Air Cargo World articles from August 2006

Air Cargo World archives from August 2006

Safety.(Editor's Note)
August 1, 2006... It would be too easy for large segments of the air cargo industry to dismiss the safety problems raised in a series of articles last month in the Miami Herald. The safety issues raised, after all, are mostly about the regional cargo aircraft...

Airlines showing rebound.(News Updates)
August 1, 2006... The latest financial reports from American combination airlines look like something out the long-ago profitable past but the carriers are hoping the strong earnings are a sign of the future. After the industry piled up billions of dollars in...

Beirut broken.(News Updates)
August 1, 2006... When Israeli military jets first bombed runways at Beirut International Airport last month, Lebanon's transport ministry told carriers and forwarders optimistically that the airport might be back in operation in a few days. Beirut...

More cargo.(News Updates)
August 1, 2006... Aircraft manufacturer Boeing says cargo demand will lead to the need for some 3,000 additional jet freighters over the next 20 years, although the outlook isn't quite as robust as it used to be. In its 2006 "Current Market Outlook," Boeing...

Eyeing charges.(News Update)
August 1, 2006... The expanding worldwide investigation of surcharges in the air cargo industry is stretching to the integrated air express carriers. FedEx and UPS said within days of each other last month that they received grand jury subpoenas as part of a...

Beyond 747-400s.(News Updates)
August 1, 2006... Boeing barely had time to mark the closing of the company's most popular freighter production before it got an important order for the follow-up aircraft. The aircraft manufacturer said an order for two 747-400 extended-range freighters...

Project Ruslan.(News Updates)
August 1, 2006... Antonov Airlines and Volga-Dnepr Airlines are consolidating their marketing forces, bringing together two longtime competitors who helped create the worldwide project cargo market using Russian-built AN-124 freighters. The agreement...

GF-X reloads.(News Updates,Global Freight Exchange)(Interview)
August 1, 2006... Global Freight Exchange, the first of the air freight industry's independent booking portals, is looking for new funding and strategic opportunities. GF-X hired Europa Partners, a London-based investment bank, to look at funding options...

Mail call: the U.S. Postal Service's new pact with UPS may only be one step in an ongoing overhaul of U.S. mail transport.(NORTH AMERICA)
August 1, 2006... The United States Postal Service is boarding domestic flights with UPS but it may be just as interested in making international connections. Hard on the heels of a new contract with UPS that will send large volumes of mail away from the...

Cargo traffic for United States airlines in May had its strongest showing in 18 months, growing 9.9 percent over the same month in a broad recovery led by a 12 percent increase in international freight traffic.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Cargo traffic for United States airlines in May had its strongest showing in 18 months, growing 9.9 percent over the same month in a broad recovery led by a 12 percent increase in international freight traffic. Domestic cargo grew 7.5 percent,...

DHL Global Forwarding signed a three-agreement with Forward Air.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... DHL Global Forwarding signed a three-agreement with Forward Air to have the air freight trucker serve as its primary provider for expedited ground services in the United States.

Forwarder Adcom Worldwide will use TRAXON Europe as its single communications provider for links to airlines.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Forwarder Adcom Worldwide will use TRAXON Europe as its single communications provider for links to airlines, advancing TRAXON's plans to expand into North America.

AMB Property.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... San Francisco-based AMB Property, which develops and manages airport cargo facilities around the world, saw its net profit grow nearly 88 percent to $75.4 million in the second quarter. AMB's occupancy rates grew sharply and new additions in...

San Francisco International Airport.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Long-stagnant cargo traffic at San Francisco International Airport leaped 16.5 percent in April behind a 29.5 percent gain in domestic traffic. International cargo, down in the first quarter, grew 7.8 percent, with exports to the Far East up...

DHL.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... DHL created a "Disaster Response Team Americas" logistics unit based in South Florida to handle relief services in case of a repeat of last year's damaging hurricane season in the region.

Virgin Atlantic Airways.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Virgin Atlantic Airways launched twice-weekly 747-400 service between London Gatwick and Montego Bay, Jamaica.

UPS added a 757 freighter four times weekly to Tucson International Airport and DHL added a second DC-9.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... UPS added a 757 freighter four times weekly to Tucson International Airport and DHL added a second DC-9 to its Tucson service.

Los Angeles International Airport.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Air freight tonnage at Los Angeles International Airport edged up 0.7 percent in April but still was off 2.2 percent in the first four months of 2006.

Columbus Rickenbacker International Airport.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Cargo-focused Columbus Rickenbacker International Airport saw freight traffic grow 16.7 percent in the first four months of 2006 over the same period a year ago.

