Air Cargo World articles from July 2006

Air Cargo World archives from July 2006

Screening.(Editor's Note)
July 1, 2006... Last month's reports that United States counter-terrorism investigators had created a vast surveillance program to tap into the huge network of international financial transactions and global databases of bank records reminded us here of a...

Cathay buys into China.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... Cathay Pacific's purchase of Hong Kong rival Dragonair is part of a labyrinthine deal that seeks to reshapes a share of commercial aviation in China and sets the foundation for new cargo operations in the world's fastest growing freight market,...

Delaying Airbus.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... UPS and FedEx say they are keeping their place in line for A380 freighters but airlines around the world are showing anger that the line itself isn't moving. Airbus' announcement last month that production of the triple-decker aircraft...

Freight surges.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... International air cargo traffic grew 5.7 percent in the first four months of this year, with Middle East traffic leading accelerating air freight growth. The International Air Transport Association said freight traffic for out of the...

TSA tougher.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... Air cargo operators should expect the Transportation Security Administration's burgeoning force of cargo inspectors to produce more enforcement actions in the U.S. air freight industry, says a high-ranking TSA official. Pare Hamilton, the...

Turkey blazes.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... Air cargo operators in Istanbul were working out of temporary stations and routing what business they could around Turkey's main gateway after a massive fire destroyed the main freight terminal at the Ataturk Airport. Turkish officials...

Portal portable.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... The Web booking portal world moved into another era with American Airline going live on Cargo Portal Services. American has been a stakeholder in Global Freight Exchange since the early days of the CPS rival, the first of the three major...

Gemini shifts.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... Gemini Air Cargo is predicting a rapid exit from bankruptcy protection after unwieldy debt and troubles in its core market pushed one of the world's largest operators of outsourced widebody freighters into reorganization. The financial...

NCA adds.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... Nippon Cargo Airlines is stepping up the pace of an expansion that already is on schedule to push the Japanese carrier into the top tier of global freight airlines. NCA last month added orders for two more 747-400 freighters from Boeing,...

DC-10s.(News Updates)
July 1, 2006... I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Air Cargo World for many years. Many times I've wanted to share my opinions, but decided to stay "on the sidelines." However something in the June issue jogged me to act. As an operations person (pilot), I...

Eyeing freighters: out of bankruptcy, United Airlines is looking at a return to all-cargo business as freight revenue edges upward.(NORTH AMERICA)
July 1, 2006... United Airlines is on a pace to have its strongest year in air cargo since of 2000, but United Cargo President Scott Dolan is looking at ways to make an even bigger splash in the cargo market. For the first time in years, Dolan says, United is...

New York/New Jersey Customs District.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... International air tonnage through the New York/New Jersey Customs District grew 0.3 percent in the first quarter, including a 0.1 percent decline in March. Exports led the growth, rising 5.5 percent over the first quarter last year, but imports...

International air cargo for United States airlines jumped 8 percent in April, giving the carriers an overall 3.8 percent gain in overall cargo traffic in the first four months of the year.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... International air cargo for United States airlines jumped 8 percent in April, giving the carriers an overall 3.8 percent gain in overall cargo traffic in the first four months of the year. Domestic cargo was up 2.7 percent in April, according...

Evergreen International Airlines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Evergreen International Airlines showed a $26.1 million net profit in its fiscal year ending Feb. 28 on $757.7 million in revenue, moving the freighter operator into the black after losses in the previous two years.

Forward Air.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Forward Air Chief Financial Officer Andrew Clarke left the United States' largest air freight trucker to become president of expedited cargo handler Panther II Transportation. Forward Air promoted Rodney Bell, who had been chief accounting...

DHL Express raised its fuel surcharge on air shipments to 18 percent.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... DHL Express raised its fuel surcharge on air shipments to 18 percent while FedEx and UPS raised their most recent added fuel fees to 16 percent.

Northwest Airlines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Northwest Airlines added software to allow package couriers to check in shipments at self-service ticketing kiosks at airports, hoping to make those high-priority shipments more efficient as part of a larger effort to improve cargo yield.

