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May 26, 2016 (newstodate): This year's first quarter wasn't exactly smooth sailing for the Swedish/British cargo carrier West Atlantic, as seen from the company's Interim Report Q1, 2016.
-Operationally we were impacted by the tragic accident of one of our CRJ200PF operating over northern Sweden on January 8, which affected the under-eight tonnes fleets heavily. But we also experienced issues from the delayed delivery of our fifth Boeing 737-400F aircraft, unscheduled heavy maintenance and the delay in finalizing the transfer of the ATP fleet from UK to Swedish AOC, the report reads.
-The fleet dispatch regularity dropped to 98.2 percent as a consequence which was significantly below the long term target of 99 percent.
-We knew that the first quarter was going to be a rough one where we would have to adapt to a less utilized ATP fleet and closing down the Swedish mail operation, which stopped in December 2015, while simultaneously investing in the start-up of two Boeing 737 operations in France and placing the third Boeing 767 in service.
-These factors combined with the tragic accident, delayed aircraft and unscheduled maintenance has contributed to the lack of performance during the first quarter.
-Operationally we were impacted by the tragic accident of one of our CRJ200PF operating over northern Sweden on January 8, which affected the under-eight tonnes fleets heavily. But we also experienced issues from the delayed delivery of our fifth Boeing 737-400F aircraft, unscheduled heavy maintenance and the delay in finalizing the transfer of the ATP fleet from UK to Swedish AOC, the report reads.
-The fleet dispatch regularity dropped to 98.2 percent as a consequence which was significantly below the long term target of 99 percent.
-We knew that the first quarter was going to be a rough one where we would have to adapt to a less utilized ATP fleet and closing down the Swedish mail operation, which stopped in December 2015, while simultaneously investing in the start-up of two Boeing 737 operations in France and placing the third Boeing 767 in service.
-These factors combined with the tragic accident, delayed aircraft and unscheduled maintenance has contributed to the lack of performance during the first quarter.