little birdy inside the cage tells me that the long awaited and much debated sale of skylink express to cargojet is all but done and will be announced early may.
there has been a few layoffs in yyz/yhm on the regional side, yqm and yul as well.
sit down and hold on.....
cj and skylink
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?bullitt wrote:Cargojet is already their biggest customer
CJ is not a Skylink customer (at least not the entire time I worked there).
Skylink flies (or flew) for DHL, Fedex and UPS. Any flights for CJ were Ad Hoc charters or covering the UPS YQT run when the CJ Hunny was mechanical.
If the loads on the runs are smaller it is because the public is not sending the volume of freight.bullitt wrote:Skylink's loads are getting smaller and smaller
Pretty sure SKK is not paid for volume.
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cjyhmguy wrote:there has been a few layoffs in yyz/yhm on the regional side, yqm and yul as well.
Interesting CJ just recalled some laid off S/O's to go to the regional side and 1 or to back to sitting sideways.
CJ Feeds Skylink planes.CJ is not a Skylink customer (at least not the entire time I worked there).
Skylink flies (or flew) for DHL, Fedex and UPS. Any flights for CJ were Ad Hoc charters or covering the UPS YQT run when the CJ Hunny was mechanica
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Hey .., sounds like a couple of the guys that moved onto the Van right seat got sent back to the backseat on the 27.
ho ho ho merry christmas
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Don't worry! You'll be the last to know!I am Skylink wrote:...what's going on??
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Well cjyhmguy it is early May. What is your little birdie saying now?
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Contrary to popular belief...the avcanada user name "I am Birddog" is the only one I have used for the last 5 years. Period. However...I find it amusing when I check some of the "new user" IP's on this thread and which office their posts are coming from. 
....ahhh...life never is boring.
If this were to happen....IF this were to happen, you folks @ PEAir/Cargo jet/Ex-Georgian or what ever you want to call yourselves now-a-days, will be very fortunate.
ANNNNNNNND here's why;
The drivers & wrenchers in the trenches working for Skylink are ALL top shelf great bunch of guys. This includes one terrific young lady in Chatham that without her, the day to day operations would not run as smooth.
Any empoyer that is responsible for the people they employ is a employer worth working for. Both companies can learn from one another should this merger/sale happen. I hope both sides make it a painless, friendly integration.
Best of luck to all y'all...I'm off to Tibet to raise some goats and marry my mail-order Tibetan to be wife, "Shelly".
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....ahhh...life never is boring. If this were to happen....IF this were to happen, you folks @ PEAir/Cargo jet/Ex-Georgian or what ever you want to call yourselves now-a-days, will be very fortunate.
ANNNNNNNND here's why;
The drivers & wrenchers in the trenches working for Skylink are ALL top shelf great bunch of guys. This includes one terrific young lady in Chatham that without her, the day to day operations would not run as smooth.
Any empoyer that is responsible for the people they employ is a employer worth working for. Both companies can learn from one another should this merger/sale happen. I hope both sides make it a painless, friendly integration.
Best of luck to all y'all...I'm off to Tibet to raise some goats and marry my mail-order Tibetan to be wife, "Shelly".
I'M FINALLY LIVIN' THE DREAM
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The SKK Caravans seem to have relocated across the ramp in YHM and a few YHM rampers I spoke to this weekend called them Cargojet Caravans. Apparently the deed is done?
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nobody has been talking about the deal since a while... so lets steer the pot! Skylink will buy cargojet and they will paint a big pink elephant on the planes.
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Well I hope they have a $50,000 cash up front bond so I can get hired and nobody else will!
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What do the financial numbers @ SKK look like. I don't think there is a bond. Just sign your life away on the ............ line and begin your tour of duty until you can't take any more........
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cjyhmguy, what is the birdie saying now? I haven't heard a peep!
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The latest I heard is that SKylink Express is setting up a deal with Boeing to restart the assembly lines in Seattle on new B757-1000 series to replace the B1900's...
The brand new cargo config 1000 series RER (Rockstar Extended Range) will come with walkie talkies AND a slot to put spare keys for the Kingston appartment.
Should be exciting times ahead for all involved.
The brand new cargo config 1000 series RER (Rockstar Extended Range) will come with walkie talkies AND a slot to put spare keys for the Kingston appartment.
Should be exciting times ahead for all involved.
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JAYZUZ H KEERIST!I am Birddog wrote:The latest I heard is that SKylink Express is setting up a deal with Boeing to restart the assembly lines in Seattle on new B757-1000 series to replace the B1900's...
