Air Cargo World articles from February 2002

Air Cargo World archives from February 2002

Knowing. (Editor's Note).(Editorial)
February 1, 2002... Can a freight carrier ever really know a shipper? Same recent events suggest that they can't, and that's why work needs to be done on one of the foundations of air cargo security, the provisions commonly known around the world as the known...

Taking inventory on recovery. (News Updates).
February 1, 2002... Unlike just about every other business in the sagging American economy, air cargo operators across the supply chain are looking forward to a period of inventory replenishment. With major manufacturers and retailers reporting inventory levels at...

Virtual Roadway. (News Updates).(to offer air forwarding services)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Is it Roadway or is it Integres, or does it really matter to shippers on the Internet? Roadway Express, one of the nation's Big Three less-than-truckload carriers, joined the ranks of truckers moving to the air freight business with the...

Swisscargoes. (News Updates).(to cease operations)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The decision to end the operations of Swisscargo next month, clearly inevitable under the circumstances, closes the cargo door on an ambitious attempt to forge a unique freight strategy to counter competitors of far greater size and bigger...

Fine Drama. (News Updates).(as HIG Capital tries to take control of Fine Air)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... There have been plenty of new air carriers moving into Miami lately, but none appear as interested in the market as HIG Capital, a southern Florida-based capital investment firm. Just months after taking control of Amerijet and taking that...

Known Hazards. (News Updates).(FedEx Express investigates hazardous material shipment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... While much of the cargo world is focused on security, questions of chemical attacks and debates over unknown shippers, FedEx Express had plenty of safety problems last month with a known shipper. FedEx and at least one government agency...

Singapore slow. (News Updates).(Singapore Airlines reduces staff as profit fell 36 percent)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Singapore Airlines one of Asia's most profitable carriers, flew into uncharted skies by cutting staff to reduce costs as it attempts to avoid a financial nosedive and preserve its unrivaled streak of profitability. After Singapore's...

Wet layoffs. (News Updates).(instituted by Gemini Air Cargo)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Gemini Air Cargo offered more than just a dour forecast for 2002 last month, laying off nearly one-quarter of its workforce and grounding four of its 16 aircraft last week in a stark sign of the impact faltering airline traffic is having on...

Location, location. (News Updates).(Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official opposes airport cargo warehouses)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... James Larsen, head of cargo marketing at one of the world's largest airport systems, has found the perfect spot for air cargo warehouses: off the airport grounds. Speaking at the annual Transportation Research Board meeting in Washington,...

Dreams deferred: Deep changes in domestic delivery are triggering deep changes in air services as the carriers look for speed, and freight profits. (North America).
February 1, 2002... The country's shippers and forwarders may be deferring their profits and their hopes for economic recovery, but they're hard-pressed to defer their freight shipments on major commercial airlines. Faced with plunging cargo returns and growing...

U.S. Postal Service. (Briefly).(seeks steep rate increases)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... After ending its fiscal year with a $1.7 billion loss and starting its new year with volume down some 3 billion pieces in the first quarter, the U.S. Postal Service is seeking sharp rate increases and says it expects to cut some 15,000 jobs...

GeoLogistics. (Briefly).(sells off Bekins subsidiary)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... In the first major move since an apparent ownership change at GeoLogistics, the forwarder sold off its Bekins subsidiary to a group representing the moving company's agents.

Emery Worldwide. (Briefly).(investigates disappearance of powerful prescription painkiller)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Emery Worldwide says law enforcement officials and company investigators were trying to track down a missing shipment of the powerful prescription painkiller, OxyContin valued at $800,000, after the drugs never arrived at their Swedesboro,...

FedEx Pilots Association. (Briefly).(votes to merge with)(Air Line Pilots Association)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The board of the FedEx Pilots Association voted to merge their union with the Air Line Pilots Association.

OlivAire LLC. (Briefly).(new business)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Donald Berger, former president of Emery Worldwide and Roadway Global Air, started an airport-to-airport express trucker called OlivAire LLC based in Indianapolis and serving forwarders.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. (Briefly).(opens Denver branch)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Forwarder Hellmann Worldwide Logistics opened a full-service branch in Denver.

Thomas Regional. (Briefly).(adds FreightQuote.com service)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Thomas Regional, an information service connecting industrial buyers and sellers, added freight quotes through FreightQuote.com to its online business.

Continental Airlines. (Briefly).(increases cargo space)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Continental Airlines took delivery of its first 757-300, which has nearly 40 percent more cargo capacity than the 757-200.

