Ground Handling International articles from February 2003

Ground Handling International archives from February 2003

Strategic player. (Ground Handling News).(Uzbekistan's role in Central Asian cargo transporation)(Avialeasing Aviation Co.)
February 1, 2003... Lying at the heart of Central Asia and essentially a strategic junction, Uzbekistan connects Europe with Asia. In the past the Great Silk Road was the principal trade route in the region; in more recent times, Uzbekistan has been important as...

KISS: good buy. (Ground Handling News).(bmibaby is first to contract new services from Menzies Aviation Group)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Birmingham-based bmibaby was the launch customer for KISS, Menzies Aviation Group's innovative new handling solution for low cost airlines. MAG states that the business model for KISS is aligned with that of low cost carriers, and so its...

Handling for the Czech Republic. (Ground Handling News).(ALS Advanced Logistic Systems GmbH provides automated equipment to CSA Czech Airlines)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... CSA Czech Airlines (CSA) has signed a contract with ALS Advanced Logistic Systems GmbH for the supply of a state-of-the-art cargo handling system. For the new CSA Cargo Terminal at Prague airport, ALS Advanced Logistic Systems GmbH will...

Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Nagoya Railroad Co. have agreed to form a jointly owned ground handling company to operate at Chubu International airport in Nagoya, which is due to open in 2006.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Nagoya Railroad Co. have agreed to form a jointly owned ground handling company to operate at Chubu International airport in Nagoya, which is due to open in 2006. The new company will perform aircraft...

GlobeGround has indicated that it will be rolling out a specially tailored handling service in February that will target the low cost carriers.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * GlobeGround has indicated that it will be rolling out a specially tailored handling service in February that will target the low cost carriers. Initially it will be offered at Berlin and will be based on a modular concept.

OCS Transport Division has been awarded a contract with bmi.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * OCS Transport Division has been awarded a contract with bmi to provide a cost-effective service for mishandled luggage across the latter's four operating airports, namely East Midlands, Manchester, Teeside and Leeds Bradford in the UK.

Gains for Jet. (Ground Handling News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Jet Aviation Handling recently took over all the import and export cargo services for four new cargo customers, namely LOT Polish Airlines, Leisure Cargo Group, Thai Airways and SN Brussels Airlines. Jet will now manage LOT's 11 weekly...

In the pipe line. (Ground Handling News).(British Petroleum Company PLC)(Delta Air Lines Inc.)(Delta Connection Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Air BP has been awarded a three-year contract to provide into-plane refuelling services to Delta Air Lines and Delta Connection at Dallas Fort Worth International in Texas. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed. Dallas...

Heavy duty traffic. (Ground Handling News).(Singapore Airlines Cargo Private Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Singapore Airlines Cargo, which operates 26 freighter flights a week via Sharjah International airport (where ground handling is performed by Lufthansa Cargo), recently started up new business at the airport, comprising four cargo flights...

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings. (Industry moves).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air, announced that Douglas Carty is leaving the company to take a position at Laidlaw Inc. Catty was CFO, for both the parent and Atlas Air.

Lufthansa Cargo. (Industry moves).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * At Lufthansa Cargo, Thomas Eggert is now responsible for the sales region of Southeast Asia and Singapore. He replaces Hendrik Falk. In January, Carsten Hemig took over as head of the sales region Russia and the CIS States.

Hainan Airlines. (Industry moves).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Hainan Airlines has appointed Zhao Zhongying 16 as president following its board's approval of the move. He replaces Li Weijian.

United Airlines. (Industry moves).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * United Airlines has named Rosemary Moore as its senior VP-corporate affairs.

TUI Airline Management. (Industry moves).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * TUI has appointed Britannia Airways' MD, Keven Hatton, to succeed Wolfgang Kurth as CEO of TUI Airline Management. According to TUI Executive Director-Airlines, Charles Gurassa, Kurth now will focus entirely on the recently-launched...

Midwest Express Holdings. (Industry moves).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Midwest Express Holdings, parent of Midwest Express Airlines, has appointed Randall Smith as VP-sales and distribution.

Hawaiian Airlines. (Industry moves).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Hawaiian Airlines has named Mark Dunkerley president and COO effective from January. He will replace John Adams, who is relinquishing the title of president but who will continue to serve as chairman and CEO. Dunkerley worked at British...