Victory International Logistics.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Australian forwarder Victory International Logistics opened its first station in the United States, a wholly-owned office outside Chicago in Elk Grove Village, Ill.

Etihad Airways.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Etihad Airways will start passenger service to New York in October using an A340-500 with 11 tons of cargo capacity. The airline has booked one million out of the United States this year.

Target Logistic Services.(Briefly)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Forwarder Target Logistic Services more than doubled its net profit in the first quarter to $609,642 on an 18.2 percent increase in gross revenue, to $37.1 million. The gross profit margin slipped to 31.6 percent as the cost of transportation...

The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association named British Airways World Cargo its 'Carrier of the Year.'

United Airlines.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Freight at United Airlines in June advanced 10.5 percent over last year, and was up 5.8 percent in the first half of 2006.

Virgin territory: Virgin Atlantic is seeking new passenger paths and shifting routes are finding new cargo strategies.(EUROPE,Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.)
August 1, 2006... When the next James Bond movie is released it will have a new star in the lead role, who will also have a new sidekick. Well, sort of. Never shy of a good publicity stunt, Virgin Atlantic Chairman Sir Richard Branson, has managed to secure...

Association of European Airlines.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... European airlines' freight traffic edged up 2.1 percent in May, with dwindling business within Europe and in South America offsetting modest gains in the Middle East and Asia in the latest Association of European Airlines report. Traffic in the...

Boeing will have Aernnova, a Spanish aeronautics engineering company.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Boeing will have Aernnova, a Spanish aeronautics engineering company, help design the fuselage and wing sections of the 747-8 freighter, the next generation of the 747 aircraft.

UTi Worldwide was in talks to acquire Newlog and Transdal Trade.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... UTi Worldwide was in talks to acquire Newlog and Transdal Trade, freight forwarders operating in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.

Austrian Airlines and Emirates started sharing space on new A310-300 weekly freighter service.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Austrian Airlines and Emirates started sharing space on new A310-300 weekly freighter service operated by Emirates between Vienna and Dubai.

Air France/KLM.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Cargo traffic at Air France/KLM grew 4.6 percent in June and was up 3.7 percent for the year so far. But cargo load factors in the Asia-Pacific fell as capacity growth of 8.6 percent in June was ahead of a 2.3 percent advance in traffic.

EasternAirCargo started weekly 747-200 freighter service between Moscow and Luxembourg.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... EasternAirCargo started weekly 747-200 freighter service between Moscow and Luxembourg. The Leipzig-based operator also jointly launched a road feeder service with AGT-Logistic of Moscow called Volga Express for shipments from Moscow to cities...

Davies Turner.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Davies Turner stepped up its expedited trucking service between the United Kingdom and Poland to four-times-weekly.

Lufthansa Cargo and Swissport started joint handling operations in Hanover.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Lufthansa Cargo and Swissport started joint handling operations in Hanover, Germany

Etihad Crystal Cargo.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Etihad Crystal Cargo started offering tracking over mobile phones, called SMS Tracking, for customers in the United Arab Emirates.

GAC.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Forwarder GAC launched GAC Xpress, a land transport service in the Middle East using a dedicated fleet of trucks.

Canada's Zoom Airlines named Network Airline Services as its cargo general sales agent for business from Belgium.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Canada's Zoom Airlines named Network Airline Services as its cargo general sales agent for business from Belgium for the airline's 767-300 passenger flights out of Paris and London to Canada.

Emirates.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Emirates added a second weekly 777 passenger flight between Dubai and Dusseldorf after showing 9.1 percent growth in cargo traffic there in the first quarter.

ICAR.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... AN-12 freighter operator ICAR started weekly flights from Marseille to Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya.

Air Mauritius named RTW Air Services its general sales agent for its 767 and A340-300 weekly flights from Zurich and Geneva to Port Louis.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Air Mauritius named RTW Air Services its general sales agent for its 767 and A340-300 weekly flights from Zurich and Geneva to Port Louis, with up to 18 tonnes of cargo capacity.

Shanghai surprise: carriers are rushing to get a piece of China's lucrative export action, but the new lift may come with lower yields.(PACIFIC)
August 1, 2006... Emperors of China's Qing dynasty, which ruled in the Middle Kingdom's decline from the mid-16th to the early 20th century, threw vast resources at the amassing of jade, a gem considered to possess outstanding beauty and offer propitious...

