Air Cargo World articles from December 2004

Air Cargo World archives from December 2004

Diplomacy.(Editor's Note)(Relations between the United States and Europe)
December 1, 2004... As the Bush administration prepares to begin its second term next month, diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are talking about finding ways to mend strained relations between the United States and Europe. This will be easier said than...

DHL's expensive expansion.(News Updates)
December 1, 2004... Expanding into the world's busiest express market is proving costly for DHL and its parent, Deutsche Post World Net. Losing more money than expected in the United States, DHL shook up its management team and conceded that turning a profit in...

Security checks.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Background checks for all workers handling air freight P may soon be required in the U.S., and operators could be responsible for covering the cost. The requirement was included in the long-awaited air cargo security rule that the...

Fuel burn.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Forwarders, it seems, barely have a chance to get used to a carrier's fuel surcharge on cargo before a new rate is announced. Airlines are hiking up fuel surcharges at a dizzying pace as they attempt to mitigate the impact from the escalating...

Lucky sevens?(News Updates)
December 1, 2004... There is no doubt that Boeing firmly believes its own predictions of strident long-term air cargo traffic growth. The U.S. aircraft manufacturer warmed the hearts of air cargo executives with a forecast earlier this year that calls for 6.2...

Atlas scheduled.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... A restructured Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings is operating fewer aircraft and doing considerably less charter business, but the world's largest operator of 747 freighters is adding scheduled service operations. Atlas emerged from Chapter 11...

FedEx payback.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... FedEx's delivery network was interrupted in the days after the September 11 terrorist attacks, when the U.S. government grounded aircraft before slowly reopening American airspace. FedEx, like major passenger airlines and other cargo carriers,...

Raising rates.(News Updates)(Air freight)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... FedEx and UPS, confident after a strong year, are both raising rates on air shipments for 2005. FedEx plans to raise the rate on an average air shipment by 4.6 percent, well beyond its 2004 rate increase of 2.5 percent and more than UPS's...

Fiscal insanity: U.S. major airlines are enduring another year of significant losses.(North America)
December 1, 2004... Was it only the start of this year that U.S. major airlines were actually talking about turning the corner toward a financial comeback? Carriers weren't foolhardy enough to predict a return to prosperity, but some airline executives held out...

Forward Air.(earnings)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Air freight trucker Forward Air saw revenue soar 18.8 percent in the third quarter to $71.9 million and the $9 million net profit was 43 percent ahead of the same quarter a year ago. The company, which serves forwarders and airlines, added some...

UTi Worldwide acquired Toronto-based Unigistix for $74.5 million.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... UTi Worldwide acquired Toronto-based Unigistix for $74.5 million, extending a buying plan that has expanded the geographic and service reach of the logistics operator.

Hong Kong-based Cargo Services Far East opened a division in the United States called CS International Logistics.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Hong Kong-based Cargo Services Far East opened a division in the United States called CS International Logistics that will be based in Los Angeles and run by Sam Schotsky, a 30-year industry veteran.

DHL Danzas Air & Ocean.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... DHL Danzas Air & Ocean launched in-state freight service within Alaska and Hawaii called "APS Instate" that integrates the ocean service of the DHL freight forwarding unit with its surface delivery network in the two states.

Switzerland-based air cargo container managers Unit-pool named Airbase Services of Canada to provide repairs and maintenance.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Switzerland-based air cargo container managers Unit-pool named Airbase Services of Canada to provide repairs and maintenance in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

San Francisco International Airport.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Cargo traffic at San Francisco International Airport fell S.9 percent in August, including a 23.2 percent drop in mail that was led by a nearly 40 plunge in inbound international mail.

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... An expansion plan at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport includes starting a new runway next year.

Meridian IQ.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Meridian IQ, the logistics and forwarding subsidiary of tracking giant Yellow Roadway, said its U.S.-based YGPS and GPS-UK businesses will begin operating under the Meridian IQ brand.

FedEx Express will build California's largest corporate solar electric system.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... FedEx Express will build California's largest corporate solar electric system atop its hub at Oakland International Airport.

Choosing Leipzig: with a hub in Brussels no longer viable, DHL is moving its air base to Eastern Germany.(Europe)
December 1, 2004... So, it is Leipzig then. DHL decided last month that the former East German airport will be its new European intercontinental hub, replacing Brussels. In fact, it was Deutsche Post World Net that officially proclaimed its express subsidiary...

A "cohesive" relationship.(Advertorial)(Worldwide Perishables Enterprises )
December 1, 2004... For over a decade Worldwide Perishables Enterprises has trusted Delta to successfully accomplish a difficult task, getting live lobsters from North American to destinations around the world ALIVE. "It takes a high level of commitment from...

