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I don’t have evidence of this to show but friends in the airlines have told me stories of empty passenger planes flying just for freight, sometimes even with sm
by 6nf 6y ago
I don’t have evidence of this to show but friends in the airlines have told me stories of empty passenger planes flying just for freight, sometimes even with small items in the passenger cabin
- seltzered_ 6y agoHere's an announcement from KLM back in April (2020-04-30): https://news.klm.com/klm-introduces-cargo-in-cabin-carrying-cargo-on-passenger-seats/ https://news.klm.com/klm-introduces-cargo-in-cabin-carrying-... Here's another piece with flexport: https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/26/ryan-petersen-flexport/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/26/ryan-petersen-flexport/ (scroll down and you have an image of packages strapped in a commercial plane)
- robryan 6y agoCathay has been doing this: https://youtu.be/PCJ5ikpIEOs https://youtu.be/PCJ5ikpIEOs If I recall it is only profitable on shorter routes. Certainly into and out of Australia at the moment we are seeing significant surcharges from DHL.