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AUG 03, 2004 (newstodate): The aircraft brokering business is facing a structural change in the market for military uplift operations.
-It is obvious that NATO member states are increasingly coordinating their uplift requirements, which brings about changes in the brokering business potentials, says a source in the aircraft brokering business.
Citing Afghanistan as one example, the source says that while military customers would eaerlier charter an aircraft through a broker for a one-way traffic to deploy troops and equipment entailing an empty return flight, NATO customers are today much more active in seeking joint utilisation of their chartered aircraft to cover expenses for the return flight.
Also NATO transport and logistics customers are increasingly negotiating directly with aircraft operators, especially concerning AN-124 and other heavy freighters, bypassing aircraft brokers entirely.
-Seen from the taxpayers' perspective this is of course only natural and positive, but to the aircraft brokering business this certaily posing a new challenge, he says
-It is obvious that NATO member states are increasingly coordinating their uplift requirements, which brings about changes in the brokering business potentials, says a source in the aircraft brokering business.
Citing Afghanistan as one example, the source says that while military customers would eaerlier charter an aircraft through a broker for a one-way traffic to deploy troops and equipment entailing an empty return flight, NATO customers are today much more active in seeking joint utilisation of their chartered aircraft to cover expenses for the return flight.
Also NATO transport and logistics customers are increasingly negotiating directly with aircraft operators, especially concerning AN-124 and other heavy freighters, bypassing aircraft brokers entirely.
-Seen from the taxpayers' perspective this is of course only natural and positive, but to the aircraft brokering business this certaily posing a new challenge, he says