United Airlines Cargo. (Briefly).(adds online tracking)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... United Airlines Cargo added on-line tracking for its Small Package Delivery service.

Air General acquired Airport Logistics. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Boston-based cargo handler Air General acquired Airport Logistics to expand its reach to 21 airports in 18 cities, most of them along the East Coast.

CF AirFreight. (Briefly).(customized Web pages)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Forwarder CF AirFreight introduced customized Web pages for its customers on the company's Web site.

Communications provider ARINC will provide several flight deck information services. (Briefly).(Atlas Air contract)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Communications provider ARINC will provide several flight deck information services to Atlas Air.

Pilot Air Freight. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Forwarder Pilot Air Freight said it had a million pound increase in gross shipping weight in the third quarter and counted $52 million in revenue.

China's Pull: Cargo operators seeking safe landing in a trade recession are finding China's economic lures more irresistible. (Pacific).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Is China the new land of the rising sun, as far as Asia's international traders are concerned? When Japan made noises about establishing a trade zone with Southeast Asian nations at the beginning of the year, quite a few observers attributed...

Hong Kong International Airport. (Briefly).(cargo traffic declines)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Air cargo traffic at Hong Kong International Airport fell 1.3 percent in December, but the decline was far smaller than drops in the previous three months and exports rose 3.4 percent. For the year, total cargo through the airport was down 7.4...

Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern. (Briefly).(financial loss in 2001)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern lost some $405 million in business following the September 11 terror attacks, but all three carriers are projected to report profits for 2001.

Japan Airlines. (Briefly).(financial results for year ending March 31, 2002 forecast)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Japan Airlines warned it would lose $330 million in the year ending March 31, citing business lost since September 11.

DHL Worldwide Express. (Briefly).(opens facility near Guam International Airport, Guam)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... DHL Worldwide Express opened a parts storage and distribution center near Guam International Airport.

Macau International Airport. (Briefly).(cargo traffic, 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Cargo traffic at Macau International Airport surged 21.6 percent during December and rose 11.7 percent for the year.

Korean Air. (Briefly).(MD-11 freighter gets damaged)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A Korean Air MD-11 freighter was damaged when it tipped back on its tail as it was being unloaded in Sydney last month.

Europe, forward: Europe's forwarding lobby has global ambitions, and some are looking to airlines for "Moments of Truth". (Europe).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... By just about any measure, a combination of nine global logistics service providers with combined annual revenues topping $30 billion into a single interest group makes for a mighty interesting grouping. In fact, some might say that adds up to...

Lufthansa German Airlines. (Briefly).(contract for A380 jet aircraft)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Lufthansa German Airlines confirmed orders for 15 A380 "super-jumbo" jets after a sharp post-September 11 traffic downturn raised some doubts about the Airbus double-decker.

Frankfurt Airport. (Briefly).(freight traffic in 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Freight traffic at Frankfurt Airport fell 6 percent in 2001 compared to 2000, to 1.49 million tonnes, including a 9.1 percent decline in December.

London Heathrow Airport. (Briefly).(freight traffic, 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Freight traffic at London Heathrow Airport fell 3.3 percent in 2001, to 1.18 million tonnes, following an 11.1 percent drop in the second half of the year.

Deutsche Post. (Briefly).(to purchase DHL Airways Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Deutsche Post will increase its stake in DHL to over 70 percent this year.

Luxembourg-based Thiel Logistik started a Europe-wide expansion effort. (Briefly).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Luxembourg-based Thiel Logistik started a Europe-wide expansion effort, buying GAT Logistik of Austria, AF-Logistik and Germany's Birkart Globistics, a 125-year-old company with 3,500 employees. Thiel projects some $1.3 billion in sales this...

Forwarder Kuehne & Nagel won a five-year contract. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Forwarder Kuehne & Nagel won a five-year contract to operate a distribution center for Germany's Fresenius Medical Care.

The Antonov 225, the newly-built world's largest cargo aircraft. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Antonov 225, the newly-built world's largest cargo aircraft, made its first commercial flight from Ostend to Montreal for charter broker Chapman Freeborn in a deal with Antonov agent Air Foyle Heavylift.

Canada's Descartes Systems Group. (Briefly).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Canada's Descartes Systems Group took a 70 percent stake in Sweden's Trade-vision for about $2.5 million.

U.K.-based Coyne Airways. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... U.K.-based Coyne Airways chose France's Vatry International Airport for its European hub on flights to the Commonwealth of Independent States.

