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Jul 31, 2007 (newstodate): There is still a significant market for brokers in the military market despite the NATO/Volga-Dnepr cooperation, SALIS.
The contract between NATO member countries in the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution, SALIS, and Ruslan company was set up in February, 2006, and provides for the stationing of two AN-124 aircraft at Leipzig Halle Airport, while another four AN-124 aircraft will be allocated upon request as needed by the NATO and EU members of SALIS.
-SALIS has not affected our military brokering business significantly, says Ulf Gregersen, Aircontact, a Norwegian brokering agent in the market since 1962.
-SALIS is based on individual NATO countries' acquisition of AN-124 flying hours, and basically the NATO members are keen to reserve their limited AN-124 uplift volumes for emergency operations, while planned operations are mostly and more economically covered by contracting with brokers on market conditions.
-Also for countries like Sweden and Norway operationg in Northern Afghanistan that cannot be operated with AN-124 aircraft, the option remains commercial contracts via brokers mostly concerning IL-76 and AN-12 operations.
-Actually, the AN-124 operations based on flying time calculations are so costly that they are economically viable only when return loads can be achieved, which is not always the case.
-By contrast the C-17 project, if realised, will probably pose a much bigger threat to the brokering industry, says Mr Gregersen.
The contract between NATO member countries in the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution, SALIS, and Ruslan company was set up in February, 2006, and provides for the stationing of two AN-124 aircraft at Leipzig Halle Airport, while another four AN-124 aircraft will be allocated upon request as needed by the NATO and EU members of SALIS.
-SALIS has not affected our military brokering business significantly, says Ulf Gregersen, Aircontact, a Norwegian brokering agent in the market since 1962.
-SALIS is based on individual NATO countries' acquisition of AN-124 flying hours, and basically the NATO members are keen to reserve their limited AN-124 uplift volumes for emergency operations, while planned operations are mostly and more economically covered by contracting with brokers on market conditions.
-Also for countries like Sweden and Norway operationg in Northern Afghanistan that cannot be operated with AN-124 aircraft, the option remains commercial contracts via brokers mostly concerning IL-76 and AN-12 operations.
-Actually, the AN-124 operations based on flying time calculations are so costly that they are economically viable only when return loads can be achieved, which is not always the case.
-By contrast the C-17 project, if realised, will probably pose a much bigger threat to the brokering industry, says Mr Gregersen.