FedEx Express will have a division of FMC Technologies design and manufacture the new cargo loaders the carrier will need when it takes its triple-decker A380 freighters from Airbus.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... FedEx Express will have a division of FMC Technologies design and manufacture the new cargo loaders the carrier will need when it takes its triple-decker A380 freighters from Airbus. FMC says the commonality with other loaders in the FedEx...

The Teamsters union stepped up efforts to organize mechanics and workers at ABX Air's hub at Wilmington, Ohio.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... The Teamsters union stepped up efforts to organize mechanics and workers at ABX Air's hub at Wilmington, Ohio, where the airline serves DHL.

SEKO.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Forwarder SEKO placed its Milwaukee station under the ownership of Charlie Zidek, who has worked for more than 15 years in various management positions at the company's corporate headquarters.

The Federal Aviation Administration reinstated Venezuela's Category 1 safety rating.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... The Federal Aviation Administration reinstated Venezuela's Category 1 safety rating, ending a confrontation that threatened to trigger air service cutbacks between the United States and the South American country.

Con-way.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Trucker Con-way shut down its air forwarding business, eliminating the last air-focused operations in the company to focus on the companies core surface transport and global contract logistics services.

Making Traxon: air freight electronic communications are heading into a new era, but they need air waybills to join the ride.(EUROPE)
July 1, 2006... Just how far down the e-freight road has the air cargo industry gotten? Not half as far as many might expect, it turns out. Sure there are initiatives aplenty out there. In particular, Cargo 2000's continuing efforts and the International Air...

Association of European Airlines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Freight traffic for European airlines fell 0.8 percent in April, the worst performance in a year measured by the Association of European Airlines and a retreat from three straight months of accelerating monthly growth.

Frankfurt Airport.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Frankfurt Airport's freight traffic soared 11.3 in May, far outstripping the record for the month set last year.

Cargolux.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Cargolux added a second weekly freighter flight to Damman, Saudi Arabia, citing high demand for oil industry equipment.

Vatry International Airport.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... France's Vatry International Airport started construction work on its second air freight terminal.

European expedited trucker DFDS Transport changed its named to DSV.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... European expedited trucker DFDS Transport changed its named to DSV and said it would operate all its divisions under that brand, although some country operations that had been part of Frans Maas will operate as DSV Frans Maas.

Aer Lingus launched three-times-weekly A330-200 service between Dublin and Dubai and named Cargo Partners, a unit of Dnata.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Aer Lingus launched three-times-weekly A330-200 service between Dublin and Dubai and named Cargo Partners, a unit of Dnata, as its cargo general sales agent.

Air France-KLM.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Air France-KLM cargo traffic jumped 5.3 percent in May, more than double the 2 percent gain in capacity and the cargo traffic was up 3.2 percent in the first five months of 2006. It included a 6 percent gain in Asia business and a 21.4 percent...

Kintetsu World Express.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Kintetsu World Express opened an office in Belfast, becoming the first Japanese forwarder to set up in the Northern Ireland capital.

Aviapartner.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Aviapartner saw revenue grow 2.7 percent to more than $300 million in 2005 but the ground handler, acquired in a management buy-out last fall, said its net profit fell because of financing and reorganization costs related to the sale.

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft leased two ATP turboprop freighters to MagicBird Airlines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... BAE Systems Regional Aircraft leased two ATP turboprop freighters to MagicBird Airlines, a Netherlands-based operator that will use the planes in a variety of lanes across Europe for postal business and express carriers.

Athens International Airport.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Athens International Airport's cargo traffic grew 8 percent in the first quarter.

German forwarder Rhenus says its acquisition of Interspe Hamann Group will give the company 200 sites in Germany.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... German forwarder Rhenus says its acquisition of Interspe Hamann Group will give the company 200 sites in Germany and a combined $2.9 billion in annual sales.

Emirates.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Emirates added a second weekly 777 passenger flight from Dubai to Dusseldorf after showing 9.1 percent growth in cargo traffic on the route in the first quarter.

Delta Air Lines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Delta Air Lines started daily 767-300 service between Atlanta and Dusseldorf.

