Adam Maas wrote: > Don Williams wrote: > > >> I've been watching this thread for a while and can no longer be silent. >> This is the biggest load of bullshit I've seen in ages. I just did two >> calculations for 4000 kgs and 2000 kgs of cartons (holding about twenty >> cameras each) across the Atlantic from Toivakka to New York -- door to >> door. >> >> The TNT Air Freight cost would be 22.97 Euro per kilogram for a shipment >> of boxes that total 4000 kgs. If anyone doesn't believe this go to the >> TNT website and do the calculation yourself. I think 4000 kgs is a large >> quantity. Yes? Or is the poster (I can't remember who posted the >> original rubbish) going to say 4000 kgs is not a large enough quantity. >> By the way *the more you send* the cheaper it gets! >> >> Don >> >> >> >> >> >> > I said large quantities, and I meant it. I'm talking by the multiple > containerload. 747-400F's are relatively cheap to operate, the larger > freight aircraft aren't so cheap, and are rather limited availability > (which drives up the price). > > So, 4000kgs is not a large quantity, it's rather small actually when a > single container is 10 times that. Remeber we are talking items that run > around 1kg in packaging and are produced in quntities of 30,000+ a > month. Shipments are not going to be 4000kgs > > The numbers I was referencing were old (I cribbed them from an early > 90's text on cheap access to space), and it's quite possible that the > prices have come down by an order of magnitude, but not two. > > -Adam > > Ballocks!
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