JetBlue Airways. (Industry moves).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Ken Maxwell has been promoted to VP-security at JetBlue Airways. He will be responsible for defining and implementing security strategies across the carrier's operations.

Swiss WorldCargo. (Industry moves).(Oliver Evans)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * The Board of Directors of SWISS has nominated Oliver Evans as Executive Vice President of its cargo Division, Swiss WorldCargo.

Emery Forwarding. (Industry moves).(promotes Mark Siviter, Michael Dueppre, Marcel Schenk)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * At Emery Forwarding, Mark Siviter has been promoted to regional managing director for the UK, Middle East and Africa region. Michael Dueppre has been promoted to regional managing director for the Europe central region and he will be based...

United Airlines. (Industry moves).(promotes Pete McDonald)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * United Airlines has announced the promotion of Pete McDonald to executive VP-operations. He most recently served as senior VP-airport operations and has been with United since 1969.

Transavia. (Industry moves).(Floris van Pallandt to leave the airline)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Floris van Pallandt, currently responsible for all of KLM's low-cost operations, is to become the new CEO of buzz and resign as CEO and president of Transavia. He will be succeeded at Transavia by Tjero Zomer, a board member of the leisure...

Southwest Airlines. (Industry moves).(promotes three)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Southwest Airlines has promoted Bob Jordan to VP-Systems, Ray Sears to VP-Purchasing and Robert Myrben to VP-Fuel Management.

Virgin Cargo Commercial. (Industry moves).(John Ryan)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Vice President Commercial of the new Virgin Cargo Commercial team is John Ryan.

Swissport Germany. (Industry moves).(Thomas Neff to stand down)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Thomas Neff will stand down as CEO Swissport Germany at the end of February 2003 to take up a new position in the executive management of a Swiss public transport company. Neff helped launch Swissport in 1996 and was based in the Zurich...

Qatar Airways. (Industry moves).(appoints Bill Ward)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Qatar Airways has appointed Bill Ward as its Manager Airport Services Systemwide.

Gulf Air. (Industry moves).(Rohan Alce named general manager)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Rohan Alce has been named as the new general manager of Gulf Air. He will take over from John Evans, who will become the carrier's commercial manager (Europe).

United Airlines has announced the appointment of two senior executives to head the carrier's Airport Operations and Onboard Service divisions. (Industry moves).(Patricia L. Carson, Larry D. De Shon)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * United Airlines has announced the appointment of two senior executives to head the carrier's Airport Operations and Onboard Service divisions. Larry D. De Shon, currently senior vice president-Onboard Service, will become senior vice...

Lufthansa. (Industry moves).(Jurgen Weber retires, Deutsche Lufthansa AG)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Lufthansa has confirmed that after 35 years with the airline Jurgen Weber, chairman and CEO, is to retire. His successor is Wolfgang Mayrhuber, currently deputy chairman of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.

Cargolux. (Industry moves).(appoints Ulrich Ogiermann)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Cargolux has appointed Ulrich Ogiermann as CEO and the new president of the executive committee.

Swiss International Air Lines. (Industry moves).( named William L. Meaney as chief commercial officer.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Swiss International Air Lines' board has named William L. Meaney as chief commercial officer.

Fraport AG. (Industry moves).(appointed Dr Stefan Schulte )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Fraport AG's Supervisory Board has appointed Dr Stefan Schulte as the executive board member responsible for finance.

Inter-roller has signed a US$40m contract.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Inter-roller has signed a US$40m contract to build an automated baggage handling system in the new Bangkok International airport.

Groundstar has won Monarch Airlines' London Gatwick airport ground handling business.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Groundstar has won Monarch Airlines' London Gatwick airport ground handling business. The new contract starts in March and is the first for Groundstar at the airport since it was awarded the fourth ground handling licence at Gatwick in...

Tenants and penance? Are those organisations that make use of an airport's facilities being fairly charged? Bob Schmitz finds a degree of disparity in the EU Ground Handling Directive's interpretation. (Industry Comment).
February 1, 2003... On December 5 2002, the EU Court of Justice held its oral hearing in the case of C-363/01 Flughafen Hannover vs Deutsche Lufthansa concerning the limits to access/concession fees which airports may request from self- and third-party handlers....

