Page 18 of World SkyCat Brochure by World SkyCat Ltd

skyfreight heavy-lift cargo the ideal vehicle for the heavy-lift freight role is the skycat-220 with a payload capability of 220 tons in stol mode short take-off and landing this offers a uniquely low-cost flexible addition to the transportation and logistical resources of many key regions of the world inland freight with a standard operating range of some 6,000 km the skycat-220 is well within its limits for the transport for instance of fresh produce from deep within the territories direct to port or terminal export freight for those products where air freight is too costly and sea transport too slow ­ perishable fresh produce for instance ­ the skycat offers a cost-effective alternative enabling such produce to be delivered direct from source to market low cost at under $0.20 per ton/km and given the vehicle s relatively high speed 155 kph the skycat-220 becomes directly costcompetitive with trucks and other forms of overland freight distribution network savings as the u n world food programme attest the skycat220 can enable major savings to be made by eliminating intermediate warehousing and distribution centres ­ not just in terms of the facilities themselves and the costs and losses associated with double-handling but also the hidden infrastructural costs of road transport systems future developments we are working to develop a controlled-atmosphere ca version of the skycat-220 which would incorporate ca technology within the payload module to maintain total freshness of produce and thereby compete with air freight alternatives not just on cost but also on delivery freshness 18

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