Air Cargo World articles from February 2005

Air Cargo World archives from February 2005

Freedoms.(air trade agreements)(Editorial)
February 1, 2005... It's great news that Europe and the United States agreed, sort of, to settle their trade dispute over aircraft manufacturing subsidies. Now they should build on that by considering what goes inside the planes. If the U.S. agreement with...

Superjumbo rolls out.(News Updates)(Airbus)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Airbus rolled out its mega-sized A380 triple-decker out for public display for the first time last month but the biggest eye-opener for the cargo business was the disclosure a few days earlier that UPS will add 10 freighter versions of the...

Airline slide.
February 1, 2005... There could hardly have been a greater difference between the direction of the American passenger airlines and their cargo divisions in 2004. The combination carriers closed the year by showing stellar numbers in their belly business, from...

Northwest adds.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Northwest Airlines is showing its confidence in trans-Pacific trade, and bowing to its building competition, by converting two of its passenger aircraft to freighters. Reporting on otherwise dismal earnings, Northwest President and CEO...

Expressly up.(News Updates)(air freight services)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The Air Cargo Management says 2004 turned out to be a banner year for international air express traffic. The Seattle-based consulting firm estimates the air express traffic grew 9.4 percent over 2003, the largest increase in the...

Charged down.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Air shipping costs are coming down as companies reduce fuel surcharges and forwarders bring down other extra charges that came last year. EGL Eagle Global Logistics is eliminating the peak season surcharge it imposed last August on air...

Insecure rule.(air cargo security )
February 1, 2005... The U.S. Transportation Security Administration's proposed air cargo security rule appears headed for implementation, but the certainty the industry has been looking for hasn't translated into universal applause for the regulations. The...

AEI, Part II?(former chairman of Air Express International Corp., Hendrik Hartong)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Hendrik Hartong, the former chairman of Air Express International, is back in the air freight business. Hartong's investment firm Brynwood Partners bought New Yorkbased forwarder Inter-Jet Systems from founder Jerome Trimboli and appears...

Bully pulpit.(National Transportation Safety Board)
February 1, 2005... The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board doesn't have the power to implement regulations itself, but that's not going to stop the agency from being heard. Apparently frustrated at the way safety reports are often left sitting on desks...

GTP loses.(News Updates)(Global TransPark)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... There's anxiety in North Carolina over the tens of millions of dollars that have been pumped into the Global TransPark, the onetime model all-cargo project that has been far more successful at luring government backing than commercial freight....

Santa's helpers: UPS endures disappointing peak season as holiday shipping trends put added pressure on express players.
February 1, 2005... It used to come wrapped as a gift, but holiday shipping now comes with a catch or two for a retail air express market which has always known that it's better to ship than to receive. Changing holiday shopping patterns are altering the way...

MK switches.(Regional Reports)(cargo aircraft accident investigation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... MK Airlines, still under investigation following the crash of a 747 freighter in Halifax last October, is switching its trans-Atlantic gateway to Montreal. The airline, registered in Ghana but managed out of England, says it planned to...

Pilot Air Freight.(navigators)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Forwarder Pilot Air Freight rolled out an enhanced version of its "CoPilot" online shipping navigator that offers shippers greater ability to store and customize ongoing and historical information....

Federal Aviation Administration.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Federal Aviation Administration banned shipments of lithium batteries in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft....

FedEx Custom Critical.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... FedEx Custom Critical introduced surface expedite services to and from Mexico using premium carriers in Mexico to extend its critical-shipment reach throughout North America....

Averitt Express.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Tennessee-based expedited trucker and logistics specialist Averitt Express added Southern California, Milwaukee and Cleveland to its coverage area....

Associated Global Systems.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Best Buy gave forwarder Associated Global Systems its top supply chain quality award....

D.W. Morgan.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Supply chain services firm D.W. Morgan added in-house customs brokerage to its line with a new office near the San Francisco International Airport....

Los Angeles International Airport.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Air mail at Los Angeles International Airport plunged more than 30 percent in October even as freight traffic edged up 3.9 percent. Overall cargo at LAX was up 4.4 percent in the first 10 months of 2004....

American Airlines.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... American Airlines will operate nonstop, daily flights between Chicago and Dublin during the summer.

Resilient Paris: Cargo traffic at France's gateway is on the rise despite apparent obstacles to growth.
February 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at Paris for 2004 is expected to show a 10 percent surge over 2003, somewhat of a remarkable feat given the imposition of tough new night flight restrictions and other environmental constraints at the French gateway. The...

