UK operator Channel Express is to end its Airbus A300 freighter operations after a change of requirements from its key customer for the aircraft.
Predominantly a Boeing 737-300 operator – it operates 24 of the type – Channel Express has also been operating three A300 freighters.
But it says United Parcel Services, its main customer for the aircraft, has advised it that its aircraft requirements have changed.
“Consequently we have taken the decision to cease operating the type and to dispose of the Group’s two owned aircraft and return the third to its lessor,” Philip Meeson, chairman of parent company Dart Group, explains.
“One aircraft has now been sold and there is encouraging interest in the second. As far as possible, employees on this fleet are being offered other jobs within the company.”
Predominantly a Boeing 737-300 operator – it operates 24 of the type – Channel Express has also been operating three A300 freighters.
But it says United Parcel Services, its main customer for the aircraft, has advised it that its aircraft requirements have changed.
“Consequently we have taken the decision to cease operating the type and to dispose of the Group’s two owned aircraft and return the third to its lessor,” Philip Meeson, chairman of parent company Dart Group, explains.
“One aircraft has now been sold and there is encouraging interest in the second. As far as possible, employees on this fleet are being offered other jobs within the company.”
Source: Flight Daily News
