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Old 05-28-2010, 10:48 AM
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"Air France prepares the abandonment of the cargo plane"

Le Figaro - Sociétés : Air France prépare l'abandon de l'avion-cargo


Looks like a few more 777Fs available for FedEx, and 744Fs for UP... oh nevermind.

At least its one less airline for UPS to violate our scope with.
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Old 05-28-2010, 11:11 AM
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Air France-KLM to Report $614 Million Cargo Loss


Bruce Barnard | May 17, 2010 1:15PM GMT
The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story
Fiscal 2009/2010 results due Wednesday expected to show deepening losses

Air France-KLM's cargo business is set to report an annual $614 million operating loss this week, according to French newspaper Le Figaro.
The cargo unit, Europe's largest, will account for more than a third of the Franco-Dutch carrier's projected annual loss of around $1.6 billion, Le Figaro said.
Air France-KLM declined to comment on the report ahead of the release of its fiscal 2009/2010 results on Wednesday.
Air France-KLM's cargo unit lost $459 million in the nine months to December 31 compared with a year earlier loss of $70 million while revenue shrunk 26 percent to $766 million from $1.07 billion.
Air France-KLM is downsizing its freighter operations following heavy loss in the past 18 months.
The airline is transferring some of its 29 cargo aircraft to its Amsterdam-based Martinair subsidiary, and maximizing the use of cargo capacity on its passenger aircraft and "combi" passenger/cargo planes.
Air France-KLM recently sold two yet-to-be delivered 777 freighters to Federal Express. It also leased three 747-400 freighters to Russia's Air Bridge.
The carrier's closest European rival, Lufthansa, lost $210 million on its cargo operations in 2009 but says it could return to the black this year if the steep rises in volume and freight rates continue.
Lufthansa Cargo increased April traffic by 13.8 percent in April from a year ago while Air France-KLM's freight volume declined by 2 percent.
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Yea... we've just recieved those Lad's to join them to our fleet in ABC. That's funny how they're configured overhead. my gues is that with configs like this they had not that many chances to survive these days on the market.. behind this they are beautiful like any other French ladies, if that ladies configured like these acft.
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Originally Posted by Cargo Dog View Post
Yea... we've just recieved those Lad's to join them to our fleet in ABC. That's funny how they're configured overhead. my gues is that with configs like this they had not that many chances to survive these days on the market.. behind this they are beautiful like any other French ladies, if that ladies configured like these acft.
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Nice first post. At least you thought it was funny.

I'm guessing English might not be your first language???
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Old 06-09-2010, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Cargo Dog View Post
Yea... we've just recieved those Lad's to join them to our fleet in ABC. That's funny how they're configured overhead. my gues is that with configs like this they had not that many chances to survive these days on the market.. behind this they are beautiful like any other French ladies, if that ladies configured like these acft.
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Huh? Just read it twice...and still huh?
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Old 06-09-2010, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Cargo Dog View Post
Yea... we've just recieved those Lad's to join them to our fleet in ABC. That's funny how they're configured overhead. my gues is that with configs like this they had not that many chances to survive these days on the market.. behind this they are beautiful like any other French ladies, if that ladies configured like these acft.
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Translation =Those AF whales are the cats meow
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Old 06-09-2010, 03:32 PM
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Good translation HVY, thanks

your guesing is right Adler, i'm not that good in English, rather I'm bad, thank you for welcoming ,
... by the way, You also have the place in the US named Adler, it's interesting, indeed.
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Back to the forum thread … I red in news that Chinee’s GCAA wants to raise the volume of cargo being transported out of Main land of China by domestic air carriers towards 80% by the next couple of years. Any thoughts on that…
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Well if you read it in the red news it must be true...
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Well if you read it in the red news it must be true...
it is true it was in China Daily for the last month, even if it was in the red news

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