Air Cargo World articles from April 2004

Air Cargo World archives from April 2004

Leaders.(Editor's Note)(Geoff Bridges, air cargo industry)(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... We were putting together thoughts about influential leaders in the air cargo industry with an eye towards our June feature on the topic when we got the news last month about the death of Geoff Bridges. Bridges was a rarity in the...

Opening skies to cargo.(News Updates)
April 1, 2004... Already the engine of the world's air cargo growth, Asia also may be the engine of greater airline flight freedoms aimed at opening up freighter services across the region. Singapore, Thailand and Brunei signed a three-sided open skies...

FedEx yielding?(News Updates)(FedEx Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... If the United States economy is rebounding, you can't tell it by FedEx's returns in the domestic American market. In an otherwise strong report that included a 41 percent increase in net profit for the quarter ended Feb. 29, to $207...

Geoff Bridges, 70.(News Updates)(Obituary)
April 1, 2004... Geoffrey Bridges, who used his experience heading cargo businesses at British Airways and Air Canada to become a leading advocate for air freight industry progress around the world, died March 16 in the United Kingdom. Officials at The...

7E7 range.(News Updates)(Boeing 7E7)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Cargo capacity has become a prominent element in the development of Boeing's planned 7E7 aircraft. The U.S. manufacturer, counting on the "super efficient" aircraft to restore luster to its commercial aviation business, recently extended the...

EGL rising.(News Updates)(EGL Inc. eagle global logistics)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Has Eagle Global Logistics come full circle? The Houston-based forwarder saw its net profit grow more than 150 percent last year to $23.9 million and even some general weakness in air freight yields didn't keep EGL from showing its best returns...

Cyber spaced.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... With air trade rushing to China, could the battle for booking portals be far behind? Asia-based cargo booking portal Ezycargo last month introduced services in Shanghai, marking its first foray into Mainland China and pushing the bid for...

Building world.(News Updates)
April 1, 2004... It's finances on the mend and new contracts in the hopper, World Airways is looking at adding 747-400 freighters as early as next year. "We are just trying to sew up new [wet-lease cargo] contracts," said Joe Fralick, World vice president...

Lufthansa aloft.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Traffic at Lufthansa Cargo appears to be rising around the world, prompting the airline to launch a second freighter flight that circles the globe. The world's largest international cargo carrier is sending an MD-11 freighter east out of...

Opportunity land: DHL hopes its push into the United States reduces FedEx and UPS's home field advantage.(North America)
April 1, 2004... Klaus Zumwinkel looked like anything but an outsider on a recent visit to the United States. Sitting down with the editorial boards of major newspapers, breaking bread with members of Congress and mingling with dignitaries at a reception at one...

Fattening Airports: Europe's top gateways are piling on the tonnage but there's pressure for some slimming down.(Europe)
April 1, 2004... Obesity, they say, is healthcare's new public enemy. But that warning is likely to go unheeded by Europe's four leading cargo gateways. The ungainly forms of London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam remain determined to pile on the pounds,...

The European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice approved the merger.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice approved the merger of Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

AirBridge Cargo, the new 747 scheduled freighter business created by the Volga-Dnepr Group.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... AirBridge Cargo, the new 747 scheduled freighter business created by the Volga-Dnepr Group, signed a long-term contract with Unitpool, the Swiss-based ULD management control and pooling company.

EVA, alternately: the Taiwanese carrier's search for freight is going beyond the usual gateways.(Pacific)
April 1, 2004... In March EVA boosted its all-cargo fleet with an MD-11 freighter wet-leased for a year from World Airways. According to Solomon Lin, deputy senior vice president of EVA's cargo marketing department, it was the right opportunity at the right...

Korean Air.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Korean Air saw cargo revenue grow 7.2 percent in 2003 to more than $1.6 billion, contrasting with a 1.2 percent decline in overall operating revenue that included a 7.2 percent drop in international passenger business. Cargo grew from 28.7...

DHL.(DHL Airways Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... DHL started time-definite service to Shanghai, offering two levels of delivery: "SmartDay" and "MidDay Express." DHL also launched four times weekly express service between Singapore and Jakarta with 737-200 freighters.