KLM Cargo. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... KLM Cargo traffic fell 3 percent for the six months ending December 31 and the airline's cargo load factor was down 3.7 percentage pints. KLM also launched Secure Vic, and airport-to-airport service for high-risk commodities.

Lufthansa Cargo. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Lufthansa Cargo added td. Flash for express shipments and Fresh/td for perishables as part of its time definite airport-to-door service.

EADS. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... EADS took its first converted A300-600 freighter on a successful first flight.

Polar Air Cargo. (Briefly).(weekly service started between Gothenberg, Sweden and New York)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Polar Air Cargo started weekly 747 freighter flights between New York and Gothenberg, Sweden.

Securing Cargo: New grants are aimed at improving Latin American airports, as long as they are secure. (Latin America).
February 1, 2002... Latin American airport operators and governments are lining up to tap into a $10 million grant fund recently made available to enhance airport security in the region by the Multilateral Investment Fund, a private-sector oriented branch of the...

Danzas. (Briefly).(launches trucking network in South America)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Swiss forwarder Danzas launched a trucking network offering time-definite, door-to-door deliveries in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.

BAX Global. (Briefly).(signed contract with Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Johnson & Johnson Medical Equipment awarded BAX Global its Latin American Logistics business.

LanChile. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... LanChile signed a four-year contract with the company's pilots.

Maersk Logistics. (Briefly).(opens South American offices)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Maersk Logistics opened offices in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela to complete its South American network.

LanChile. (Briefly).(suffers 3d qtr 2001 net loss)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... LanChile posted a third quarter 2001 net loss of $4.74 million compared with a profit of $5.74 million in the third quarter of 2000. LanChile's systemwide cargo traffic was down 21.5 percent in November and was off 7.9 percent through the first...

Air Jamaica. (Briefly).(starts non-stop service to Curacao)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Air Jamaica launched non-stop A321 service three times a week to Curacao from Montego Bay.

The Dominican Republic's Commission for Public Enterprise Reform chose Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal. (Briefly).(as partner for privatization of Dominicana Airlines)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Dominican Republic's Commission for Public Enterprise Reform chose Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal to be a 50 percent partner in the privatization of grounded Dominicana Airlines, with the Dominican government retaining the other 50 percent...

Trans-brasil Airlines. (Briefly).(deadline to resume operations extended by)(Brazil's Civil Aviation Department)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Brazil's Civil Aviation Department extended the deadline for troubled Trans-brasil Airlines to return to the air without losing its routes after the carrier cut 1,000 jobs or 45 percent of its work force.

LanPeru. (Briefly).(launches service between Lima and New York)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... LanPeru introduced 767-300 service between New York and Lima.

Western space race: with major airports in the Western United States Airports crowded and constricted, the search is on for alternate landing sites. (Western Airports).
February 1, 2002... Up and down much of the western United States, airport operators appear to be joining together for a collective chorus of "Don't Fence Me In." Even with some projects on at least a short-term hold in the post-September 11 downturn, the...

Russian haven: in a world of tumbling trade and terror, stability turns up in some unlikely places. (Region Focus: Russia/CIS).
February 1, 2002... Russia is hardly anyone's idea of a safe haven for international air trade, but in a world consumed with an economic downturn and security concerns, the country is looking increasingly attractive as cargo business grows from St. Petersburg to...

People.
February 1, 2002... Airlines Evergreen International Aviation: Evergreen founder and chairman Delford M. Smith was named a recipient of the annual Horatio Alger Award, an honor given by the 55-year-old Horatio Alger Association to outstanding entrepreneurs...

Events.
February 1, 2002... Feb. 19-20 Montreal: Aviation Security a high-level conference by the International Civil Aviation Organization on the private industry and government-level initiatives on the main topic in the airline industry. For information, call (514)...

Semi shares.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Semi Shares Top 10 semiconductor companies in 2001, by revenue, and percentage change in revenue from 2000. (revenue in US$millions) 2001 MARKET 00-2001 COMPANY REVENUE SHARE % % CHANGE Intel ...

Cargo slippage.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Cargo Slippage Cargo traffic at top 20 airports through first nine months of 2001 and percentage change from same period in 2000. (in metric tonnes) RANK AIRPORT TRAFFIC % CHANGE 1. Memphis (MEM) ...

Turnaround: here is one piece of good news about 2001; it's over. (Forwarders Forum).
February 1, 2002... Anew year is always a time for looking forward and for reflecting on the year just past. Reflection, however, is hardly an adequate way to describe the unprecedented mix of emotions that inevitably accompany a look back on what was surely the...