Originally Posted by
AF OneWire
Your argument is so sound that you have to turn to trying to insult people.
There is a reason that Lufthansa, Emirates and others have dedicated cargo operations. Maybe their management teams should go back to running lemonade stands.
Answer this question. Is ROI measured as "YES/NO"? If you answer correctly you'll understand my argument. In this industry you have to make the most money possible with your capital & labor. Making $100,000 on a cargo segment doesn't cut it when the same assets can make more flying passengers with belly cargo. As someone else rightfully pointed out, there are a lot of lower cost options in the cargo market. We can and will cherry pick high yield cargo when it makes sense. There's no way we'll operate a fleet of dedicated freighters.
FWIW we are not structurally the same as the carriers you mentioned. They can probably pull off freighter ops for the same reason they can operate A380s. You can find a detailed answer right from the source if you're really interested. The execs have been very open about our cargo business.