Air Cargo World articles from April 2001

Air Cargo World archives from April 2001

Inventory.(logistics management)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... One of the great business stories in the 1990s -- aside from the Internet, of course -- was the ascendance of inventory management as part of the core strategies of businesses around the world. Logistics, we've been told, can make or break a...

Laying Off Air Shipping.(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
April 1, 2001... Less than a year ago, air cargo operators were wringing their hands over their inability to hire new workers in a booming. fully-employed American economy. Thats hardly the case anymore as the layoffs, cutbacks and downsizing that started...

747X-pectations.(Boeing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Boeing expects to begin catching up to Airbus in the super jumbo race by the end of this year and says it will launch its 747X as a freighter if the orders come from the all-cargo world. "If customers tell us that they want a freighter...

Exelling.(Excel's recent acquisitions)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In a recent treatise on the future of automotive logistics, F.X. Coughlin Chief Executive Officer Joe Coughlin touted his non-asset-based business by noting, "We don't have to own half the world to get the job done." Global logistics...

Chinese Diet.(United Parcel Service )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... United Parcel Service was preparing to launch its hard-won freighter service into China April 1, but the business focus of the world's largest cargo carrier has already turned to Hong Kong. UPS officials say they hope to win new rights to...

Airport Logistics.(Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Hong Kong International Airport has its eyes set firmly on some key global markets in its choice of a multinational consortium to build a logistics center aimed at giving the airport more long-term, high-value business. Partners in...

Special Venture.(HeavyLift Cargo Airlines and Air Foyle)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Given the cold shoulder by its longtime Russian partner, Britain's HeavyLift Cargo Airlines is throwing in with the competition in the increasingly lively project cargo business for An-124 freighters. The joint venture between HeavyLift...

Going Dutch.(TNT International Express )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... TNT International's interest in the United States turns out to have a domestic element While most express and regulatory eyes in the United States have been on Deutsche Post's prospective move into the domestic American market, TNT...

Upper Decked?(Canada 3000's acquisition of Royal Aviation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Canada's budding all-cargo field may not be blooming this spring as the country's shippers begin to see the impact of consolidation on their ability to find fresh capacity. Canada 3000's recent takeover of Royal Aviation is the latest...

Delta Air Lines.(U.S. Justice Department approves joint cargo marketing effort)(Air France)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The U.S. Justice Department gave antitrust approval to the joint cargo marketing effort of Skyteam Alliance members Delta Air Lines and Air France in the United States.

United Airlines.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... United Airlines moved into a 50,000-square-foot, $15.3 million cargo facility at Newark Airport that the airline says will improve its freight handling there.

Kuehne & Nagel.(Customs consulting service)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... German forwarder Kuehne & Nagel added consulting for Customs service to its services in the United States.

Lufthansa Cargo.(Cargolux contract)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Lufthansa Cargo dropped its freighter flights to San Francisco in favor of blocked space on Cargolux flights.

Emery Worldwide.(internet capability for Consignee Assistance Program)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Emery Worldwide added Internet capability to its Consignee Assistance Program, which allows consignees of imported goods to manage delivery flow.

BTX Express.(MoveMyFreight.com alliance)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Forwarder BTX Express and MoveMyFreight.com struck an alliance to offer air and ocean forwarding services to the Internet operator's customers.

United Airlines.(bonus frequent flier miles)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... United Airlines offered customers of its same-day service bonus frequent flier miles.

Virgin Atlantic Cargo.(Miami International Airport facility)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Virgin Atlantic Cargo moved into an expanded 38,000-square-foot facility at the Miami International Airport.

Team Worldwide.(Hawaii offices)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Forwarder Team Worldwide expanded into Hawaii with the opening of offices in Honolulu and Maui.

Kansas City International Airport.(freight traffic down)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Freight traffic through Kansas City International Airport fell 10 percent in the first nine months of 2000.

Wilson Logistics.(offering direct distribution program)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Swedish forwarder Wilson Logistics started a Direct Distribution program in the United States, offering offshore shippers sending goods into the country time-definite delivery to consignees.

Miami International Airport.(air freight up)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Domestic freight at Miami International Airport soared 25 percent in January over the previous year, which the airport attributed to the inegration of the Challenge Air Cargo system into United Parcel Service.

Target Air Freight.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Forwarder Target Air Freight opened a station in Raleigh, N.C.

East is Least.(analysing slowdown in eastbound freight traffic)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... The only trans-Pacific shipping business growing these days is the flow of empty freight space Like gunslingers in the moments before a shootout in old movie Westerns, trans-Pacific carriers are eyeing each other warily these days...

