Air Cargo World articles from February 2008

Air Cargo World archives from February 2008

Merger Mania.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman Merging airlines is a subject that seems to resurface whenever airline executives run out of management creativity. Whether it''s the merging of large U.S. majors or the coupling of Air France and KLM, or...

News Updates.
February 1, 2008... Investigation Hardly Fixed The price fixing allegations against operators in the air freight industry are spreading. Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean started looking into operations at some of the world''s largest freight...

Southern Exposure.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Mike Seemuth Latin American exporters of perishable products are feeling the squeeze as higher jet fuel costs drive up the price of the expedited service prized for their goods. So much so that exporters of fresh flowers, fish,...

Chartered Skies.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Roger Turney The air cargo charter broker market could become a lot stormier this year. And that doesn''t count the expected challenges of locating capacity to organize last minute ad hoc freighter flights to the far-flung corners...

Frayed Edges.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Too much television can be bad for you. If it goes by ocean vessel, it may contribute to a vacuum at the controls of an airliner. Bereft of the large volumes of new generation TV sets, Korean Air Cargo flew into...

Cargo''s Truck Factor.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Mike Seemuth The move of expedited air shipments to the ground has been one of the hallmarks of domestic transportation in the United States for at least a decade, but that trend may be hitting an economic roadblock. The past year...

Going to Ground.
February 1, 2008... Air freight trucking is on its way to becoming a nearly $5 billion business as forwarders and shippers look for lower priced alternatives to domestic air freight. SJ Consulting Group says the airport-to-airport portion has become a $1.4...

Tracking Technology.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Roy W. Hecteman "E-commerce." It is probably the most over-used and under-achieved term in the air freight forwarding industry. Well, "logistics" is probably number one, but we''ll save that discussion for another day. I...

Shipping''s Moveable Feast.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Nicole Nelson In order to dine upon day-old Copper River salmon in a trendy New York City bistro or freshly farmed shrimp in the comfort of a Manhattan, Kan., household, air cargo shipping is necessary to ensure quality of fish and...

Showing Scale.
February 1, 2008... Later this month shippers will descend upon Boston to discuss just about everything one needs to know about shipping and processing seafood. Among the air freight related topics to be discussed at the 24th annual International Boston...

Eastern Spread.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Douglas W. Nelms Of the top 25 North American East Coast airports reporting cargo figures for 2006, less than half reported greater than 1 percent growth. Eleven reported declining business while three, including John F. Kennedy...

Shipping East.
February 1, 2008... Airport Traffic % change Miami (MIA) 1,830,591 11.6 New York Kennedy (JFK) 1,636,357 14.3 Newark (EWR) 974,961 22.5 Atlanta (ATL) 746,502 0.1 Philadelphia (PHI) 532,163 -0.1 Toronto (YYZ)...

Southern Surprise.
February 1, 2008... Alabama''s Huntsville International Airport is now the third fastest growing air cargo market in the world, and the fastest outside of Asia, said Rick Tucker, Huntsville''s Executive Director. In 2006, the airport posted 29.2 percent...

People.
February 1, 2008... Airlines Delta Air Lines: The airline named Neel Shah, a veteran of United Airlines, vice president of cargo, replacing Ben Darnell, who left Delta after 22 years at the airline. Shah, 38, had been vice president of sales and marketing at...

Choices.
February 1, 2008... BYLINE: Brandon Fried The tragedies of September 11 prompted a vigorous response by the U.S. federal government, ranging from new regulations to the creation of new agencies. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 created the...