Another system from ABB. (Ground Handling News).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2003... ABB Airport Technologies was part of the consortium led by ABB South Africa in the construction of Kruger Mpumalanga International airport, which began in April 2001. ABB was involved in the delivery of a baggage handling system, along with...

Second time around. (Ground Handling News).
February 1, 2003... Refueller ASIG recently entered into an agreement with Edgewater Systems to manage and operate its AR Plus branded collection and processing systems to recover and recycle spent aircraft de-icing fluid at Minneapolis-St. Paul, Chicago O'Hare...

Striking gold. (Ground Handling News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Gold Coast International airport at Coolangatta, in Queensland, Australia has established itself as an international cargo hub: this has been made possible through the help of a recently formed cargo terminal operator, Gold Coast Air Terminal...

Management boom. (Ground Handling News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Chapman Freeborn has opened a station management operation at Heathrow, which represents the seventeenth office to offer this service. Since last October the enterprise has opened six new offices, including those of Brussels, Amsterdam...

Balancing act: Len Kirsch highlights the criteria in the US that can contribute towards lower ground handling costs. (Legal Column).
February 1, 2003... Those of you who have read the SH&E International Air Transport Consultancy Final Report "Study on the quality and efficiency of ground handling services at EU airports as a result of the implementation of Council Directive 96/67/EC," were...

French espresso. (Ground Handling News).(TNT Express France)(Sodexi)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Specialist express handler Sodexi, part of the Air France Group, has just signed a partnership agreement with TNT Express France, a leader in the French express market. The two companies will work together to develop their Sameday delivery...

Unit counts. (Ground Handling News).(East African Airlines)(Unitpool)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... East African is a charter operator serving African destinations such as Mombasa and Zanzibar out of Italy with B767 aircraft. Recently, an agreement with Unitpool was signed, whereby Unitpool undertook to provide its comprehensive ULD...

San Juan contract. (Ground Handling News).(Ivyport Logistical Services)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... In December, Ivyport Logistical Services was appointed to provide ground and cargo handling services to United Airlines at San Juan. The handling company will be involved in the loading and unloading of baggage, cargo and mail for United...

Privat joins the ranks. (Ground Handling News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... PrivatAir France, based at Paris-Le-Bourget airport, has just been awarded the coveted ISO 9001-2000 Certificate of Quality for its aircraft ground handling services. PrivatAir France's Quality Management System--the basis of the ISO...

Brand new brand. (Ground Handling News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Based in Spain, FCC is continuing to make progress in the handling sector. May 2001 saw the acquisition of the cargo handling business from Aldeasa-Ogden and this led to the creation of a new FCC brand: Aviance Cargo. Last year a total of...

SATS scores four in Australian test. (Ground Handling News).(Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) signed up Australian Airlines as its fourth new customer late last year. SATS was appointed ground handling agent by the new Australian carrier as it commenced its thrice weekly service between...

Employment deployment. (IT News).
February 1, 2003... The effective management of ground handling staff is a complex business. Flight delays, cancelled services, holidays, industrial disputes and absenteeism make up just a few of the most common reasons behind the many staffing alterations which...

Sales system realised. (IT News).(China Southern Airways)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... China Southern Airlines, the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, has announced its all new, proprietary cargo sales system is available now at www.cs-air.com (in Chinese) and www.cs-air.com/en (in English). Following more...

GSE PC from MSC. (IT News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Germany-based MSC, a partner of Inform, which is based in Aachen, has designed and installed a PC that can be utilised by GSE. The Mobile Data Terminal is a virtually indestructible Windows PC with a touch-screen which can be hooked up to...

Australian Airlines, Qantas Airways' new subsidiary, has selected Geneva applications.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Australian Airlines, Qantas Airways' new subsidiary, has selected Geneva applications to manage its resources, rostering and crew planning.

Equant, a provider of global IP and data services for multinational businesses, has won a contract with Lufthansa Systems.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Equant, a provider of global IP and data services for multinational businesses, has won a contract with Lufthansa Systems to maintain workstations outside Germany for Lufthansa Cargo AG, itself a provider of state-of-the-art transportation...

Fleet feat. (IT News).(I.D. Systems)(United Air Lines Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... United Airlines and I.D. Systems are to deploy the latter's Wireless Asset Net fleet management system jointly on selected aircraft ground support equipment at San Francisco International. Wireless Asset Net requires anyone who wishes to...