AirBridge Cargo, the scheduled airline subsidiary of heavyweight specialist Volga-Dnepr.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... AirBridge Cargo, the scheduled airline subsidiary of heavyweight specialist Volga-Dnepr, took delivery of a second 747-200 freighter.

Air France and KLM.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Air France and KLM jointly boosted cargo traffic 9.6 percent in September on a 7.7 percent gain in capacity, including 10.1 percent traffic growth for Air France and 9.1 percent for KLM. For the first five months of the year, the two carriers...

Emirates.(Flight)
December 1, 2004... Emirates added a second weekly 747-400 freighter frequency between Dubai and Gothenburg, Sweden.

Geodis.(Freight forwarders)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... France-based forwarder Geodis said its gross revenue grew 4.9 percent in the third quarter to more than $1 billion, including $735.3 million from France. The company projects its operating profit to grow more than 30 percent and net profit more...

Unitpool.(Container outsourcing)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Container outsourcing and pooling company Unitpool signed Summit Aircraft as its general sales agent in Spain and signed a contract with the company governing container repairs in Spain.

Frankfurt Airport.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Freight traffic at Frankfurt Airport jumped 14.9 percent in September and was up 12.9 percent from last year in the first nine months of 2004, double the rate of growth in the passenger arena.

Icelandair.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Icelandair reported a $168,995 profit in the first half of 2004 compared to a $12.5 million loss in the same period last year.

SAS Cargo.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Facing a loss of air traffic as forwarders truck cargo out of Sweden to other European gateways, SAS Cargo separated the air cargo handling terminal at Stockholm-Arlanda and Goteborg-Landvetter airports and said the new wholly-owned businesses...

Berlin Brandenburg International Airport.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Authorities in Germany approved construction of Berlin Brandenburg International Airport to replace Berlin's three airports.

CEO Dave Brook's outlooke for 2005.
December 1, 2004... American Airlines Company Mission To be the leader in air-cargo transportation worldwide. Our Values: Focus AA Cargo is customer focused. We strive to exceed our customers' expectations through reliable execution and proactive...

Shanghai's surprise: cargo flights are headed to China's industrial star, but bright lights on the horizon are attracting new attention.(Pacific)
December 1, 2004... As the latest wave of the stampede to China kicked into gear, Shanghai was solidifying its place as the main object of desire. Polar Air Cargo, the new entrant into the scheduled United States-China market, is putting all of its frequencies...

Kuehne & Nagel sold its 5 percent stake in Singapore's Sembcorp Logistics.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Kuehne & Nagel sold its 5 percent stake in Singapore's Sembcorp Logistics after the two companies terminated their commercial agreement.

Senai International Airport.(Senai International Airport )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Senai International Airport in Indonesia named WingPartners, the sales agency headed by former Cargolux executive Robert Arendal, as its representative in Europe.

Air Hong Kong.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Air Hong Kong, the 40/60 joint venture cargo carrier between DHL and Cathay Pacific, took delivery of the first of six new A300-600 general freighters.

DHL.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... DHL's Korea unit started offering international document services at 537 7-Eleven convenience stores throughout South Korea.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Hellmann Worldwide Logistics plans to invest $6 million in China, including opening an air freight center in Shanghai and increasing its Chinese offices by four for a total of 34.

Singapore Changi Airport.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Cargo traffic at Singapore Changi Airport was up 11.5 percent in the first nine months of 2004, including a 10.2 percent gain in September.

U-Freight.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Hong Kong-based forwarder U-Freight opened a 28,800-square-foot logistics center in Penang, Malaysia.

Exel.
December 1, 2004... Exel moved into a larger facility in Sydney and said it would be able to offer a wider range of logistics services from the Australian city.

IHG Logistics.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Hong Kong-based IHG Logistics won a Class A forwarding license for its company-owned station in Shanghai.

ABX Logistics.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... ABX Logistics was granted a Class A freight forwarders license in China.

BAX Global.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... BAX Global started work on a freight facility at the new Changi Airport Logistics Park in Singapore that will make BAX the largest tenant at the park when the site opens by the end of next year.

Transaero Airlines.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Russia's Transaero Airlines started weekly service between Moscow and Singapore.

Emirates.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Emirates added a second weekly 747-400 freighter frequency between Dubai and Hong Kong.

DHL Danzas Air & Ocean.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Agfa, the photography and imaging company, gave DHL Danzas Air & Ocean a two-year contract to handle logistics in China, including inbound raw materials.

BAX Global opened a vendor managed inventory.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... BAX Global opened a vendor managed inventory hub in Suzhou, China, a site for hard disk producer Maxtor, making BAX the first major logistics company to set up a warehousing business in a new category of bonded logistics centers in China.