Austrian Airlines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Austrian Airlines added a third daily frequency between Vienna and Moscow and added the Russian city of Ekaterinburg to its schedule.

China shifts: Dragonair was looking at cargo expansion to New York, but Cathay Pacific may have other ideas.(PACIFIC)
July 1, 2006... Perhaps it was the onset of the hot and humid season in Hong Kong. In late May, rumors about carrier mergers went into overdrive. One of the stranger fruits of the rumor mill was of a menage a trois involving Air China, China Airlines and...

Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Freight traffic for Asian air carriers grew 5.2 percent in April over the same month last year and was up 5.6 percent in the first four months of 2006, sharply ahead of the 4 percent increase in capacity, according to the Association of...

Air China.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Air China's freight traffic grew 13.9 percent in the first four months of 2006 against an 11.1 percent increase in capacity. Air China also became the first mainland China carrier to join a worldwide passenger airline alliance, lining up with...

Korean Air.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Korean Air's net profit more than doubled in the first quarter to $134.9 million. KAL says its fuel costs were up 34 percent over last year and the airline will start a 100 percent fuel hedging program this year.

Dailan Kintetsu Logistics, part of Japanese forwarder Kintetsu World Express, opened a distribution center in the bonded area of Dailan, China.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Dailan Kintetsu Logistics, part of Japanese forwarder Kintetsu World Express, opened a distribution center in the bonded area of Dailan, China, its second warehouse in the country.

Singapore Airlines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Singapore Airlines' cargo traffic grew 12.7 percent in March over the same month last year and freight tonne-kilometers grew ahead of of capacity for the sixth straight month.

Cathay Pacific.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Cargo growth at Cathay Pacific slowed to 7.9 percent in March after double-digit growth the previous three months but was ahead of a 2.7 percent gain in capacity. For the first quarter, Cathay's cargo traffic grew 11.6 percent on an 8.8 percent...

Etihad Crystal Cargo named GSA Cargo as its general sales agent in Dhaka to begin cargo operations there.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Etihad Crystal Cargo named GSA Cargo as its general sales agent in Dhaka to begin cargo operations there and said Biman Bangladesh Airways would perform ground handling.

Singapore Changi Airport.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Cargo traffic at Singapore Changi Airport grew 4.8 percent in April and was up 7.9 percent in the first four months of the year over the same period in 2005.

South Korea and Vietnam liberalized air service between the countries.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... South Korea and Vietnam liberalized air service between the countries, eliminating the 300-ton ceiling on cargo traffic.

Kuehne + Nagel.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Schindler Group, a manufacturer of elevators and escalators, named Knehne + Nagel a strategic logistics provider in China.

Das Air Cargo named Starlight Express as its agent.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Das Air Cargo named Starlight Express as its agent in Nepal.

Air Canada.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Air Canada plans to launch Toronto-Sydney flights through Los Angeles next year using 777 passenger aircraft.

Pacific CMA, a freight forwarding group focused on China/South Asia, agreed to acquire HTL Logistics.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Pacific CMA, a freight forwarding group focused on China/South Asia, agreed to acquire HTL Logistics.

China Airlines.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... China Airlines started twice-weekly 747-400 freighter flights between Taipei and Osaka.

Etihad Airways upgraded its service between Abu Dhabi and Bangkok to twice daily.(Briefly)
July 1, 2006... Etihad Airways upgraded its service between Abu Dhabi and Bangkok to twice daily, using 777-300 aircraft with 20 tonnes of cargo capacity. Etihad says its Thailand general sales agent, United Kargo Kare, gave the airline its highest freight...

The world's top 50 cargo airports.(Feature Focus: Top 50 Airports)
July 1, 2006... A look at cargo growth at airports around the world in 2005 shows an air freight business divided. For much of the world, last year was a relatively stagnant period for air cargo, with barely a few pallets worth of expansion at important...

Europe's new frontier: Eastern Europe is the hot spot for air cargo growth in Europe, and airports are competing for a prime place on air trade's economic map.(Regions Focus: Europe's Alternative Gateways)
July 1, 2006... Europeans like to refer to Eastern Europe as "our little China"--Europe's boom area for low cost manufacturing, For many cargo operators it can also seem something like the Wild West. Where once there was the Iron Curtain, now there is a...

