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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
Occasional Paper 87beginning of the working day and TNT Air use Australian for uniqueservices such as the Brisbane-Darwin service on Wednesdays.CAPACITY UTILISATIONDetailed information on the utilisation of cargo space on domestic aircargo services in Australia is not available. However, estimates ofthe average cargo weight load factor for the airline industry areprepared by the Department of Transport and Comnunications (Departmentof Aviation 1986a, 21; 1987c, 17).4 These data indicate that the loadfactor increased from 41.7 per cent in 1980-81 to 44.0 p.er cent in1982-83 and then declined to 36.6 per cent in 1985-86. A decl ine offive percentage points between 1984-85 and 1985-86 was associated withan increase of 14 per cent in cargo capacity.The average cargo weight load factor should be interpreted withcaution as it is only a partial indicator. An aircraft's volumetriccapacity is often reached before the maximum weight of cargo is loadedand in some cases aircraft range considerations may preclude fullutilisation of the available cargo space. For example, the 8727-77Coperated by Australian has a capacity of 19 tonnes but can only carry14 tonnes on the Melbourne-Perth route as a result of fuelrequirements. In these circumstances, the cargo weight load factormay underestimate the extent to which available aircraft capacity isused. The validity of the figure is also affected when aircraft hoursflown are below optimal or achievable levels as the calculations arebased on services provided.In addition, the indirect method ofcalculating the cargo weight load factor and the assumptions aboutvariables such as average passenger weight may further limit theusefulness of the data.4. The cargo weight load factor indicates the proportion of availablecargo tonne-kilometres on scheduled airline services that isactually utilised. Cargo capacity is estimated by subtractingavailable passenger tonne-kilometres from total availabletonne-kilometres. Passenger tonne-kilometres are calculated bymultiplying passenger-kilometres by 0.09, the latter figurereflecting a standard passenger weight (including 1 uggage) of 90ki 1 ograms.54
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