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MASkargo Expands Flights To Milan, Guangzhou

From Farazira Amira Yusof

CALGARY, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) will mount freighter flights to Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy and Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou, China by next month.

Its senior general manager, Datuk J.J. Ong, said MASkargo planned to expand freighter operations to cater to the increasing demand.

MASkargo, the airfreight unit of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), currently flies to Amsterdam, Pudong, Hangzhou, Penang, Dubai, Taipei, Melbourne, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Sydney and Frankfurt.

"Milan is a new destination as we don't have any passenger flights to the city while for Guangzhou, we are actually adding another 100-tonne capacity per week in addition to 150 tonnes of freight currently carried via the A330 passenger planes by MAS," Ong told reporters after the opening of the 23rd 2006 Air Cargo Forum, here Tuesday.

Themed "The Impact of the Air Cargo Industry on the Global Economy", the biennial event, from September 12 to 14, will discuss the air cargo industry's contributions to the competitive advantages of nations; governments and their roles in market access; shippers' perspectives on developing markets; and, efficiencies in paperless cargo processing.

Ong said MASkargo would fly three times a week to Milan and once a week to Guangzhou using either a B747-200 or B747-400 freighter.

"For Milan, we expect to handle 300 tonnes of cargo per week from three freighter flights.

"The company, which has a limited number of aircraft, is currently holding talks with a leasing company to lease some freighters," he said.

It now has a fleet of five B747-200F and two B747-400F.

He said the Guangzhou flights would cater to the big demand for space from the manufacturing industries based in the Pearl River Delta.

"We do not have problems filling the planes out of Guangzhou," he said.

Ong said the company was also looking to connect Guangzhou with other Chinese domestic airports and was now talking with the Chinese authorities.

MASkargo, which operates six freighter flights weekly to Shanghai and twice weekly to Hangzhou, also planned to expand its network to include Beijing, Tianjin and Chongqing. On the financial performance, Ong said MASkargo was expected increase its profitability in the financial year ending Dec 31, 2006 following the better-than-expected results in the first half this year.

"We achieved more than 60 percent of the target profit of RM107 million in the first half this year.

"We should be able to meet our target in the second half as it is traditionally a better period," he said.

MASkargo is projected to carry some 700,000 tonnes of cargo this year from 645,000 tonnes in 2005.

-- BERNAMA

[Steman]

Ottima notizia.
L'Italia sembra essere un miniera d'oro per il gruppo Malaysian.
Roma come focus city in Europa per il traffico pax e MXP per il cargo!

Ciao

Stefano

[landingFCO]

Ottima notizia.
L'Italia sembra essere un miniera d'oro per il gruppo Malaysian.
Roma come focus city in Europa per il traffico pax e MXP per il cargo!

Ciao

Stefano

Vero.
Poco alla volta si sta concretizzando ciò che hanno detto 2 mesi fa.

[AmikoFrizz]

Bene, una buona notizia per MXP!

ciao
af

[Lor86mil]

Ottima notizia, ma aspetto con ansia collegamenti pax. Perlomeno HM promette e mantiene.

[Alitalia Fan]

Bene, MXP conferma la sua appetibilità per il cargo. Per quanto riguarda i voli pax non credo proprio che MH, vista la sua situazione finanziaria attuale, decida di aprire una nuova rotta con tutti i costi che ne conseguono...

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In questo articolo parla Mr Datuk JJ Ong, senior general manager di MASKargo che spiega come i tagli al network di MH dei mesi scorsi abbiano influito direttamente anche sul settore cargo, essendo il 55% del totale del settore merci trasportato su aerei passeggeri. Parla ad es di rotte come VIE, MAN, Fukuoka che avevano grande richiesta per il cargo. Aggiunge però che in parte i 'danni' saranno limitati dai nuovi servizi cargo su Milano e Guangzhou, e da ulteriori voli passeggeri su Parigi e Roma a partire da Ottobre.


MASkargo gave up RM60m revenue opportunities under route rationalisation
From Jimmy Yeow in Calgary

Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) gave up RM60 million in potential revenue under the first phase of its parent company Malaysian Airline System Bhd's (MAS)international route rationalisation exercise, which started in mid-2006.

However, the loss in business opportunities was mitigated by the increase in its flights to other international destinations in the passenger services and cargo flights, MAS senior general manager Datuk JJ Ong said.

Under the route rationalisation exercise, which was part of MAS's business turnaround plan, the national carrier slashed the number of flights or stopped flying to loss-making destinations.

Ong said MASkargo operations had not been affected by the shortage of freighter planes but rather by the international route rationalisation as 55% of its cargo were carried inside the passenger plane belly.

“The cutback on passenger flights to places like Manchester, Vienna and Fukuoka, which are among the major cargo points, has affected us.

"It's not so much to places like Xian and Ahmedabad,” he told Malaysian reporters on the sideline of the Air Cargo Forum and Exposition 2006 in Calgary, Canada on Wednesday (Sept 13).

“These routes (Manchester, Vienna and Fukuoka) are very good freight sectors and had affected us more than anything else. With the cut in flights, we have to divert them to other points to be able to continue to support the business,” Ong said.

However, he said the cutback in flights would be compensated by MAS's additional passenger flights to Rome and Paris next month. It will also add Milan and Guangzhou as new destinations for freighter services in the same month.

Ong agrees that overall, the route rationalisation is definitely a savings for MAS.

“Being part of the group, we are okay with it. But we just got to think of a better way to serve the (freight) customers,” he said.

“Over the next 12 months, we have to make do with the changes and would not be adding any freighters to our fleet of four B747-200Fs and two B747-400Fs,” he said.

Ong said the company would focus on the Middle East, Europe, South East Asia, China and Australian routes, which has much growth potential.

“In Southeast Asia, we see potential in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines but unfortunately, we have not been able to secure the landing rights. These passenger services are served by narrow-bodied aircraft which does not offer much capacity,” he said.

“But come 2008, with the liberalisation of the air services under Asean Free Trade Area, we will enter these markets,” said Ong.

- The Edge Daily -

[skyrobbie]

la rotta dovrebbe essere la seguente KUL-DXB-MXP e vv. 3xw

in più viene aggiunta una frequenza al KUL-DXB-Basilea-AMS che diventa 3xw

[Lor86mil]

la rotta dovrebbe essere la seguente KUL-DXB-MXP e vv. 3xw

in più viene aggiunta una frequenza al KUL-DXB-Basilea-AMS che diventa 3xw

Bene, bene. Guarda sto DXB... Penso che tra un po' sarà ai primi posti anche per il cargo.

Tra l'altro, come da te detto su un altro forum, nel 2007 dovrebbe arrivare un'altra compagnia asiatica (cargo) a MXP.

[landingFCO]

la rotta dovrebbe essere la seguente KUL-DXB-MXP e vv. 3xw

in più viene aggiunta una frequenza al KUL-DXB-Basilea-AMS che diventa 3xw

Attualmente MASkargo ha 8xw su AMS, 4xw su FRA e 2xw su BSL con i vari routing del caso. In più volano in determinati periodi anche su CDG e BRU.
Come detto giustamente verrà anche incrementata la frequenza su BSL (merc-ven-dom)