Benefits in Real Time. (IT News).
February 1, 2003... Real Time Engineering Ltd (Real Time) has been awarded a major contract by the Airline Operators Committee (AOC) to manage a multi-million pound Baggage Reconciliation System (BRS) replacement programme for Heathrow airport. Due for...

ABB bags TAGS. (IT News).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2003... Thai Airports Ground Services (TAGS) has entrusted ABB Airport Technologies with the delivery of a Resource Management System for its ramp and passenger handling services. The contract was signed late in 2002. TAGS was founded in 1990 by...

Ground Handling International 2002 Conference review: Rome. The Hilton. The aviation sector. It could only be the GHI annual conference. (Conference Review).
February 1, 2003... Growing interest in ground handling industry matters, after what has been an eventful 12 months, led to a range of issues being discussed at the recent GHI conference in Rome. Unseasonably mild weather was appreciated by the 250 or so...

Go ... go ... golf! Ever wondered what it would be like to play the same course where Ernie Els and eleven other professionals fought it out for the US$2 million first prize last year? Now is your chance as the fifth annual GHI/IGHC Golf Classic will be played at the Gary Player Country Club course, Sun City, on Sunday 25th May, 2003. (Fifth Annual GHI/IGHC Golf Classic).
February 1, 2003... For the last three years in a row, the Gary Player Country Club course has been voted the No. 1 course in South Africa. It has been home to the Nedbank Golf Challenge for more than 20 years where the world's top twelve golfers compete for the...

Seaside special: the aviation industry is gearing up for the first major show of 2003. (Inter Airport Miami).
February 1, 2003... This year will see a brace of Interairport shows, one in the US and the second in Europe. Here we look at some of the forthcoming highlights of the Miami event, which is scheduled to run over March 25-27 at the Miami Beach Convention Centre,...

Middle East, Turkey & Africa: the fortunes of Africa, Turkey and the Middle East have been mixed over 2002, as our survey reveals. But terrorist repercussions aside, many of those who participated in our annual round-up were painting an optimistic picture of their activities. (World Analysis).
February 1, 2003... Celebi Ground Handling's reply is somewhat typical of what follows. A spokesman for the handler confirmed that 2002 had been a good year for tourism in Turkey. In fact, arrivals between January and October 2002 increased by 12.4% in...

Time for change: one of the handling industry's stalwarts took time out at the recent Rome GHI conference to share his thoughts on the sector's future. (Industry Interview).
February 1, 2003... John Willis is well known to many within the ground handling arena and with over 40 years' experience to his credit, he has seen much come and go in this dynamic sector. "I started off in 1960, with British United Airways, and worked...

Bright sparks. (Flight Safety).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... One of the more technically-minded readers of this column (yes, they are out there somewhere!) has pointed out to me that, in some cases, more is not always better. He quotes the example of a certain airport that mandated that all handlers...

Hitting it off? (Flight Safety).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Two short items were brought to my attention by one of my regular sources that are worth sharing for different reasons. The first involved a baby Airbus that got up close and personal with an airbridge. The unfortunate aircraft was being...

Chock horror! (Flight Safety).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The most unusual report I've been sent for a long time was an item taken from a newspaper about a mechanic stopping a passenger jet departing by throwing a chock into the engine! The man involved was concerned that because he spotted a U/S...

Cutting a dash? (Flight Safety).
February 1, 2003... Regular readers of this journal know that we hold dear anything and everything related to safety on the ramp. At the recent Ground Handling International Conference in Rome there were several papers on the subject and one in particular was...

Tailfin. (Flight Safety).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... A traveller was at an airport recently, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked: "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" To which the traveller replied: "If it was without my knowledge, how would...

High and mighty: lifters and loaders are not over-complicated pieces of GSE but how many handlers ever spare a thought for their versatility? (High-Lifts & Loaders).
February 1, 2003... Unquestionably, the high-lift is today a common sight on ramp and with one possible future containing a scenario that envisages bigger and bigger freighters, there is pressure on the designer and builder to come up with a vehicle that will...

Funnel vision? (Machinery & Equipment Update).(Racor Division)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The Racor Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation has announced the release of new Fuel Pre-Filter Funnel Systems. The Racor Fuel Filter Funnel (RFF) family is a new heavy-duty, fast-flow, filter-in-a-funnel that separates damaging free water...

