Domestic Air Cargo Industry in Australia - Bureau of Infrastructure ...

Chapter 6combined banks contract for the movement of bank documentation in theNorthern Territory, South Australia and most of New South Wales.3Mayne Nickless operates freighter services through its Wards Expressand Security Express - Country Couriers divisions. Wards Express is amajor freight forwarder and uses Australian, IPEC and AAF services asmuch as possible. It operates two leased Learjet 35a aircraft onroutes between Sydney, Melbourne and the Northern Territory to fi 11the gaps in the airlines' services. The aircraft carry overnightexpress freight such as business documentation, computer tapesandspare parts. The Security Express - Country Couriers operation useschartered aircraft to provide a network of daytime services inQueensland, coastal New South Wales north of Sydney and Victoria. Thebase cargo for most of these operations is bank documentation andcomputer tapes under the combined banks contracts and thelevel ofother cargo is determined by the regulatory policies of the relevantState authorities. Overnight services are operated on theCairns-Brisbane and Sydney-Brisbane routes.IPEC operates its four large aircrafton two routes linking fivecities. As noted earlier, a significant proportion of capacity isleased to Australian. Integration of IPEC's operations with theservices provided by Wards Express and Australian increases the numberof ports that it serves in its role as a freight forwarder.Limited freighter operations are also undertaken by some othercarriers. For example, the contract for the carriageof bankdocumentation in southwest Western Australia is reportedly held by aprivate operator.There are co-operative arrangements between the various operators offreighter services as no single carrier operates a comprehensivenational system. For example, AAF have the only overnight connectionto northern Western Australia and hence other operators such asAustralian and Wards use this service when they have cargo for thatarea. Similarly, AAF use TNT's services on the Adelaide-AliceSprings-Darwin and Adelaide-Sydney routes. Australian use Wards'service to Darwin if they have freight requiring delivery by the3. The movement of bank documentation between country branches andState head offices is co-ordinated by a Combined Banks TransportCommittee in each State. Banks involved are Westpac BankingCorporation Ltd, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, TheNational Comnercial Banking Corporation of Australia Ltd andComnonwealth Banking Corporation.53