Air Cargo World articles from April 2007

Air Cargo World archives from April 2007

Open.
April 1, 2007... BYLINE: Paul Page Shortly after European transport ministers voted unanimously to endorse a historic new aviation treaty between the United States and the European Union - a vote that probably was a bigger surprise than the trans-Atlantic...

News Updates.
April 1, 2007... Security Gets Surprising While shippers and cargo carriers were watching the United States Congress carefully for new security regulations, the Transportation Security Administration surprised much of the industry and its customers with...

Restructured Retirement.
April 1, 2007... BYLINE: By Robert W. Moorman FedEx is moving to "modernize" its retirement plans for most of its fulltime employees in what industry observers say may be a prudent business move but one that likely will prompt unions to throttle up their...

New Players.
April 1, 2007... BYLINE: Roger Turney One can never have enough cargo carriers in Belgium, it seems. The euro state is nurturing the birth of no less than three fledgling cargo airlines. Apparently all are determined to grab a share of the same market. ...

Singapore Startup.
April 1, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Like several other major international carriers, Japan Airlines is mulling over the possibility of establishing a joint venture cargo airline in China. But rival Nippon Cargo Airlines is eschewing that strategy and...

Oversized Ambition.
April 1, 2007... BYLINE: Douglas Nelms When Alexey Isaikin, president of Russia''s Volga-Dnepr Group, told the International Air Cargo Forum last fall that he expects the market for outsized air freight to reach $7.2 billion in the next quarter century,...

Aerospace Oversized.
April 1, 2007... Oversized transport often makes for oversized relationships between project cargo carriers and their customers. That''s because even though the business depends on charter arrangements rather than regular scheduled services, long-term planning...

Airport Rental Rates - A Fresh Look Back, and Forward.
April 1, 2007... BYLINE: Ed Riggins, CRESA Partners Given the pace of change in business, seven years is a long time. It''s long enough to have learned a few things, and now seems like the right time to take a look back at trends we observed and what...

2007 CRESA Partners Airport-Area Office-Warehouse Rental Rate Survey.(Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal )
April 1, 2007... 2007 2006 2007 Avg. Typical Expenses Rank Rank City Net Rent Sample Properties Tax, Ins & Maint. Survey Comments 1 3 Los Angeles (LAX) $11.12 104th St - $10.68, W. Imperial Hwy. $0.60 - $1.40 Rates quoted monthly and have been -...

Expressly Suited Mideast.
April 1, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman Express freight carriers have plied their trade in the Middle East long before the two Iraq wars, long before there was the infrastructure to support the business, long before Dubai was dubbed a global center of...

Airline Cargo.
April 1, 2007... While the express carriers have been building in the Middle East, the region''s own carriers have been aggressive in ramping up their own cargo business. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Crystal Cargo and Emirates SkyCargo of Dubai have impressive...

Middle East-Based Freight Forwarders.
April 1, 2007... Middle East-Based Freight Forwarders COMPANY HEADQUARTER SERVICES WEBSITE Aramex Amman, International Express, Domestic Express, www.aramex.com Jordan Freight Forwarding, Logistics, Shop & Ship Catalog...

Land of the Rising Hubs.
April 1, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger You may be forgiven for associating Changi with Singapore rather than Nanjing or airports in India. Changi Airports International still runs Singapore''s international airport, but these days it is pushing aggressively...

People.
April 1, 2007... Awards The International Air Cargo Association named Christopher Foyle, a longtime aviation industry executive who was a pivotal figure in development of the industry''s project business, to its hall of fame. The British national founded...