Crossing borders: no longer merely a Chilean carrier, LAN Airlines is building its business throughout Latin America.(Latin America)
December 1, 2004... LAN Airlines has expanded well beyond its base in Chile, but not without igniting some nationalistic opposition along the way. Subsidiary LanPeru was grounded Oct. 14 by a Peruvian judge citing foreign-ownership issues and needed an emergency...

Peru grounded Nuevo Continente, the country's second-largest carrier, for safety reasons shortly after the United States government said the airline is a money-laundering front for drug lord Fernando Zevallos Gonzalez, its founder.(Nuevo Continente)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Peru grounded Nuevo Continente, the country's second-largest carrier, for safety reasons shortly after the United States government said the airline is a money-laundering front for drug lord Fernando Zevallos Gonzalez, its founder. The airline...

Global Freight Exchange.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Colombian all-cargo airline TAMPA Cargo joined the Global Freight Exchange cargo reservations system.

United Airlines.
December 1, 2004... United Airlines awarded Menzies Aviation handling contracts at four cities in Mexico and St. Maarten.

LAN Airlines.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... LAN Airlines cargo traffic improved 16.5 percent in October, better than the airline's 14.9 percent gain in capacity over the same month last year.

The United States and Uruguay.
December 1, 2004... The United States and Uruguay signed an open skies air services treaty.

GOL.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Brazilian startup airline GOL is forecasting a 35 percent jump in its passenger revenue next year and says air travel in Brazil will grow 10 percent next year.

Martinair Holland.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Martinair Holland plans to increase its operations to Miami to include flights that will continue on from Miami to San Jose, Costa Rica.

Hawaiian Airlines Trustee Joshua Gotbaum's outlook for 2005.(Air Cargo World 2005 Corporate Outlook)
December 1, 2004... Company Mission Hawaiian Airlines is a quality provider of safe, reliable and customer-focused air transportation services through dedicated and professional employees. Hawaiian Airlines Trustee Joshua Gotbaum's Outlook for 2005 ...

Feature report: review & outlook.(Cover Story)
December 1, 2004... The first decade of the new century has so far been difficult for the air cargo industry. The bursting of the high-tech bubble, the terror of September 11, SARs, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, rising fuel costs, airline bankruptcies, and a...

Maple leaf rebound: Canada's economy and air freight business are growing again.(Regional focus: Canada)
December 1, 2004... When a power blackout engulfed much of the northeast of North America in August 2003, darkening a large swath of Ontario, it seemed a fitting punctuation mark to a year that saw Canada's economy stagger under the weight of SARS and a case of...

Kitty Hawk's Robert Zollars' Outlook for 2005.(Air Cargo World 2005 Corporate Outlook)
December 1, 2004... Company Mission In all we do, safety and security will be our top priorities. We will create satisfied, long-term relationships with our customers by providing reliable, quality service that meets or exceeds their expectations and adds...

Polar Air Cargo Inc. Edward Hernandez's Outlook for 2005.(Air Cargo World 2005 Corporate Outlook)
December 1, 2004... Company Mission Polar Air Cargo Inc. is a global airfreight carrier specializing in time-definite, airport-to-airport scheduled service. Polar provides a critical link in the international logistics chain by connecting major cargo markets...

Houston Airport System Rick M. Vacar's Outlook for 2005.(Air Cargo World 2005 Corporate Outlook)
December 1, 2004... Houston Airport Systems Rick M. Vacar's Outlook for 2005 Things are going very well for the Houston Airport System (HAS) in 2004. Not only is passenger and air-cargo traffic increasing for the first 10 months of the year, but the HAS $3.1...

Air freight trucking directory.(Feature report: trucking guide)
December 1, 2004... Trucking continues to become an ever-bigger component of the air cargo business, particularly in the United States. The second annual Air Freight Trucking Directory is based on listings provided by the Air & Expedited Motor Carriers...

Southwest Airlines Cargo Director Mack Sikorski's Outlook for 2005.(Air Cargo World 2005 Corporate Outlook)
December 1, 2004... Company Mission The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride and company spirit. Southwest Airlines Cargo Director Mack...

Lynden President and CEO Jim Jansen's Outlook for 2005.(Air Cargo World 2005 Corporate Outlook)
December 1, 2004... Company Mission Lynden began with a clear mission: Put the customer first, deliver quality, and be the best at what you do. Today, Lynden's service area has grown to include Alaska, Washington and western Canada, with additional service...

Swiss WorldCargo.(Airlines)
December 1, 2004... Swiss WorldCargo: The cargo division of Swiss International Airlines launched a search for a new chief after Oliver Evans was named chief sales and marketing officer of the airline. Evans, a cargo industry veteran who worked at KLM and BAX...