Dragonair.(Hong Kong Dragon Airline Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Dragonair carried 19,028 tonnes of cargo in January, a 4.2 percent year-over-year improvement.

Hong Kong Air Terminals.(Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Hong Kong Air Terminals reports a 2.4 percent drop in cargo throughput in January, saying demand fell during the Chinese New Year, but rebounded for a 43 percent increase in throughput for February.

Japan Airlines.(Japan Air Lines Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Japan Airlines projected a $795 million loss for the year ending March 31 and said it expected to cut some 4,500 ground crew jobs to rein in costs.

DHL Danzas Air & Ocean.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... DHL Danzas Air & Ocean won a four-year contract to provide logistics services for Hewlett Packard in South Korea.

China and Thailand signed an air services agreement.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... China and Thailand signed an air services agreement agreement eliminating frequency restrictions for carriers on both sides.

U-Freight.(U-Freight (Hong Kong))(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Hong Kong-based forwarder U-Freight opened a subsidiary in Sri Lanka.

Bridport Aviation.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Bridport Aviation, which makes cargo restraint and handling products, opened 120,000-square-foot design and manufacturing site in Sri Lanka, quadrupling its production capacity worldwide.

Ringing in changes: mobile phone sales are finally rising again, but big changes in the making of phones promise dramatic new demands from logistics providers.(Mobile Phones)
April 1, 2004... When the world's air freight market started to stumble early in 2001, the reason behind the sudden decline was close at hand. A worldwide hunger for mobile phones that more than doubled shipments of cellular phones between 1998 and 2000 had...

Bracing for cargo's crackdown: the U.S. government focuses attention on securing air freight after two years of scrutinizing passenger security.(Cargo Security)
April 1, 2004... After more than two years of intense focus on airline passenger security, the pressure is on in the United States to get tough on air cargo. With some lawmakers scoring political points deriding cargo as a "weak link" in security, air cargo...

Hong Kong's freight recovery: a post-SARS upswing has freight growing in Hong Kong, but competition from Mainland China looms.(Region focus: Hong Kong)
April 1, 2004... Forwarders in Hong Kong were scrambling to find capacity in the early days of March, which turned out to be an uncharacteristically busy period for air cargo operators in the South Asian economic center. The faster-than-normal pace of...

Shifting short-hauls: operators of small freighters say growth in their market isn't far off.(Feature report: regional cargo)
April 1, 2004... Reports in recent years about traffic migrating from the air to the road suggest that regional air cargo carriers should be an endangered species. After all, the big story among the integrators and even air forwarders has been the cutback in...

Low rent, or fine print? Falling warehouse rents are good for tenants, but poor pricing comes with a warning.(Annual survey; airport costs)
April 1, 2004... As with the rest of the air cargo industry, 2003 was a long-awaited year of relative stability in the market for office and warehouse space near the busiest American cargo airports, and tenants largely maintained the upper hand in lease...

Events.(Air transportation industry)(Calendar)
April 1, 2004... April 18-20 Beijing: inter airport Asia, the global event visits the world's fastest growing aviation market, with the backing of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the Aviation Supplies Import and Export Assoc. For...

Obituaries.(People)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
April 1, 2004... Jerome Lederer, an aviation industry pioneer whose work in the 1920s improved the safety of U.S. Air Mail Service planes, died Feb. 6. The former associate of Orville Wright, Charles Lindbergh and Wernher von Braun, was 101. His career spanned...

Atlas Air.(Airlines)(Atlas Air Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Atlas Air: The carrier added chief executive officer to the title of president held by Jeffrey Erickson. The company's board elected Erickson to succeed John Blue, who had served as Atlas' acting CEO since March 2003. Erickson will guide the...

British Airways Regional Cargo.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... British Airways Regional Cargo: The Europe-focused unit of British Airways Cargo appointed Martin Ratcliffe general manger for regional operations. With over 34 years of experience in the air cargo business, Martin is being tasked with...

SAS Cargo.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... SAS Cargo: The airline appointed Rasmus Enderslev to succeed Palle Jorgensen as head of sales in Denmark and southern Sweden. Enderslev has worked at SAS Cargo for 10 years in various sales functions, the past five years as project manager...