Healthy Exel.(purchase of Sode Distribuicao e Logistica by Exel Logistics)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Exel is finding healthy logistics growth in supplying the burgeoning pharmaceutical industry. The United Kingdom-based logistics giant capped a purchase-filled 2004 with another buy at the end of the year, acquired Portuguese...

London Heathrow Airport.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at London Heathrow Airport grew 8.3 percent in 2004, reaching 1,325,185 tonnes, helping London's three commercial airports to 7.6 percent overall cargo growth over 2003....

Aerobox.(air freight services)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Aerobox delivered the first 250 of its lightweight, low maintenance LD-3 cargo containers to Virgin Atlantic Cargo....

Polar Air Cargo gave Menzies Aviation a two-year contract for handling at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Polar Air Cargo gave Menzies Aviation a two-year contract for handling at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, where Menzies says it will create a dedicated company to manage the warehouse serving Polar's 14 weekly flights....

California-based forwarder Target Logistics Services named three agents in Europe.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... California-based forwarder Target Logistics Services named three agents in Europe: Bansard International in France; QCS-Quick Cargo Service in Germany; and Milestone Logistics in the Netherlands....

Liverpool-based Emerald Airways signed a contract with BAE Systems Regional Aircraft.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Liverpool-based Emerald Airways signed a contract with BAE Systems Regional Aircraft to take delivery in the 2004 fourth quarter of three ATP aircraft converted to freighters....

Kuehne & Nagel took over Danish transport logistics provider GT Spedition.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Kuehne & Nagel took over Danish transport logistics provider GT Spedition. Kuehne & Nagel also opened a logistics center in Hamburg with 333,681 square feet of warehousing space....

Martinair Cargo contracted with Kales Airline Services.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Martinair Cargo contracted with Kales Airline Services as its general sales agent in Lithuania and Poland....

Geodis UK started a partnership with logistics operator Lebert Spedition of Kempten/Allgaeu, Germany.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Geodis UK started a partnership with logistics operator Lebert Spedition of Kempten/Allgaeu, Germany, a member of the Cargoline Group in Germany....

A consortium led by Australian Macquarie Airports acquired 70 percent of the Brussels International Airport Co., with the remaining 30 percent still held by the Belgian state.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... A consortium led by Australian Macquarie Airports acquired 70 percent of the Brussels International Airport Co., with the remaining 30 percent still held by the Belgian state. Macquarie named a new board and said said Luc Van den Bossche, CEO...

EFL International Distribution.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Irish forwarder EFL International Distribution said its redesigned corporate Web site is a logistics industry first in complying with Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines that make the site more easily available to people with disabilities....

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.(cargo transportation statistics)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's monthly record of 134,000 tonnes of cargo in November was 10 percent better than the same month the year before and gave Schiphol 8.3 percent more cargo in the first 11 months of 2004 than in the same period of...

TNT Logistics.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... TNT Logistics won a five-year contract to provide logistics services to Beta Utensili, an Italian manufacturer of high quality hand tools and related equipment....

KLM.(airlines)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... KLM will start twice-weekly 767-300 service to Khartoum and Addis Ababa March 31....

Cargolux and Finnair Cargo will share space on a weekly 747-400 freighter flight between Luxembourg.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Cargolux and Finnair Cargo will share space on a weekly 747-400 freighter flight between Luxembourg, Helsinki and Hong Kong.

Tsunami response: the death toll and human suffering is beyond compare but the air cargo industry responded quickly to South Asia disaster.(Pacific)
February 1, 2005... The horrible devastation wrought by the deadly tsunami over a large area of southern Asia carried in its aftermath countless reports of tragedy. But, as in so many large-scale catastrophes, it also spawned many acts of solidarity and...

Pemco converts.(Regional Reports)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... With a foothold already in Asia for its 737 freighters conversion, Pemco Aviation Group is trying to strike an alliance to bring its conversion program to China. Hal Chrisman, senior vice president of corporate development at Birmingham,...

BAX Global.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Seeking better coordination of its activities in China, BAX Global formed two subsidiaries, BAX Global Freight Forwarding, in Guangzhou and Shanghai under new freedoms to create foreign-owned enterprises in the country....

Korean Air.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Helped by four extra freighter flights for Beaujolais Nouveau shipments, Korean Air's European cargo traffic was up 31 percent in November and overall cargo grew 10.3 percent, even though the airline had dropped an MD-11 freighter from its...

Schenker.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Forwarder Schenker won a Class A license in China and the right to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary, Schenker China.

Combination survival plan: for Continental Airlines, recovery from the passenger industry's downturn means building the bellies.(Region focus: North America)
February 1, 2005... It's a bright and sunny December day in Houston, and one would be hard pressed to find evidence of United States airlines" financial struggles among those celebrating the opening of Continental Airlines' new $20 million cargo handling facility....

