Algemeen Luchtvaarttopic #5: met de Fifa MD-80 op Schiphol

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Op donderdag 24 april 2014 00:05 schreef Iemand91 het volgende:
- Arke 787 PH-TFK is geverfd. Staat nu buiten te wachten op haar maiden flight.

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Nothing seems to have been decided yet - officially. But there are strong indications that Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) are stepping entirely out of freighter operations. If so, the existence of Martinair is at stake.

October 31st, 2011 was the last day KLM Group member Martinair operated a passenger flight. Sometime this year or maybe in 2015 Dutch air controllers might give their final okay for an MP freighter taking to the sky.
The stepping out of freighter operation by AFKLMP Cargo was hinted by the trio’s Executive VP Cargo Eric Varwijk at a press meeting last Thursday in Amsterdam. Asked about the fate of the freighter fleet – MP is currently operating a total of ten Boeing 747-400s and MD-11Fs – Eric said that all options are thoroughly examined, including the two Paris-based Triple Seven freighters belonging to AF Cargo. A final decision pro or con freighters or – optionally – the successive scaling down of the fleet will be taken until June or July this year. “We will invite the press then once again to tell you the outcome of our survey,” Eric assured.

Eric’s telling reaction
Having said this CargoForwarder Global offered the manager a bet. “If Martinair maintains freighters we will pay you a bottle of champagne. In case you abandon main deck services you’d have to pay.”
Interestingly enough, AFKLMP’s head of cargo refused to take us up on this.
A more than telling reaction?
There is even more evidence. The capacity provider is in the midst of a major transformation of its biz, by putting special products like pharmaceuticals, express shipments and mail transports on top of its list. This is evidenced by roughly ¤125m the carrier intends spending from today until 2018 for enlarging and enhancing the ground infrastructure at AMS and Paris CDG to offer the market first class handling and storage conditions for these products.

Capacity of KLM’s 747 Combis might suffice
Asked about the necessity of main deck offerings for this growing high yield segment, AFKLMP’s Senior VP Sales and Distribution Eelco can Asch denied the need of freighter operation. “Of course, there is always market demand for transporting larger items on board of freighters but the products just mentioned fit well into the lower decks of our passenger fleet.” In the same breath he emphasized that his airline is offering the market abundant lower deck capacity for carrying air freight shipments due to the large wide body passenger fleet. In addition, there are the 747 Combi aircraft KLM is operating. Varwijk said that these hybrids, slated to be utilized until 2020, provide sufficient main deck capacity for uplifting larger volumes.

Eric went on to say that supposedly freighter services are completely abandoned, this will certainly affect other products that are still high-ranked on the carrier’s agenda, predominantly flying masses of fresh flowers from – say – Kenya to the Netherlands. “Lately, the Dutch flower auction Aalsmeer has lost some of its importance since a growing number of these air transports are routed directly from the producer countries to their final destinations, predominantly places in the Middle East or in Russia.”

So, all present indicators suggest that the freighter era at the world’s once largest operator of main deck capacity comes soon to an end. Not least, because “we are still losing money on some routes that we put all-cargo aircraft on, despite our many efforts to improve financial figures and cost saving programs initiated by us to this date,” Eric admitted.

Is MP the next carrier exiting the market?
With this in mind, it doesn’t seem that the Paris-based top management will give nostalgic fleet arguments any room. Should the last curtain for Martinair’s remaining ten freighters fall, the carrier founded in1958 by Dutch aviation visionary Martin Schroeder will take its gloomy place alongside numerous carriers that either went broke or got rid of their freighter aircraft. Some very prominent names illustrating this trend are former UK-based MK, Air Cargo Germany, Aeroflot Cargo, JAL Cargo, or World Airways, just to mention a few. It is too early yet to write an obituary on Martinair, but if a last minute miracle doesn’t happen the carrier’s name will have to be added to the sad list of vanished airlines.

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Op donderdag 24 april 2014 23:27 schreef Sunri5e het volgende:
Ik denk zelfs dat 2020 al vrij ver weg is.

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Op donderdag 24 april 2014 23:31 schreef Iemand91 het volgende:

Verder: Abandoned International Airport In Cyprus

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Op donderdag 24 april 2014 23:51 schreef APK het volgende:
Wow, lijkt wel of er een ramp heeft plaatsgevonden zodat iedereen het gebied onmiddelijk moest verlaten

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Voor een reclamecampagne voor hoofdsponsor KLM heeft golfer Joost Luiten vandaag een paar balletjes geslagen uit de motor van een Boeing 747.

De winnaar van 2013 van de KLM Open is het gezicht van de Nederlandse luchtvaartmaatschappij op weg naar de komende editie, die van 11 tot en met 14 september plaatsvindt op de baan van de Kennemer Golf & Country Club. 'Even een balletje slaan uit een motor van een Boeing 747', twitterde Luiten vanmorgen.

Het KLM Open maakt deel uit van de European Tour, het hoogste professionele golfcircuit van Europa. Dit jaar wordt het toernooi voor de 95ste keer op Nederlandse bodem gespeeld. Met 50.000 bezoekers is het een van de best bezochte toernooien op de European Tour.

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joostluiten twitterde op donderdag 24-04-2014 om 11:44:04 Hitting balls from a KLM boeing 747 engine!!! #cool #KLM http://t.co/Fjt0DskfkP reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 25 april 2014 14:14 schreef Iemand91 het volgende:
AD: Joost Luiten slaat balletje uit Boeing-motor

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Aircraft data : L/N 1500 - 747-830, RC035, serial number 37839, D-ABYP, Lufthansa #14, unpainted with dark blue rudders, KPAE flight line, roll-out April 24 2014, scheduled delivery June 30 2014.

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Op vrijdag 25 april 2014 16:01 schreef OEM het volgende:
Weinig kans dat daar echt ballen geslagen zijn

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PH-AOL phase-out + deco 04jan16 t/m 06feb16
PH-AOI phase-out + deco 18jan16 t/m 20feb16
PH-AOK phase-out + deco 04apr16 t/m 07may16

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Op zondag 27 april 2014 00:43 schreef Woods het volgende:
Als je ziet hoeveel langer het bovendek sinds de -100 kunne ze het prima nog een stukje verlengen? Las net ook iets over Y3 project dat groter dan de huidige 747 zou worden.(747-1000?)


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KLM twitterde op maandag 28-04-2014 om 18:18:44 This brand new #Embraer in #ImprovedLivery will be on its way to Amsterdam tomorrow. Stay tuned for more. http://t.co/aU664Z8qZm reageer retweet

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Royal Dutch Airlines
‏@KLM @brandonavgeek Deze livery is alleen voor de Embraer, Brandon. Alleen vluchten van KLM Cityhopper worden hiermee gevlogen.

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Op maandag 28 april 2014 19:27 schreef Sunri5e het volgende:
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