LanChile Cargo.(Airlines)(LanChile Airlines)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... LanChile Cargo: The Latin American airline appointed Felipe Meyer director of sales for Florida. He'll be based in Miami. Meyer has worked at LanChile Cargo for seven years, including as cargo director for the carrier's U.S. northeast...

DHL.(Integrators)(DHL Airways Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... DHL: The express operator named Anne Benbow regional director of human resources for the Asia-Pacific. Benbow has worked in international human resources for 20 years, most recently as head of human resources at Singapore-based shipping giant...

Seko Worldwide.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Seko Worldwide: The recently formed global freight forwarder and logistics network provider appointed Stephen Russell president. Russell has 25 years of experience in the logistics industry, most recently as the international transportation and...

GAC Group.(Third-Parties)(GAC Cargo Systems)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... GAC Group: The shipping and logistics services provider appointed Dan Hjalmarsson managing director of operations in Dubai. A 27-year industry veteran from Sweden, Hjalmarsson was previously GAC's managing director in Saudi Arabia.

Con-Way Air.(Third-Parties)(Con-Way Air Express)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Con-Way Air: The air forwarding unit of the Con-Way regional trucking operation named John Casuccio director of sales. He will be responsible for managing the CNF subsidiary's internal and field sales personnel and agents throughout the Unites...

OIA Global Logistics.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... OIA Global Logistics: The Portland, Oregon-based logistics provider and supply chain management company named Ray Garcia president and promoted Steve Akre from president to chairman. Garcia, who will be charged with overseeing and managing...

Le Bas International.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Le Bas International: The air charter company appointed Juseph Hrezo director of cargo sales. Hrezo moves to Le Bas from Menlo Worldwide, where he served as manager of charter development.

Samuel Shapiro & Company.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Samuel Shapiro & Company: The U.S. forwarder and custom house broker named Colin Chapman director of northeast sales. Chapman has nine years of sales experience with FedEx and UPS.

Menzies Aviation Group.(Ground Handling)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Menzies Aviation Group: The aviation support services provider and parent of Menzies World Cargo named Craig Smyth as managing director. Smyth will succeed Peter Smith, who is retiring this month. Smyth has been serving as United Kingdom-based...

AS&E.(Technology)(American Science and Engineering Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... AS&E: Roger Heinisch became interim chief executive officer of American Science & Engineering, the Massachusetts-based X-ray screening manufacturer, after the departure of Ralph Sheridan. Chairman William Odom said the company needed different...

Savi Technology.(Technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Savi Technology: The supply chain security products provider appointed Jerry Beckwith to the new created position of chief operating officer. With more than 25 years of operational, executive management and financial experience, Beckwith will...

Datatrac.(Technology)(Datatrac Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Datatrac: The software developer for the time-sensitive delivery industry appointed John Johnson vice president of sales and marketing. Johnson had been president of Taylor Manufacturing Systems, a provider of planning and scheduling...

TradePoint Systems.(Technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... TradePoint Systems: The IT systems provider named Alan Rosenblatt vice president for the United States. A 25-year transport and logistics industry veteran, Rosenblatt has been with TradePoint since 1992, moving from project software designer to...

Tax Airfreight.(Trucking)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Tax Airfreight: The Milwaukee-based expedited trucker promoted Craig Ramseier to controller. Ramseier had been accounting manager at the company. He completed work on his master's degree from the Keller Graduate School of Management while...

U.S. mail.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 1, 2004... U.S. Mail Top 10 air carriers of U.S. domestic mail for January 2004. (in thousands of ton miles) 1. United Airlines 20,685 17.8 2. Delta Air Lines 18,765 8.9 3. American Airlines 13,040 0.1 ...

Sharing chips.(semiconductors)(Illustration)
April 1, 2004... Sharing Chips Share of worldwide semiconductor sales by region in 2001 and in January 2004. 2001 Jan. 2004 Asia-Pacific 28.7 39.0 Americas 25.7 18.9 Europe 21.7 19.0 Japan ...

Securing freighters: sky marshals are integral to complete security on freighters.(AirCargo Commentary)
April 1, 2004... The United States government has declared that sky marshals are an essential defense element against terrorist attempts to take over aircraft. But one wonders why cargo aircraft were not included in the original mandate. USA Today posed this...