Looking to those of you w/ many years of experience, good judgment, sound reasoning, and the willingness to give free advise. I am trying to determine the right aircraft for a particular job.
A company that I occasionally do some flying for is considering buying another aircraft strictly for freight hauling rather than outsourcing it as they've been doing. They currently transport between 8,000 & 9,000 lbs per day on either four or five days out of the week to a location roughly 630NM away. What type of aircraft would be best for this? The cargo would normally be on pallets, but ... (??) ... may not have to be . The ability to haul it all in one flight would be nice, ... but if cost savings were enough, I'm fairly certain that it would be acceptable to do multiple trips in a day.
Also, this is all one-way-freight. They do not have anything for the return legs. They certainly are not apposed to making money. lol And therefore the likelihood of picking up some return frieght is very possible. But, it needs to be considered only as the "gravy". They want to know that their daily(almost daily) transports can justify the aircraft. What aircraft would do this leg the most efficiently???
Hoping to hear from those who may have owned, operated, managed, or whom have had to pay the bills of an operation similiar to this and/or beyond.
Thanks, AV8N4Fun
A company that I occasionally do some flying for is considering buying another aircraft strictly for freight hauling rather than outsourcing it as they've been doing. They currently transport between 8,000 & 9,000 lbs per day on either four or five days out of the week to a location roughly 630NM away. What type of aircraft would be best for this? The cargo would normally be on pallets, but ... (??) ... may not have to be . The ability to haul it all in one flight would be nice, ... but if cost savings were enough, I'm fairly certain that it would be acceptable to do multiple trips in a day.
Also, this is all one-way-freight. They do not have anything for the return legs. They certainly are not apposed to making money. lol And therefore the likelihood of picking up some return frieght is very possible. But, it needs to be considered only as the "gravy". They want to know that their daily(almost daily) transports can justify the aircraft. What aircraft would do this leg the most efficiently???
Hoping to hear from those who may have owned, operated, managed, or whom have had to pay the bills of an operation similiar to this and/or beyond.
Thanks, AV8N4Fun
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