Hot shots! (Machinery & Equipment Update).(from Weyer Indutec)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... A compact, easily portable aircraft de-icer, designed especially for general aviation and for difficult operation areas for jet aircraft, is now available from Weyer Indutec. The HOTSPRAY De-Icer is a high pressure unit which electrically...

Upgraded air port. (Machinery & Equipment Update).
February 1, 2003... FMC Airport Systems has introduced a new line of JETAIRE 30 tonne side-discharge point-of-use preconditioned air units that incorporate all of the popular features of the company's JETAIRE 30 tonne mobile PC air units. Previous JETAIRE...

Stepping out. (Machinery & Equipment Update).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Destined for Bremen airport, the first set of self-propelled stairs from PDZ Airside was ready last month. The unit is available with a service range of 2-4.4 metres or 2.2-5.8 metres on a longer wheelbase. The Jetmaster range...

Team effort for the future. (Machinery & Equipment Update).
February 1, 2003... Logan Fabricom Ltd., a member of Fabricom Airport Systems, has teamed up with US-based companies Systems Electronics, Norpak Handling and Control-Touch Systems to offer fully integrated baggage handling systems and services throughout North...

Keeping cool. (Machinery & Equipment Update).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Do you carry or handle temperature sensitive cargo? If so, you will be interested to learn of a new development. Lufthansa Cargo is the first freight airline worldwide to have introduced a state-of-the-art cool container for...

METOR 300, the new generation walk through metal detector recently launched by Metorex Security Products, received the world's first environmental certificate.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * METOR 300, the new generation walk through metal detector recently launched by Metorex Security Products, received the world's first environmental certificate for walk through metal detectors in November 2002.

Bridge Bearings has prepared a comprehensive set of product specification sheets to include its range of semi-precision and metric precision bearings, taper bearing kits and needle roller bearings for use in wheel hubs.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Bridge Bearings has prepared a comprehensive set of product specification sheets to include its range of semi-precision and metric precision bearings, taper bearing kits and needle roller bearings for use in wheel hubs. Also included are...

L-3 Communications' Security and Detection Systems division has received an order for thirteen of its VIS108 in-line, automated Level 1 explosive detection systems (EDS) from the airport authority of Spain, AENA (Aeropuertos Espanoles y Navegacion Aerea).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * L-3 Communications' Security and Detection Systems division has received an order for thirteen of its VIS108 in-line, automated Level 1 explosive detection systems (EDS) from the airport authority of Spain, AENA (Aeropuertos Espanoles y...

Stewart & Stevenson Tug.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... * Stewart & Stevenson Tug has acquired Davco Industries.

On a roll. (Machinery & Equipment Update).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Inter-Roller Engineering Limited has won a S$2.2m (US$1.23m) project to design and build an automated baggage handling system at Brisbane airport. This represents Inter-Roller's first baggage handling project in Australia. The contract...

Networking in the sun. (Airport Services).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The preparations for Ground Handling 2003 are now well under way. Ground Handling 2003, comprising the 16th Annual Meeting of the IATA Ground Handling Council (IGHC), Exhibition and Workshops, will be held over May 25-28 2003. The event is...

Leading the way with airside safety in 2003. (Airport Services).
February 1, 2003... In 2003 safety remains as one of IATA's top priorities. IATA places great importance on industry safety and this year a special focus has been given to this vital issue. A number of IATA safety-related activities are underway, which are...

IGHC working groups. (Airport Services).
February 1, 2003... It might be winter in the northern hemisphere but working groups are still active. The three working groups reporting directly to the IGHC will all be meeting in February. The Airside Safety Group will meet in Miami over February 18-20;...

KLAS gains ground at KLIA. (1999).(KL Airport Services )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Despite being a relatively new-kid-on-the-block, KL Airport Services (KLAS) has already made a significant impression at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Industry eyebrows were raised when KL Airport Services (KLAS) sealed a...

Servisair enters US market. (2002).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Servisair has become the latest major European ground handier to penetrate the North American market following the acquisition in January of two US ground handling businesses: the Cleveland-based Global Group, and Dallas/Fort Worth-based...

European expansion for AAS. (2001).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... There seems to be no stopping aviation support services company AAS in its determination to move ever onwards and upwards, it is only 12 months since the company--originally known as Aviation & Airport Services--consolidated all its operating...