Cathay Climbs.(Cathay Pacific Airways)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... After depending on cargo revenue to carry it through recent lean times, Cathay Pacific Airways is still reaping the benefits from freight and adding more lift as its cargo presence grows. The Hong Kong-based carrier pulled in US$1.3...

Air New Zealand.(sharing freighters with Lufthansa Cargo)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Air New Zealand and Lufthansa Cargo struck a deal to share space on freighters out of Europe and the South Pacific into North America

Dnata.(ISO 9001 certification)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Dubai airport handler Dnata, which is owned by Emirates airline, received ISO 9001 quality certification for its operations.

Hong Kong's General Chamber of Commerce.(increase in gross domestic product)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Hong Kong's General Chamber of Commerce projects 4.8 percent gross domestic product growth this year, well ahead of Hong Kong's average growth in the 1990s.

All Nippon Airways.(services to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... All Nippon Airways said it will halt service to Kuala Lumpur International Airport while KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it would upgrade its freight capacity to the Malaysian city to six weekly 747-400 combination flights from Amsterdam.

China Airlines.(air cargo flights to the United States increased)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... China Airlines took delivery of a 747-400 freighter and increased to six the number of weekly all-cargo flights from Taipei to Chicago and New York's Kennedy Airport.

China and Vietnam.(agree to new routes over South China Sea)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... China and Vietnam agreed to new routes over the South China Sea that will take effect Nov. 1, with potential capacity doubling once new separation standards are implemented four months later.

Japan Airlines.(adds freighter)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Japan Airlines will lease an added 747 freighter during the fourth quarter and will add flights between Osaka and Los Angeles and between Tokyo and Frankfurt.

GeoLogisitics.(award for export marketing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The Hong Kong Trade Development Council honored GeoLogisitics for export marketing, recognizing the forwarder's commitment to staff development.

Wilson Logistics.(acquires Port Adelaide Warehouse and Distribution Service)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Wilson Logistics bought Port Adelaide Warehouse and Distribution Service of Australia.

Singapore Airline.(cargo capacity)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Singapore Airline filled 68.4 percent of its cargo space in December, the lowest level in four months, and cargo capacity usage fell 2.1 percent from a year ago.

FedEx.(service from Vietnam quicker)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... FedEx says a direct feeder flight between Vietnam and the carrier's Subic Bay hub has cut transit times from the country to the United States by a day.

Cathay Pacific.(Hong Kong to Delhi flights)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Cathay Pacific started nonstop passenger flights four times weekly between Hong Kong and Delhi.

Jardine Logistics.(Allied International form alliance to provide service to high-technology companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Hong Kong-based forwarder Jardine Logistics and the NorthAmerican Logistics division of Indiana-based Allied Worldwide formed a strategic alliance to manage supply chains for high-tech companies across the Pacific.

Qantas.(judge drops animal cruelty charges against Qantas Airways Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... An Australian judge dropped animal cruelty charges against Qantas in connection with the 68 deer that died in a February 2000 flight because they were packed in crates that were too small, saying the airline had a clean record and had relied...

Watching RATs.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Europe's shippers are hoping for harmony from harmonized air cargo performance standards Shippers talking with forwarders talking with airlines? It is a kind of radical thought, but that is what is going to be happening from now on. The...

[0] Lufthansa Cargo.(to raise air rates)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Lufthansa Cargo will raise rates in April for traffic out of Germany on selected lanes, depending on market conditions.

Iberia Airlines.(state-owned holding company to sell majority stake)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A state-owned holding company will sell its majority stake in Spain's Iberia Airlines this month.

Cargolux.(airline adds second Luxembourg-Portland weekly flight)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Cargolux added a second weekly flight between Luxembourg and Portland after launching the service to Oregon last fall.

Manchester Airport.(Manchester Airport PLC purchases East Midlands and Bournemouth airports)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... England's Manchester Airport purchased East Midlands and Bournemouth airports from National Express Group.

Copenhagen Airport.(increase in cargo transport volume)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Cargo traffic at Copenhagen Airport grew 8 percent in 2000.

United Airlines.(United Air Lines Inc. to begin Chicago-Amsterdam flight service)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... United Airlines will boost international service from Chicago with new service this summer to Amsterdam.

East Line.(cargo carrier is investigated for alleged contraband transport)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Goods carried by Russian cargo carrier East Line were held up at Moscow last month as the government investigated the airline for allegedly hauling contraband traffic.