DHL's mile.(PACIFIC)
August 1, 2006... DHL may not be investing in Malaysia's Transmile but it certainly is looking to get some value out of the young cargo airline. DHL will get broad use of Transmile's aircraft, including MD-11 freighters joining the airline's fleet, under a...

Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Freight traffic growth for Asian carriers slowed to 3.4 percent in May, just about even with capacity expansion. For the first five months of 2006, the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines showed freight traffic 5.2 percent ahead of the pace...

Japan Airlines.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Japan Airlines, after losses in two of the last three years, planned to sell nearly $2 billion in new shares as part of a plan to reduce its debt and finance a fleet expansion. Seeking to expand

Seeking to expand business in India, Envirotainer named Interavion as its exclusive sales and management agent.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Seeking to expand business in India, Envirotainer named Interavion as its exclusive sales and management agent for cold chain services in the country.

Singapore Airlines.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Singapore Airlines added Tianjin, China, to its freighter network, adding twice-weekly stops on routes to the United States.

Forwarder Korea Express started a Tokyo-based subsidiary called Korex Logistics Japan.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Forwarder Korea Express started a Tokyo-based subsidiary called Korex Logistics Japan and said the business will expand to Fukuoka and Osaka by the end of the year.

ProLogis is developing a $100 million industrial cargo building near Tokyo Narita International Airport.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... ProLogis is developing a $100 million industrial cargo building near Tokyo Narita International Airport, the firm's third facility in the Narita area.

Asia Airfreight Terminal.(Briefly)
August 1, 2006... Tonnage handled by Hong Kong's Asia Airfreight Terminal grew 9 percent in April, a slowdown from previous months that gave AAT 12.5 percent more cargo in the first four months of 2006 over last year.

Canada's maindeck additions: freighters used to be an endangered species in Canada but moves by some carriers, and by the government, are reviving the upper deck.(Region Focus: Canada)
August 1, 2006... Canada has long been considered a market distinctly on the margins of all-cargo operations. The country couldn't sustain two national passenger airlines and after Air Canada shed its small freighter fleet more than a decade ago maindeck lift...

Cargo's trading places: after competing for shipper business, air freight operators and truckers are finding common ground in domestic cargo.(Feature Focus: Expedited Trucking)
August 1, 2006... When Kitty Hawk Cargo went to the ground in late 2005 with a Startup less-than-truckload service, the freight airline already had Plenty of company. Kitty Hawk's customers and its competitors Had already made the move to from air to surface...

Air Cargo World 2007 Forwarders Directory.(forwarders in the United States by state and forwarders outside the United States by country)(Directory)
August 1, 2006... The Air Cargo World 2007 Air Forwarders Directory is divided into two sections. The first section lists forwarders in the United States by state. That is followed by forwarders outside the United States by country. Information is based on...

2006 international forwarders directory.(Air transportation industry)(Directory)
August 1, 2006... AFGHANISTAN ARIANA INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS & TRADING AILT Building, Street # 9, Taimani, Kabul, Afghanistan. Contact: Harris Fatimie Phone: +93 (0)79 328310, +93 (0)70 203325 Fax: +93 88216 89831196 E-Mail: harrisfatimie@hotmail.com...

Back aviation aircraft report.
August 1, 2006... Developed in the early 1960s, the 727 was Boeing's most successful aircraft program until the company introduced the 737 aircraft family. Although the 727 has long since passed its prime as a passenger-configured aircraft, the plane has...

Singapore Airlines.(Airlines)
August 1, 2006... Singapore Airlines: The airline named Goh Choon Phong to replace Hwang Teng Ann as president of SIA Cargo as part of what the carrier said was "an ongoing program to rotate and develop senior officers at the company." Hwang becomes senior vice...

ABX Air.(Airlines)
August 1, 2006... ABX Air: The sub-service airline operator for DHL in the United States named Brady Templeton vice president of ground operations, overseeing operations at ABX's Wilmington, Ohio, hub. Templeton joined ABX in 1992 and has held several management...

Empire Airlines.(Airlines)
August 1, 2006... Empire Airlines: The Idaho-based regional cargo airline named Andy Rish maintenance planning and projects planning manager, a new position the carrier says is necessary because of the business with ATR-72 aircraft. He joined Empire in 2004 as...

Martinair.(Airlines)
August 1, 2006... Martinair: The Netherlands-based carrier named Tanyawat Tanyapongpanich cargo director for Southeast Asia, replacing Sukhum Sahapiyapan, who retired after 20 years with the airline. Tanyapongpanich, 41, has been deputy director of the region...

