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Couriers say less Internet purchases could translate into less cargo space for exports

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PJT said:
Many years back working as a transportation and distribution supervisor for a very large company this poster had opportunities to visit and evaluate cargo companies. One of them was Flying Tigers, who had recently at that time acquired 747 cargo aircraft. Flying Tigers was bought by FedEx in 1988. During a visit at FT's Boston's Logan facility this supervisor has the chance to view the empty interior of one of the 747's. The FT sales director mentioned it was costing them US$ 25,000 hour to operate the aircraft, that included all costs. This empty plane sitting idle, during this poster's 3 hr visit ate up US$ 75,000 while making no revenue. A Google search for "how much does it cost an hour to operate a large air cargo planes" was done and the result was $28,744. It is obvious operating costs have gone up from the $25,000 mentioned many years ago to this poster. It would be reasonable to think present operating costs are considerably more than $29,000 said in the Google search.

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I did that Google search and did not find that
 
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josh2203 said:
Very much so. As I wrote in the other thread about this same topic, it appears to be impossible for a Dominican retailer to grasp the idea of operate with competition and try to do things better/differently. In Europe as well, the internet/ecommerce has killed many small brick-and-mortar stores, but not all of them, as many have thought how can they offer something for the customer that makes them come to us instead of ordering online. But no, a DR retailer would not want to go this extra mile, better to sit quietly, do less work and complain more. I realize you cannot compare these two scenarios 100 %, but the idea is the same, and many have indeed survived...
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I totally agree. One of the hardest things to get used to here is the atrocious attitude retailers and indeed all businesses have for their customers. Usually the customer is seen as a potential thief and a pain in the butt. And so many businesses here are struggling. Even IKEA seems to have lost it's sparkle and dropped it's service levels.

I just wonder when Amazon will actually come here. That would shake things up a lot.

Regarding the tax I don't think it will have a big effect. You buy online from the US not because it's cheaper but because it's easier and quite often the quality is way higher. Things like cosmetics and perfume I would only buy from reputable companies in the US (I wouldn't trust them to be original in the DR).
 
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