Monarch Airlines.(Monarch Airlines Ltd. to use AirCP as general cargo sales agent)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... British holiday specialist Monarch Airlines will use AirCP as its general sales agent for cargo out of the Benelux region and for trans-Atlantic traffic when the airline begins summer service to Orlando, Fla.

Kuehne & Nagel.(profit increase of freight forwarder Kuehne and Nagel International Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Forwarder Kuehne & Nagel credits a new organizational structure and growth in Europe and Asia operations for a $75 million profit in 2000, a gain of 32.2 percent over 1999.

Beefing Up.(routes, service to Argentina increased)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Combination carriers hope to set up steaks in Argentina The Argentine economy may be stuck in a seemingly endless stagnation but you wouldn't know that from the growth in air traffic that is adding sharp increases in capacity to one of...

Heavy Chile.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... LanChile is taking steps to build on what is proving to be a rapidly-growing cargo business at the Chilean airline. Now firmly established as the No. 2 South American air freight carrier behind yang Brazilan Airways, LanChile says its...

LAN Honduras.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Honduras got a new carrier with the startup of regional airlines LAN Honduras.

Tibbett & Britten.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... British logistics consultant Tibbett & Britten moved into South America by buying Argentine distributor Unicargo.

Martinair Holland.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Martinair Holland started serving Montivideo, Uruguay with an MD-11 flying weekly from Amsterdam through Miami.

Hermes Aviation.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Mercury Air Group's Hermes Aviation subsidiary will sell cargo capacity for China Airlines in Mexico and Central America.

Boxing in Express.
April 1, 2001... Documents were the foundation of the express industry, but what happens when your customers would rather click than ship? The future has arrived at the air express industry and its come packaged in a box. In sorting hubs around the United...

Questions of Identity.
April 1, 2001... Can secondary carriers survive in global commerce, or will they be swallowed up by bigger partners ? SAS is confronting just this dilemma At the Copenhagen headquarters of SAS Cargo, the freight unit of Scandinavian Airline System gets...

People.
April 1, 2001... Airlines Emirates: The Mideast carrier hired David Pierce, who retired from Boeing last year after 27 years at the aircraft maker, as vice president of cargo marketing and sales. A logistics systems engineer with Rockwell and McDonnell...

E.J. Brooks.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The transportation security company introduced the Programmable Electronic Door-Lock for trucks with toll-up doors. The lock is controlled with a keypad that records the date and time the door is opened or closed and the operator's...

TydenBramall.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The company introduced the Quick Loc Seal and Quick Loc Seal Plus. The cable seals are designed for small-diameter applications such as barrels, tank cars and some trucks. The Quick Loc Sea] allows tracking through hot foil stamping or ink...

Datatrac.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In a partnership with Nextel Communications, Datatrac integrated its Mobile Interactive Data Solution (MIDAS) with Nextel's Internet-ready digital cellular phones. MIDAS customers who sign up for Nextel Online can send, receive and update...

Cognitive.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The printer manufacturer unveiled the Del Sol 4, a 4-inch desktop printer that can print heavy duty tags. The printer offers flash memory, serial, parallel and an optional internal ethernet interface enable operation from any LAN workstation,...

Southworth Products.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The company's new Z-Lift Tilter tilts down, instead of up like most tilters, to position containers at angles from 5 degrees to -40 degrees, and can be independently operated with a foot switch or handheld controller. The tilters have a...

Interthor.
April 1, 2001... The new ERGO-TILT offers vertical movement of 11.25 inches and a tilt angle up to 85 degrees to position wire baskets, totes, hampers and other containers. The tilter can be rolled from one workstation to another, with or without a load, and...

Magtrol.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The Buffalo, N.Y.-based company introduced Load Measuring Pins that are mounted into machines in place of normal shafts and fitted with strain gauges to detect overloads. The pins' high resistance stainless steel and lack of sensitivity to...

Domestic Share.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Domestic Share Share by revenue of U.S. domestic air freight and express business in 1999. (in US$ millions) Other $772...

Export Europe.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Export Europe Top 10 European countries for air cargo exports to the United States in the first half of 2000. Germany 133,890 United...

Export Americas.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Export Americas Top 10 countries in the Americas receiving U.S. air cargo exports through mid-year 2000. (in...

Change.(in freight transport industry is topic at annual meeting)
April 1, 2001... In a changing cargo marketplace, managing a business now means managing change In these days when the financial wizards in the United States and abroad are talking about shortfalls in expected earnings and reporting declining consumer...

Korean Air.(new cargo facilities)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Korean Air said new cargo facilities at Incheon International Airport would boost the airline's cargo handling capacity 2.2 times.