Kougarok

Any news on these guys?

AerisArmis

Aloha Air Cargo to acquire a Boeing 767-300F and launch cargo flights to Los Angeles
By Bruce Drum on September 18, 2014


Aloha Air Cargo (Honolulu) is breaking out of the inter-Hawaii market. The company has announced it will acquire a Boeing 767-300F freighter and launch services to Los Angeles on October 23. The airline issued this statement:

Aloha Air Cargo is expanding their air cargo service with the addition of a direct, wide-body Boeing 767-300F aircraft from Los Angeles (LAX) to Honolulu (HNL). The new, five-times weekly roundtrip flight is scheduled to begin service October 23, 2014 adding needed capacity into and out of Los Angeles, CA. The new air cargo service will be geared toward freight forwarders, consolidators, passenger carrier partners, and businesses looking to sync up with Aloha’s existing interisland network, for seamless movement of through cargo shipments to the Neighboring Hawaiian Islands.

TazPilot

Aloha Air Cargo (KH, Honolulu) began its first scheduled cargo flights to the US mainland on October 23. According to the HNL Rarebirds blog, the carrier has a lease agreement with Airborne Global Solutions' subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management. A B767-300(F), N226CY (msn 26544), sourced from ABX Air (GB, Wilmington, OH) operated the carrier's 5x weekly Honolulu to Los Angeles Int'l service.

The route is aimed at freight forwarders, consolidators, passenger carrier partners, and businesses looking to sync up with Aloha's existing inter-island network.

Rama

So don't expect to fly a 767 for Aloha. The good news is that they are replacing the 737-200's with later models.

Makai

It's a fun job if you can handle the night cargo life style. Day flying is extremely limited and very senior. (3) Saab 340s, (2) 737-200's, (2) 737-300's. The 767 project could be a trial run to see if it's worth investing the money to do the flying on their own.

Rick Kane

My bud who flies for Aloha said that their pilot contract allows the company to wet lease the 767s for a maximum of 2 yrs…which gives the company enough time to complete ETOPS certification, obtain their own 767s, and train their own pilots to fly them. Sounds like there's other expansion happening over there too. He said they are supposed to start up South Pacific freight service in the 737-300 in a few months. Can't remember all the details but I remember him mentioning Christmas Island as one of the places they'll be going to. They just opened up a cargo station in LAX this month and apparently will be rotating a 737 crew to do charter cargo from LAX to destinations in US Mainland and Mexico. I guess Aloha's sister company, Northern Air Cargo, which is owned by the same company, has been doing ad hoc cargo service out of somewhere in TX, and so Aloha will be adding a 737 + crew to start similar charter service out of LAX. The 737 is mostly night flying and the Saab is mostly day flying. My bud flies the Saab and seems to have a pretty sweet schedule. Surfs every day, home every night. He's pay protected and thinks he’ll stay in the Saab for a while due to the good schedule. Sounds like a bunch of guys at Aloha got interviews at Hawaiian this past round so it seems to be a pretty good stepping stone for dudes who want to come over to Hawaiian.

Mahalo Av

How long will it takes to Upgraded to captain in Saab there?

aviatorhi

Took a friend about a year. Your results may vary.

skid

anyone know if they still have a training contract? Someone mentioned that i the past. I would like to get an idea of what pay is vs contract commitments. I know saab fo pay 29k then 30k yr 2. I read most saab flying is day??? anything else you can add...benefits package (insurance) or anything else someone can add.

thanks

Herro

No training contract
2 day lines and 1.5 night lines weekdays