Events.(airports)(Calendar)
July 1, 2006... Sept. 6-8 Beijing: inter Airport China 2006, the second edition of the large show focused on airport operations and handling features key Chinese government groups that are expanding the country's airports. For information, call +44 1727...

British Airways.(Airlines)
July 1, 2006... British Airways: BA World Cargo made several appointments in its Middle East and Asia operations. The airline named 18-year company veteran Ian Barrigan commercial manager its Southern region, taking in the Middle East, Africa and Southern...

MNG Airlines.(Airlines)
July 1, 2006... MNG Airlines: In a shakeup of the leadership of the Turkish freighter operator, Sedat Ozkazanc became general manager at the board of directors spring meeting following the resignation of Yavuz Cizmeci. At the same time, Ahmet Berkmen, a member...

Lufthansa Cargo.(Airlines)
July 1, 2006... Lufthansa Cargo: Reorganizing its sales and handling outside Germany, the airline made a series of leadership changes as it streamlined its structure. Jurgen Siebenrock, who has been vice president of sales for the Americas since 2003, becomes...

Kales Charters.(Airlines)
July 1, 2006... Kales Charters: The European cargo charter company named Erwin Burger managing director in Amsterdam. Burger has more than 10 years' experience in aircraft chartering.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.(Officials and employees)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: The Miami-based United States operation of the German forwarder named Arnold Goldstein, the former president and chief executive of Wilson UTC in the United States, senior vice president of sales for Hellmann USA....

Global Shipping and Logistics.(Third Parties)
July 1, 2006... Global Shipping and Logistics: The Dubai-based forwarder named Satya Tekkali distribution centers manager as it completes work on a large new facility in Dubai. Tekkali has more than 20 years experience in retail logistics in the Middle East.

John S. Connor.(forwarder and customs broker)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... John S. Connor: The Maryland-based forwarder and customs broker named two executives to its new office in Shanghai. Hillary Ye, who has 10 years of logistics industry experience, was named business development manager for China and will...

U-freight.(Third Parties)
July 1, 2006... U-Freight: The Hong Kong-based forwarder, in the midst of a rapid expansion across Asia, promoted Daniel Chung to president of U-Freight Korea as it moved into larger facilities at the Seoul Incheon International Airport. Chung joined the...

IGPS.(Ground Handling)
July 1, 2006... IGPS: Intelligent Global Pooling Systems named Rex Lowe president of the global shipping equipment business. Lowe is a former president and chief executive of CHEP Lowe USA, pallet and container pooling company, which he built into a $1 billion...

Worldwide Flight Services.(Ground Handling)
July 1, 2006... Flight Services: The multinational ground handler named Steve Greenhalgh finance director for the United Kingdom and Ireland, based at London Heathrow Airport. He was financial controller at Plane Handling for five years and worked at British...

FAA.(Government)
July 1, 2006... FAA: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration named Michael O' Malley chief of staff at the regulatory agency. O'Malley has been deputy assistant secretary for transportation policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He also has worked...

Boeing.(Manufacturing)
July 1, 2006... Boeing: The aircraft manufacturer named J. Michael Luttig, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, senior vice president and general counsel, replacing Douglas G. Bain, who retired. Luttig, 51, has been on the federal...

Dallas Airmotive.(Lee Holloway is a international rerritorial sales director)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Dallas Airmotive: The engine overhaul and repair specialist named Lee Holloway international rerritorial sales director for much of Europe and North Africa. He joined Dallas Airmotive sister company H+S Aviation in 1992 and was most recently a...

Back aviation aircraft report.
July 1, 2006... The MD-11 has become a workhouse freighter aircraft driven by its use by integrator carriers, although it also remains a tactical choice in several key cargo airline fleets. The freighter-configured aircraft, both the manufactured MD-11F...

Security.(Forwarders Forum)
July 1, 2006... The new air cargo security rule provides an important recipe for improvement across the expedited transportation industry Do good things come to those who wait? The new air cargo security regulation issued by the Transportation Security...