Regional uncertainty: changing regulations leave U.S. regional air cargo operators unsure about their future.(Feature focus: regional cargo)
February 1, 2005... Regional air freight operators in the United States will have to fly blind through the next few months, as they wait for Washington to produce definitive cargo security regulations. Late last year, the Transportation Security Administration...

Cool chain logistics: perishables shipping is relying more on technology and standardization, raising service expectations for shippers and carriers.(Feature focus: perishables)
February 1, 2005... It has long been one of the more challenging sectors of air cargo. How do you deliver fresh fruit or fish from Chile to a supermarket in Ohio? Thanks to advancing packaging technology and increased standardization of operating practices,...

FastPic Systems: the Maine-based maker of inventory management systems released its FastPic4 updated software that it says improves order picking accuracy and speed for inventory stored on static rack and shelving.(Technology)(FastPic4 updated software )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... FastPic Systems: The Maine-based maker of inventory management systems released its FastPic4 updated software that it says improves order picking accuracy and speed for inventory stored on static rack and shelving. The program provides...

Rusco: the Pennsylvania-based technical systems provider introduced InfoRMS, a computer program designed to expeditiously handle, archive and retrieve massive amounts of physical records, documents, journals and other information.(Technology)
February 1, 2005... Rusco: The Pennsylvania-based technical systems provider introduced InfoRMS, a computer program designed to expeditiously handle, archive and retrieve massive amounts of physical records, documents, journals and other information. The system...

Interroll: the company introduced the Interroll Belt Curve+, designed for situations where a conveyor line needs to change direction in a tight space.(Handling/Equipment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Interroll: The company introduced the Interroll Belt Curve+, designed for situations where a conveyor line needs to change direction in a tight space. The curve design is available in the Interroll Belt Curve+ Light and Interroll Belt Curve+...

FKI Logistex: the material handling company added new features to its 2100 and 2200 series vertical carousels.(Handling/Equipment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... FKI Logistex: The material handling company added new features to its 2100 and 2200 series vertical carousels. Designed to promote ergonomics, the high-throughput capacities and small footprints of the 2100 and 2200 carousels make them...

Fernqvist: the California company added the LX8000 full color label and barcode injet printer to its line of printing systems.(Handling/Equipment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Fernqvist: The California company added the LX8000 full color label and barcode injet printer to its line of printing systems. The device uses technology by Lexmark to provide high-quality digital four-color process printing on label rolls. The...

Obituary.(People)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
February 1, 2005... Tahir Cheema, founder and owner of Toledo-based charter airline Grand Aire, died in the crash of a plane he was piloting. Cheema, who was 50, was killed when the twin-engine aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from a small St. Louis airport...

ABX Air: the Ohio-based cargo airline, which flies primarily for DHL, named Quint Turner chief financial officer, replacing Duane Kimble.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... ABX Air: The Ohio-based cargo airline, which flies primarily for DHL, named Quint Turner chief financial officer, replacing Duane Kimble. Kimble had been on a personal leave of absence since last July, when he disclosed that the Securities and...

Qantas: the Australian carrier moved Mitch Wild from national sales manager for the Americas to the new post of regional freight manager for Europe.(Airlines)(appointments)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Qantas: The Australian carrier moved Mitch Wild from national sales manager for the Americas to the new post of regional freight manager for Europe. Dave Harris, manager freight sales for Queensland, will replace Wild as Americas sales manager....

DHL: the express operator promoted Scott Price to CEO for Asia Pacific, replacing John Mullen, who became CEO of DHL Express.(Integrators)
February 1, 2005... DHL: The express operator promoted Scott Price to CEO for Asia Pacific, replacing John Mullen, who became CEO of DHL Express. Price, a United States native, joined DHL in 2002 as president of DHL Express Japan. Before that he spent 10 years...

UPS: the parcel and logistics company named Dave Barnes, a 27-year company veteran, to replace Ken Lacy as senior vice president and chief information officer.(Airlines)(appointments)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... UPS: The parcel and logistics company named Dave Barnes, a 27-year company veteran, to replace Ken Lacy as senior vice president and chief information officer. Lacy retired after 37 years with the company. Barnes, 48, who started at UPS as a...

Mercury Air Group: the Los Angeles-based owner of cargo general sales agent and forwarding operations appointed Kent Rosenthal chief financial officer, replacing Robert Schlax.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Mercury Air Group: The Los Angeles-based owner of cargo general sales agent and forwarding operations appointed Kent Rosenthal chief financial officer, replacing Robert Schlax. Rosenthal most recently served as vice president of finance for...

