Air Cargo World articles from January 2007

Air Cargo World archives from January 2007

Assets.
January 1, 2007... BYLINE: Paul Page The air cargo industry in 2007 flies into a market marked by important and growing gulfs between businesses and moves by several operators to rebuild business models that are at the very foundation of the freight...

News Updates.
January 1, 2007... Freighter''s Hard Landing The order book for the A380 freighter keeps shrinking, begging the question, did Airbus and a few of its customers misjudge the need for a double-decker freighter? International Lease Finance Corp. joined FedEx in...

Done Deal.
January 1, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman The future viability of the U.S. belly air cargo industry could be decided this month when the 110th Congress convenes under new Democratic majority control. Of particular concern to the air cargo industry is the...

Russian Premier.
January 1, 2007... BYLINE: Roger Turney Volga-Dnepr is now officially Russia''s largest all-cargo airline, comfortably overtaking national carrier, Aeroflot. The combined business activities of the group''s original AN-124 outsized charter operations and the...

Choosing the Fleet.
January 1, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman The rush of new orders for widebody freighters aircraft, the uncertainty over fuel prices and the fluctuating world economy have amplified the need for a forward-looking fleet strategy in today''s air cargo...

Conversion House.
January 1, 2007... Precision Conversions knows a thing or two about modifying aircraft, having just delivered its eighth cargo-configured 747-200 to Cygnus Air in Madrid. Four aircraft went to Icelandair, two to Shanghai Airlines and one to Ethiopian Air Cargo....

Big Iron.
January 1, 2007... TNT is taking a big step up in the capacity game with its first 747-400 freighter, a Boeing-converted edition of an extended-range version of the plane. TNT took delivery just before Christmas of the first of four of the widebodies initially...

Handling Ambition.(Company overview)
January 1, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Few airline executives would describe Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals as an altruistic organization. Still, the handler, which processes more than 70 percent of the tonnage passing through Hong Kong International Airport,...

Competition Needed.(Association of European Airlines protests against the standards for airport terminal services set by European Commission)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... European airlines are protesting a European Commission decision not to liberalize what the carriers call outdated standards for ground handling competition at airports. In a strongly worded statement from the Association of European...

East to East Trade.
January 1, 2007... BYLINE: by Mike Seemuth When Korean Air added Miami to its freighter schedule last summer, the world''s largest international cargo airline was charting a new path for its own operations but also following a trade lane that is becoming...

Yangtze River Flows East.
January 1, 2007... Yangtze River Express Airlines, the joint venture cargo carrier of Taiwan China Airlines and Hainan Air out of China, plans to expand its U.S. service this year into the East, moving beyond its initial launch of trans-Pacific service to Los...

People.
January 1, 2007... Airline Jade Cargo International: The joint venture of Shenzhen Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo named Swiss WorldCargo executive Giuliano Kassabri senior manager. Kassabri started his career at the former Swisscargo and has been at the cargo...

Challenges 2007.
January 1, 2007... BYLINE: Christopher Coppersmith, President, Target Logistic Services Air freight faces a number of challenges in 2007. Some of these questions that require answers are as old as transportation itself. Others are as new as the latest...

Assets.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Paul Page The air cargo industry in 2007 flies into a market marked by important and growing gulfs between businesses and moves by several operators to rebuild business models that are at the very foundation of the freight...

News Updates.
January 7, 2007... Freighter's Hard Landing The order book for the A380 freighter keeps shrinking, begging the question, did Airbus and a few of its customers misjudge the need for a double-decker freighter? International Lease Finance Corp. joined FedEx in...

Done Deal.(air cargo services new legislations)
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman The future viability of the U.S. belly air cargo industry could be decided this month when the 110th Congress convenes under new Democratic majority control. Of particular concern to the air cargo industry is the...

Russian Premier.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Roger Turney Volga-Dnepr is now officially Russia's largest all-cargo airline, comfortably overtaking national carrier, Aeroflot. The combined business activities of the group's original AN-124 outsized charter operations and the...

Vietnam Rising.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger With the road to World Trade Organization membership wide open, manufacturers, importers and logistics firms all look for growth in Vietnam. Its national assembly was expected to ratify the WTO accord in December,...

Choosing the Fleet.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman The rush of new orders for widebody freighters aircraft, the uncertainty over fuel prices and the fluctuating world economy have amplified the need for a forward-looking fleet strategy in today's air cargo...

