, and in this case only the actual leg is paid for by the customer. This is still a broker's business case.
-Many military operations also develop over time, starting out from major sites and airports, and later spreading out to regions further away which also requires cargo support by IL-76 or AN-12 operations.
-So while the market has changed, much business still remains, and this requires experienced brokering, says Mr Juul Moller.
So far this year, Aircontact has fetched contracts, including ACMI and both military and civilian work, worth some NOK 180 mio, which is a record and bodes for an all-time high annual result in 2006.