National carriers consolidate cargo and keep their fleets where the work is
State-owned carriers now fly the smallest hull that carries a load, hold a departure for more cargo while the fares aboard do not cover its fuel, leave aircraft and vessels where they land instead of flying them home empty, and pay no fees at public airports and seaports.
The national carriers are the treasury's own fleets, and their books were paying for empty flights: in thirty days their aircraft flew home empty as often as they carried cargo, and the empty legs burned more fuel than the loaded ones. Four changes:
- Right-sized hulls. A departure now goes out on the smallest ready aircraft or vessel that carries everything aboard, and it is ready the moment that hull is at its load target — a feeder full of parcels no longer waits out a heavy jet's pooling window. - Fares cover fuel. When the fares aboard cover less than 85% of the fuel a departure buys, the carrier keeps pooling for up to three pooling windows before leaving anyway. Your shipment's queue position shows the deadline it is actually held to. Fuel deliveries to an airport's or seaport's own tank are never held. - Fleets stay where they land. A national carrier's vehicle now waits at its delivery hub for the next load unless the hub it came from would be left short; blocked legs pull aircraft from wherever they are idle. - No fees between public wallets. A national carrier pays no hangar, anchorage, runway or berth charges at a public airport or seaport, and its quotes estimate none. A port you own still earns from every one of its movements.