Conversion House.
January 7, 2007... Precision Conversions knows a thing or two about modifying aircraft, having just delivered its eighth cargo-configured 747-200 to Cygnus Air in Madrid. Four aircraft went to Icelandair, two to Shanghai Airlines and one to Ethiopian Air Cargo....

Big Iron.
January 7, 2007... TNT is taking a big step up in the capacity game with its first 747-400 freighter, a Boeing-converted edition of an extended-range version of the plane. TNT took delivery just before Christmas of the first of four of the widebodies initially...

Handling Ambition.(Company overview)
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Few airline executives would describe Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals as an altruistic organization. Still, the handler, which processes more than 70 percent of the tonnage passing through Hong Kong International Airport,...

Competition Needed.(competition for Airport terminal services)(Association of European Airlines)(Brief article)
January 7, 2007... European airlines are protesting a European Commission decision not to liberalize what the carriers call outdated standards for ground handling competition at airports. In a strongly worded statement from the Association of European...

East to East Trade.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: by Mike Seemuth When Korean Air added Miami to its freighter schedule last summer, the world's largest international cargo airline was charting a new path for its own operations but also following a trade lane that is becoming...

Yangtze River Flows East.(Yangtze River Express Airlines)(Brief article)
January 7, 2007... Yangtze River Express Airlines, the joint venture cargo carrier of Taiwan China Airlines and Hainan Air out of China, plans to expand its U.S. service this year into the East, moving beyond its initial launch of trans-Pacific service to Los...

People.
January 7, 2007... Airline Jade Cargo International: The joint venture of Shenzhen Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo named Swiss WorldCargo executive Giuliano Kassabri senior manager. Kassabri started his career at the former Swisscargo and has been at the cargo...

Challenges 2007.(Column)
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Christopher Coppersmith, President, Target Logistic Services Air freight faces a number of challenges in 2007. Some of these questions that require answers are as old as transportation itself. Others are as new as the latest...

Assets.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Paul Page The air cargo industry in 2007 flies into a market marked by important and growing gulfs between businesses and moves by several operators to rebuild business models that are at the very foundation of the freight...

News Updates.
January 7, 2007... Freighter''s Hard Landing The order book for the A380 freighter keeps shrinking, begging the question, did Airbus and a few of its customers misjudge the need for a double-decker freighter? International Lease Finance Corp. joined FedEx in...

Russian Premier.(Volga-Dnepr enters into joint venture with Aeroflot Russian Airlines)(Lufthansa Cargo appoints Carsten Spohr)(traffic of European cargo services)
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Roger Turney Volga-Dnepr is now officially Russia''s largest all-cargo airline, comfortably overtaking national carrier, Aeroflot. The combined business activities of the group''s original AN-124 outsized charter operations and the...

Vietnam Rising.(economic growth)(Country overview)
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger With the road to World Trade Organization membership wide open, manufacturers, importers and logistics firms all look for growth in Vietnam. Its national assembly was expected to ratify the WTO accord in December,...

Choosing the Fleet.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman The rush of new orders for widebody freighters aircraft, the uncertainty over fuel prices and the fluctuating world economy have amplified the need for a forward-looking fleet strategy in today''s air cargo...

Conversion House.
January 7, 2007... Precision Conversions knows a thing or two about modifying aircraft, having just delivered its eighth cargo-configured 747-200 to Cygnus Air in Madrid. Four aircraft went to Icelandair, two to Shanghai Airlines and one to Ethiopian Air Cargo....

Handling Ambition.(Company overview)
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Few airline executives would describe Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals as an altruistic organization. Still, the handler, which processes more than 70 percent of the tonnage passing through Hong Kong International Airport,...

Competition Needed.(Association of European Airlines protests against the standards for airport terminal services set by European Commission)(Brief article)
January 7, 2007... European airlines are protesting a European Commission decision not to liberalize what the carriers call outdated standards for ground handling competition at airports. In a strongly worded statement from the Association of European...

East to East Trade.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: by Mike Seemuth When Korean Air added Miami to its freighter schedule last summer, the world''s largest international cargo airline was charting a new path for its own operations but also following a trade lane that is becoming...

People.
January 7, 2007... Airline Jade Cargo International: The joint venture of Shenzhen Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo named Swiss WorldCargo executive Giuliano Kassabri senior manager. Kassabri started his career at the former Swisscargo and has been at the cargo...

Challenges 2007.
January 7, 2007... BYLINE: Christopher Coppersmith, President, Target Logistic Services Air freight faces a number of challenges in 2007. Some of these questions that require answers are as old as transportation itself. Others are as new as the latest...