Air Cargo World articles from January 2009

Air Cargo World archives from January 2009

Going Dutch.
January 1, 2009... TNT''s welcome by the UK government to partner with the Royal Mail is entirely consistent with both history and EU competition laws. But will it be the Dutch or Germans who will sort and deliver for 28 million British homes? In a year that...

News Updates.(Company overview)
January 1, 2009... TNT Bids for UK Mail Stake Prompted by the UK Government''s endorsement of a new report into the future of Britain''s mail service, TNT says it wants to take a substantial stake in the organization. TNT CEO Peter Bakker commented:...

Smith Leads With Paycut.
January 1, 2009... FedEx Corp. Founder & CEO Fred Smith is taking a 20 percent paycut this year as part of cost reduction program aimed at saving the company $200 million and a further $600 million in 2010. "Our financial performance is increasingly being...

Business More Or Less As Usual For Lufthansa Cargo.
January 1, 2009... Dr. Andreas Otto, Board Member Product and Sales for Lufthansa Cargo says he''s not tempted to make a forecast this year. "We are in a situation that has rarely occurred before." Nevertheless he''s hedging his bets with three possible...

Maximus Effect, Minimum Government.
January 1, 2009... Can an aircraft fleet get any more diverse or perverse? The answer is yes it can and very likely will. Based in the Arabian Gulf State of Abu Dhabi, the airline is able to muster a current fleet of one AN-124, three IL-76TDs, two L-382...

Pearl River Exodus to Open Sky Vietnam.
January 1, 2009... U.S. carriers have not exactly flocked to Vietnam in the aftermath of the open skies agreement concluded in early October, but forwarders and express operators are ramping up their presence in the market. In response to gloomy market...

No Return to Traditional Growth.
January 1, 2009... David Turnbull is the Chairman of Seabury Asia and former CEO of Cathay Pacific. Air Cargo World: Is this deja vu 1979 for the airline industry or a different scenario? Is there interconnectedness between markets that weren''t there 30...

Is Business Ethically Sustainable?
January 1, 2009... BYLINE: Apparently yes if you put people first Despite the world''s economic interdependence -so starkly displayed in recent months - a veneer of global brands has not subordinated a multitude of cultural differences. However, American...

Managing Dubai''s Growth.(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... In an unprecedented move to dispel speculation about the economic health of Dubai, and in particular its real-estate market, Mohammed bin Ali Al Abbar, Chairman of a newly formed Advisory Council of prominent business and government leaders,...

Memphis and Louisville Not Just The Next Quarter.
January 1, 2009... Despite the financial chaos of the oil price aftershock, Wall Street analysts remain addicted to short-term pronouncements. FedEx CEO and Founder Fred Smith points out that it is not as if it hasn''t happened before. FedEx was nearly...

The Memphis Express will now arrive at the Pearl River next month.
January 1, 2009... Baiyun International Airport repotedly will see the delayed opening of FedEx''s new intra-Asian hub on February 6th. The $150 million facility will handle 24,000 packages an hour and 136 flights a week. According to FedEx Express Asia...

People.
January 1, 2009... Integrators: TNT N.V. has appointed P.C. Klaver chairman of TNT''s Supervisory Board. He replaces J.H.M. Hommen. Klaver is a member of the Supervisory Board of ING Group N.V., SHV Holdings N.V., African Parks foundation and Dura Vermeer...

Screening Co-op Answer To Security Storm.
January 1, 2009... BYLINE: Cynthia Allen Outside my office window, as I watch planes in their landing approach pattern against the gray snow laden clouds in the sky, there is no doubt that a major storm is coming. Not just the 3" - 4" of promised snow that...