TNT Logistics.(Third-Parties)(Dave Lamolinara )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... TINT Logistics: The North American arm of the company appointed Dave Lamolinara vice president of business development. Lamolinara returns to the North American unit after serving as the senior executive for the company in Spain and Turkey for...

Vidient Systems: the California-based developer of behavior recognition and analysis software for video surveillance cameras, named David Beatson, president and CEO of North America for Panalpina in North America, and retired Adm. Steve Abbot, president and CEO of the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, to its advisory board.(Third-Parties)(appointment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Vidient Systems: The California-based developer of behavior recognition and analysis software for video surveillance cameras, named David Beatson, president and CEO of North America for Panalpina in North America, and retired Adm. Steve Abbot,...

Panalpina: the Switzerland-based forwarder named Kevin Johnson regional head of security for the North American division of its global operations.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Panalpina: The Switzerland-based forwarder named Kevin Johnson regional head of security for the North American division of its global operations. Johnson was most recently a deputy director of the Transportation Security Administration for the...

GAC: the Dubai-based logistics and forwarding group appointed Damien O'Donoghue program manager for the group's worldwide customer relationship management program, which is aimed at ensuring GAC's approach to customers is applied consistently at all its 200 offices.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... GAC: The Dubai-based logistics and forwarding group appointed Damien O'Donoghue program manager for the group's worldwide customer relationship management program, which is aimed at ensuring GAC's approach to customers is applied consistently...

Evans Distribution Systems: the Michigan-based warehousing, packaging and logistics provider named Pasquale Bruno as a sales account executive.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Evans Distribution Systems: The Michigan-based warehousing, packaging and logistics provider named Pasquale Bruno as a sales account executive. He had been a senior business specialist at Coughlin Logistics.

Power Freight Systems: the California company named Theresa Reed national director of sales and marketing at the third-party logistics provider aimed at the technology industry.(Third-Parties)(Theresa Reed )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Power Freight Systems: The California company named Theresa Reed national director of sales and marketing at the third-party logistics provider aimed at the technology industry. A 15-year industry veteran, Reed was a national account manager...

Samuel Shapiro & Company.(Third-Parties)(Michele Dunkle )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Samuel Shapiro & Company: The Baltimore-based forwarder and broker named Michele Dunkle director for import operations. A 20-year industry veteran, she had been director of imports at EGL Global Logistics and worked at Circle International...

Towne Air Freight: the South Bend, Ind.-based air freight trucker named Harper West Holm director of marketing.(Trucking)(Harper West Holm )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Towne Air Freight: The South Bend, Ind.-based air freight trucker named Harper West Holm director of marketing. She will report to Stephen Murray, senior vice president of sales and marketing.

IES.(Technology)(appointments)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... IES: The customs-related software provider for international forwarders made several management appointments, naming: Raymond Baliatico vice president of development and technical support; George Manolis vice president of new business, with a...

Greater Toronto Airport Authority: the operator of Toronto's Pearson International Airport named John Kaldeway president and CEO, replacing Lou Turpen, who retired..(Airports)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Greater Toronto Airport Authority: The operator of Toronto's Pearson International Airport named John Kaldeway president and CEO, replacing Lou Turpen, who retired. A well-known figure in the aviation world, Turpen headed San Francisco...

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: the airport's board named Alain F. Maca interim chief operating officer until a permanent successor is found for Marike van Lier Lels.(Airports)(Alain F. Maca )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: The airport's board named Alain F. Maca interim chief operating officer until a permanent successor is found for Marike van Lier Lels, who relinquished her position at the request of the non-executive supervisory...

Miami International Airport: the Miami-Dade County Aviation Department named John W. Cosper deputy director of the capital improvement program.(Airports)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Miami International Airport: . A veteran engineer, Cosper has worked for the HTNB and Talbert Cox & Associates firms and overseen airport projects in Dallas and Louisville and worked on the intermodal center at MIA.

Events.(Calendar)
February 1, 2005... Feb. 8-9 Vienna: Aviation Forecasting Conference, at the Marriott, looking at fleets, capacity and the future of airlines, with a passenger focus. For information, call +44 207 779 8055 or e-mail: www.airfinanceconfefences.com. Feb....

AirCargo: the bottom line.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Airline Losses Operating profit/loss for major U.S. airlines third quarter 2004. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Airline Margins Profit margins at U.S. network airlines And at Southwest Airlines...

Learning curve: barriers of distrust are failing in cargo security.(Forwarders Forum)
February 1, 2005... Just recently, it seems to many indirect air carriers that those on the regulatory side in the Transportation Security Administration have become visible, accessible, and downright helpful. What could have caused this pleasant turn of events?...