Delta Air Lines.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Delta Air Lines: Delta Air Logistics named Helena Haubova deputy to the European freight director based in Frankfurt. She has worked in regional management for Delta's cargo business for two years. Before that she was station manager for Delta...

SAS Cargo.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... SAS Cargo: The Scandinavian Airline System cargo division named Timothy Pfeil head of sales in North America, replacing Howard Jones, who resigned earlier in 2004. Pfeil, 38, had been regional sales manager at Lufthansa Cargo in North America....

Alaska Central Express.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Alaska Central Express: The Anchorage-based Alaska all-cargo airline named Steve Endlich to the new post of manager of information technology. A former commercial pilot in Alaska, he had worked for the last seven years in Seattle for Crowley...

DHL.(Integrators)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... DHL: The express carrier named Alistair Clewes operations manager for Bahrain, where DHL bases its Middle East hub. Clewes has been with DHL since 1991, joining the company in the United Kingdom where he managed pickup and delivery in set...

FIATA.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... FIATA: The international federation of forwarding groups named Anita van Kooten of the Netherlands its "Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year." Van Kooten, 27, handles import and export consignments for MAT Air & Ocean in...

EGL Eagle Global Logistics.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... EGL Eagle Global Logistics: The Houston-based forwarding giant promoted Richard Newport, who joined the company eight years ago as an account manager, to managing director for the United Kingdom. Newport joined EGL in 1996 and was promoted to...

Data2Logistics.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Data2Logistics: The Florida-based freight audit and payment company named Michele Myles national sales manager. Myles has more than 18 years experience leading sales organizations, most recently as director of supply chain sales for...

Total Quality Logistics.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Total Quality Logistics: The freight brokerage company named Nathan Knipper operational sales manager in Milford, Ohio. Knipper has been with the company for five years and had been a senior account executive.

BTX Air Express.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... BTX Air Express: The Connecticut-based air forwarder named Cesar O. Garza station manager at the new station in Laredo, Texas, the company's 19th site in the United States. Garza has more than 20 years' of experience in the air forwarding,...

BAX Global.(Third-Parties)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... BAX Global: The heavyfreight integrator and logistics company promoted Bob Quirk to director of logistics development for the AsiaPacific region. A 20-year veteran of supply chain management, Quirk joined BAX in 2000 and has been in charge of a...

U-Freight.(Third-Parties)(Frank Wang appointed)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... U-Freight: The Hong Kong-based forwarder named Frank Wang regional manager for Northern China as it adds new facilities and builds up existing stations in China. Wang, a 22-year veteran of Air China, will oversee Beijing and Tianjin and new...

Consolidators International.(Third-Parties)
December 1, 2004... Consolidators International: The Los Angeles-based cargo wholesaler named 35-year industry veteran Dale E. Lakin director of operations for the Southeast. Lakin began his career at one of the original all-cargo airlines, Airlift International,...

Industri-Matematik International.(Technology)
December 1, 2004... Industri-Matematik International: The Stockholm-based supply chain management software company named Per Norling managing director and country manager for the Nordic region. Norling will be responsible for the company's Nordic region...

Remstar International.(Technology)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Remstar International: The Maine-based provider of automated storage and retrieval systems for warehousing and distribution applications named Coleman Roche vice president of sales. Roche has been with Remstar since 1998 as director of systems...

RedPrairie.(Technology)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... RedPrairie: The supply chain technology company appointed Carey W. Zimmerman global marketing leader. Zimmerman is former director of global marketing at Johnson-Diversey and at S.C. Johnson & Son. He also worked at Diversey, a subsidiary of...

SATO America.(Technology)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... SATO America: The barcode printing company appointed Mike Sabatini regional manager for the Northeast. Sabatini is a 20-year industry veteran who had been Northeast regional sales manager for Cognitive Solutions and an account executive for...

Bradley International Airport.(Airports)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Bradley International Airport: Kiran Jain joined the Connecticut Department of Transportation's Bureau of Aviation and Ports as director of marketing and development. She will focus on marketing airlines and cargo at Bradley, the airport in...

Williams Gateway Airport.(Airports)
December 1, 2004... Williams Gateway Airport: The Arizona airport authority named Brian Sexton public information officer for the Authority. Sexton has been with the airport for eight years, focusing on operations and community relations.

Miami International Airport.(Airports)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Miami International Airport: Angola Gittens, director of the Miami-Dade County Aviation Department, was appointed to the Transportation Research Board's executive committee, an independent advisor to the federal government on transportation...

Senai International Airport.(Airports)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Senai International Airport: The Malaysian airport named David Govind sales and marketing manager for cargo and warehouse operations. He had been total logistics manager at Kuehne & Nage and before that worked at Geodis and UPS.