It may be cheaper for manufacturers to make up for delays in deliveries by plane than to pay penalties for non-delivery.
At the beginning of the year, Czech Airlines won an unconventional contract. From yesterday, they began flying to the Moroccan city of Tangier. However, not with passengers, but parts for the production of passenger cars in the Moroccan Renault plant, where mainly Dacia cars are assembled.
Czech Airlines announced an unusual order without further details on its own Facebook profile. They have to fly to Morocco a total of five times during the week. The Airbus A320 has already completed its first three flights, as the data shows Flightradar24.com. The OK-HEU registration Airbus A320 has the largest cargo space of all the aircraft available to the Smartwings Group. The cargo weighs about seven tons, the flight takes about three hours.
Smartwings Group spokeswoman Vladimíra Dufková has confirmed special flights to Morocco, but does not want to mention the customer’s name. But the help is one of the pictures on Facebook, where you can see boxes with the TE Connectivity logo. It is a large manufacturer of electronics for passenger cars, such as cables. In the Czech Republic, it has plants in Trutnov and Kurim.
Air transport is not entirely uncommon in the supply of parts for the automotive industry. Manufacturers approach it especially in a situation where, for example, they have become late and save air time by lost and possibly large fines for non-delivery of parts.
For the Smartwings group, this is another non-traditional order in the last month. At the end of last year, for example, she won a contract to transport competitors and escorts for Paris – Dakar motor race in Saudi Arabia.
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