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Dec 07, 2010 (newstodate): The Danish charter carrier and ACMI provider, Jet Time is seeing brisk demand in the market and may consider adding more aircraft to the fleet in 2010.
In the fleet now are six Boeing 737-300 aircraft including one QC, and based on the experience from 2010 with a 20 percent growth in production the carrier may add one of two more Boeing aircraft in 2011.
Also under consideration is whether one of these new units should be a Quick Change-version aircraft.
-The crucial point is when we are able to take the next step in our cargo development, from pure ad-hoc operations to cargo operations including longer-term contracts with customers, says Steen Elmer Jensen, Jet Time Sales Manager, Special Charters ACMI & Cargo.
-So far we have been rather successful in the ad-hoc freighter market, and our Boeing 737-300QC is on a contract since September with TNT covering a daily flight between Malmo, in Sweden, and Liege. This contract runs till Christmas, and time will show if it will be extended beyond that.
-Capital costs for a QC aircraft is almost the same as for a passenger aircraft, while maintenance costs are higher. Due to a higher zero-fuel weight the aircraft also has a shorter range and cannot substitute for a passenger Boeing 737-300 on longer flights to e.g. the Canary Islands.
-So the issue of adding one more QC aircraft is a strategic decision which will depend on an appraisal of trends and potentials in the air cargo market. This issue is therefore still under consideration, says Mr Jensen.
In the fleet now are six Boeing 737-300 aircraft including one QC, and based on the experience from 2010 with a 20 percent growth in production the carrier may add one of two more Boeing aircraft in 2011.
Also under consideration is whether one of these new units should be a Quick Change-version aircraft.
-The crucial point is when we are able to take the next step in our cargo development, from pure ad-hoc operations to cargo operations including longer-term contracts with customers, says Steen Elmer Jensen, Jet Time Sales Manager, Special Charters ACMI & Cargo.
-So far we have been rather successful in the ad-hoc freighter market, and our Boeing 737-300QC is on a contract since September with TNT covering a daily flight between Malmo, in Sweden, and Liege. This contract runs till Christmas, and time will show if it will be extended beyond that.
-Capital costs for a QC aircraft is almost the same as for a passenger aircraft, while maintenance costs are higher. Due to a higher zero-fuel weight the aircraft also has a shorter range and cannot substitute for a passenger Boeing 737-300 on longer flights to e.g. the Canary Islands.
-So the issue of adding one more QC aircraft is a strategic decision which will depend on an appraisal of trends and potentials in the air cargo market. This issue is therefore still under consideration, says Mr Jensen.