The brand new cargo config 1000 series RER (Rockstar Extended Range) will come with walkie talkies AND a slot to put spare keys for the Kingston appartment.
Should be exciting times ahead for all involved.
Throw in a rolly bag, 5 bar epaulets and a free bluetooth with a direct connection to Chatham and I might come back!
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Start re-charging that Bluetooth because....Brantford Beech Boy wrote: JAYZUZ H KEERIST!
Throw in a rolly bag, 5 bar epaulets and a free bluetooth with a direct connection to Chatham and I might come back!
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The Latest from the CargoJet/StarJet camp is that they just bought a brand spankin' new B1900 F Exec series to operate as the sole provider to transport the models from Maxim Canada Magazine. However they will be using ONLY Skylink Express pilots...somthing about being the better looking bunch between the two companies.
On a seperate note...I just arrived from a "red eye" flight. Why is it called a "red eye"? It should really be called the "brown eye" because I feel like shit.
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Cargojet Enters into a Partnership with SkyLink Express to extend its Regional Brand
TORONTO, July 17 /CNW/ - Cargojet Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX: CJT.UN),
Canada's leading domestic premium overnight air cargo network operator,
announced today that it has entered into a partnership with SkyLink Express
Inc. ("SL Express") to combine their regional air cargo feeder aircraft
network. The new partnership will operate under the trade name "Cargojet
Regional" (the "Partnership") and will be owned 55% by Cargojet's subsidiary
Prince Edward Air Ltd. ("PEAL") and 45% by SL Express. Consideration for
Cargojet's interest in the Partnership includes the transfer of Cargojet's
existing regional contracts valued at $3.9 million.
Cargojet launched its own regional business in October 2007 to extend the
reach and coverage of its national cargo network. In May 2008, Cargojet
acquired a controlling interest in PEAL, a privately owned regional operator
of cargo aircraft based in Atlantic Canada. The new partnership between PEAL
and SL Express will create a regional business with annual combined revenues
of over $26 million. Cargojet Regional will operate twenty-eight aircraft and
employ over 160 people primarily in Central and Atlantic Canada.
"This partnership is part of Cargojet's strategic plan to expand its
regional air cargo business. This transaction is the logical next step in
Cargojet's investment and growth in the regional air cargo business in Canada.
Cargojet Regional will give us a stable platform to continue our growth into
secondary markets across Canada. We are very excited and enthusiastic about
the opportunities that the Cargojet Regional brand will provide for our
customers, our employees and our unitholders as we continue to grow this
business well into the future," said Ajay Virmani, President and CEO of
Cargojet.
Cargojet is Canada's leading provider of time sensitive overnight air
cargo services. Cargojet operates its network across North America,
transporting over 750,000 pounds of time sensitive air cargo each business
night, utilizing a fleet of forty-one all cargo aircraft.
TORONTO, July 17 /CNW/ - Cargojet Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX: CJT.UN),
Canada's leading domestic premium overnight air cargo network operator,
announced today that it has entered into a partnership with SkyLink Express
Inc. ("SL Express") to combine their regional air cargo feeder aircraft
network. The new partnership will operate under the trade name "Cargojet
Regional" (the "Partnership") and will be owned 55% by Cargojet's subsidiary
Prince Edward Air Ltd. ("PEAL") and 45% by SL Express. Consideration for
Cargojet's interest in the Partnership includes the transfer of Cargojet's
existing regional contracts valued at $3.9 million.
Cargojet launched its own regional business in October 2007 to extend the
reach and coverage of its national cargo network. In May 2008, Cargojet
acquired a controlling interest in PEAL, a privately owned regional operator
of cargo aircraft based in Atlantic Canada. The new partnership between PEAL
and SL Express will create a regional business with annual combined revenues
of over $26 million. Cargojet Regional will operate twenty-eight aircraft and
employ over 160 people primarily in Central and Atlantic Canada.
"This partnership is part of Cargojet's strategic plan to expand its
regional air cargo business. This transaction is the logical next step in
Cargojet's investment and growth in the regional air cargo business in Canada.
Cargojet Regional will give us a stable platform to continue our growth into
secondary markets across Canada. We are very excited and enthusiastic about
the opportunities that the Cargojet Regional brand will provide for our
customers, our employees and our unitholders as we continue to grow this
business well into the future," said Ajay Virmani, President and CEO of
Cargojet.
Cargojet is Canada's leading provider of time sensitive overnight air
cargo services. Cargojet operates its network across North America,
transporting over 750,000 pounds of time sensitive air cargo each business
night, utilizing a fleet of forty-one all cargo aircraft.
