Global Supply Systems
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Global Supply Systems (GSS) was a British cargo airline based at London Stansted Airport. It provided dedicated freighters to airlines on a wet lease basis.[1] The company held a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, it was permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.[2]
History
The company changed its nameTemplate:Efn to Global Supply Systems Limited on 31 January 2001,[3] and started operations on 29 June 2002. It began flying operations for British Airways World Cargo between London Stansted, Frankfurt and Hong Kong using a Boeing 747-400 freighter on dry lease from partner Atlas Air. The company was founded by Atlas Air and John Robert Porter and was majority British-owned (51%), with Atlas Air as minority shareholder (49%).[1]
In January 2014, British Airways World Cargo as the airline's main customer terminated its contract with Global Supply Systems, effective from 30 April.[4] GSS was unable to find a new customer and ceased operations later that year.
The company continued to dry-lease two Boeing 777F aircraft to an international cargo airline.[5] Template:Which?
Fleet
Global Supply Systems had operated three Boeing 747-400F which were later replaced by three Boeing 747-8F.[6]
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- ↑ Operating Licence Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Companies House
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- ↑ Global Supply Systems Limited - Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2015.
- ↑ All three GSS 748F in BA livery