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Chapter 6divisions of AT1 at rates which are negotiated on an annual basis.Ansett B767s with a capacity of 18 tonnes are used as freighters onsome evening services by utilising the lower deck area and leaving theupper deck empty. Fokker F27QC aircraft are operated in the purecargo configuration which enables them to lift 5 tonnes. The companyalso uses F28 aircraft operated by Ansett WA.Australian's B727-77C freighter can carry up to 14 tonnes of freighton transcontinental services. Australian also operates F27QC and DC9aircraft in an all-cargo configuration. The DC9s have a capacity of 2tonnes in their lower deck areas but can carry up to 11 tonnes whenadditional cargo is loaded in bags on the passenger seats.IPEC's DC9-33F is a customised version of the standard DC9 operated bythe trunk airlines. Modifications such as a stronger floor and morepowerful engines enable it to carry up to 18 tonnes of cargo. Thethree Argosies used by IPEC are the only aircraft operated by thedomestic airlines that were specifically designed as freighters. Thetwo Argosy 222 aircraft have a maximum payload of 14 tonnes each whilethe Argosy 101 can carry up to 13 tonnes.A variety of smaller aircraft are operated as freighters by chartercompanies, generally under arrangements with the major airlines orfreight forwarders. Several forwarders also lease or own smal 1aircraft which are configured to carry carg'o. The largest aircraft inthis group are the Learjet 35a and the Westwind 1124 which havemaximum capacities of 1.8 tonnes and 2.0 tonnes respectively. Othersmall aircraft operated in the all-cargo configuration include theBandierante (1.4 tonnes), Citation I1 (1.4 tonnes), King Air (1.2tonnes) , Navajo (0.8 tonnes) , Aerostar (0.6 tonnes), Cessna 210 (0.4tonnes) and Twin Comnanche (0.4 tonnes).The effective capacity of the smaller aircraftis affected by thedensity of cargo. These aircraft mainly carry low density items suchas documentation and packages but they were all specifically designedfor passenger operations rather than cargo. The cabin volume istherefore often filled before the maximum payload is reached.FREIGHTER NETWORKSDetails of the freighter networks operated by the domestic airlinesand major freight forwarders in late 1986 and early 1987 are presentedin Appendix I. The data cover Australian (Table I.l), AAF (Table1.2) , TNT Air (Tables 1.3 and 1.4) and the Wards Express and SecurityExpress - Country Couriers divisions of Mayne Nickless (Table 1.5).51
Occasiona 7 Paper 87Most of the airlines' freighter services are designed to provideovernight delivery but the freight forwarders also have a large numberof daytime operations associated with the movement of bankdocumentation. The forwarders' services are concentrated on daysduring the business week and weekend services are 1 imited. Thenetworks are regularly adjusted in response to carrier requirementsand market conditions.Australian's freighter services operate in the evening and in theearly hours of the morning. They provide connections to 12 portsinvolving capital cities (except Darwin), Tasmania and major coastalcentres in Queensland. Australian operates its leased 8727-77Cfreighter on the Perth route, its F27QC aircraft on the east coast andits DC9s on several routes when other aircraft are not available. Itre1 ies heavily on the IPEC aircraft for capacity on the servicesbetween east coast capitals and from the mainlandto Tasmania.Commuter airlines and charter operators provide the remaining eastcoast and Tasmanian intrastate services as well as capacity on theroute from Brisbane to north Queensland.AAF's services generally operate during the evening and the earlyhours of the morning, the major exception being the service from Perthto Melbourne which arrives in the early afternoon. The network of 19ports includes capital cities (except Darwin and Adelaide), Tasmaniaand major regional centres in Queensland and Western Australia. AAFoperates its 8727-200 freighter on services to Tasmania and Perth.Ansett and Air NSW provide large aircraft for east coast services andAnsett WA is the major operator in Western Australia. Charteroperators and comnuter airlines operate the remaining services.TNT Air charters aircraft such as the Westwind 1124 to operate itsfreighter services. It fills the gaps in the major airlines'schedules and services and rarely runs aircraft in para1 le1 with AAFor Australian. TNT Air's network of 87 ports includes all capitalcities except Perth and Canberra as'well as a large number of regionalcentres in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and theNorthern Territory. The services to northern and central Australia,Tasmania, east coast capitals and Queensland ports are operated in theevening or early morning in line with the requirements of theovernight express market. The intrastate services in New South Walesand South Australia operate during the day in the business week as thebase cargo is bank documentation which must be picked up and deliveredin the morning and afternoon on each working day. TNT Air holds the52
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