Swiss.(Airlines)
August 1, 2006... SWISS: Swiss WorldCargo named Dieter Vranckx area management vice president for Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Vranckx worked in sales and marketing with Sabena and Swissair before joining SWISS and was most recently area manager for the...

DHL.(Integrators)
August 1, 2006... DHL: The carrier named Florence Noblot senior vice president for Asia-Pacific at DHL Global Customer Solutions, a business unit DHL established to handle its largest global customers. She succeeds Paul Couttes, who was promoted to head the...

Concert Group Logistics.(Third Parties)
August 1, 2006... Concert Group Logistics: The Illinois-based forwarder named Gerry Post president and chief operating officer. A 32-year industry veteran, Post is a past president of the Air-forwarders Association and is the current treasurer of the group. He...

Seko.(Third Parties)
August 1, 2006... SEKO: The forwarder named Charlie Zidek as the new owner of its Milwaukee office. Zidek has been working at SEKO's corporate headquarters for past 15? years in various positions including sales, customer relations and operations, and most...

Geodis.(Third Parties,Freight transportation industry)
August 1, 2006... Geodis: In a series of management changes at the France-based forwarder, Luc Oursel became chief executive officer. An engineer by training and a former deputy CEO of Sidel Solutions, he joined Geodis in late 2004 as deputy CEO of international...

Schneider Logistics.(Third Parties)
August 1, 2006... Schneider Logistics: The logistics arm of the truckload carrier named Andrew Austin director for supply chain logistics in Europe, based in Venlo, the Netherlands. A former managing director in Northern Europe for FedEx Logistics, he was head...

BDP International.(Third Parties)
August 1, 2006... BDP International: The Philadelphia-based forwarder named Tom Burgess director of sales for the Americas. Burgess has more than 22 years industry experience, including positions at Emery/Menlo Worldwide Forwarding and at UPS Supply Chain...

Lynden International.(Third Parties)
August 1, 2006... Lynden International: The Seattle-based forwarder named Jeff Hill as an account executive in Houston. Hill had been a sales manager at Bertling Global Logistics. He has been in the industry for seven years after spending 10 years in law...

Associated Global Systems.(Third Parties)
August 1, 2006... Associated Global Systems: The forwarder named Steven Yokota district service manager in Los Angeles. Yokota had been with OIA Global Logistics for 10 years as a branch manager and was at Air Express International before that.

Kuehne + Nagel.(Third Parties)
August 1, 2006... Kuehne + Nagel: The Swiss forwarder named Hans-Georg Brinkmann managing director for Germany and Switzerland. He succeeds Ewald Kaiser who will focus on his role as chief operating officer for rail and road logistics. Brinkmann, 52, started...

Mallory Alexander.(Third Parties)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Mallory Alexander: The company named Cathy Spencer general manager of the Northern Plains Commerce Center, which the logistics company manages for the city of Bismarck, N.D. Spencer has been involved in international commerce for 15 years...

Unitpool.(Ground Handling)
August 1, 2006... Unitpool: The container management company named Manoj Menon operations manager for Bangkok. Menon has 12 years' experience in the industry, most recently as network ULD controller for Emirates.

ASIG.(Ground Handling)
August 1, 2006... ASIG: The Florida-based subsidiary of British firm BBA Aviation Services named Dan Sellas vice president of sales and marketing at the airline ground handling company. Sellas has been with ASIG for 20 years and helped establish ASIG's first...

FAA.(Government)
August 1, 2006... FAA: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration named Michael O'Malley chief of staff at the agency. O'Malley has been deputy assistant secretary for transportation policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He also has worked for the...

Fare.(Airports)(Forum of European Regional Airports)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... FARE: The Forum of European Regional Airports, formed last year to represent the interest of Europe's secondary airports, reappointed Pier Giorgio Ballini chairman of the group. Ballini is chief executive and general manager of the Italy's...

Events.(air services exhibitions calendar)(Calendar)
August 1, 2006... Sept. 6-8 Beijing: inter Airport China 2006, the second edition of the large show focused on airport operations and handling features key Chinese government groups that are expanding the country's airports. For information, call +44 1727...

The bottom line.
August 1, 2006... Semi Regions Forecast semiconductor sales by region (in US$billions) [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Semi Building Year-over-year quarterly percent change in production of semiconductors at factories worldwide. (based on starts for...

Relationships: now that the USPS is being lured by flashy purple and brown suitors, can airlines and forwarders get back together?(Forwarders Forum)
August 1, 2006... Barbara and I dated in high school. She had expensive tastes and a knack for spending the cash I earned in my part-time fast food job. The relationship was great until she left me for someone else with more money and a paper route. But one...