Air Cargo World articles from July 2007

Air Cargo World archives from July 2007

Clean AIRE.
July 1, 2007... BYLINE: Paul Page Amid the static displays and the fast-moving aircraft orders - some of them for freighters - at the Paris Air Show last month, the most significant action may have been behind the scenes, where transportation...

DHL Takes Capacity Stakes.
July 1, 2007... DHL has long depended on the capacity of others for its cargo lift, but the operator''s latest moves in international and domestic markets show clear signs that controlling capacity is increasingly important in the express business. The carrier...

Capital Goods.
July 1, 2007... BYLINE: Robert Moorman It hardly rivals New York and Miami as a cargo center, but the air freight community is noticing Washington Dulles International Airport. For years, Dulles was a white elephant searching for traffic. Then the...

Guilty as Surcharged.(British Airways )
July 1, 2007... BYLINE: Roger Turney The extraordinary admission by British Airways that it was culpable of fuel surcharge price fixing is expected to cost it upwards of $660 million, the amount BA set aside to cover possible fines and litigation on both...

Making Waves.
July 1, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Asian carriers are used to doing much better than this. In April, members of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines recorded a paltry 0.7 percent rise in international freight ton kilometers, while their load factors...

The World''s Top 50 Cargo Airports.
July 1, 2007... By some accounts, Intel has had growing pains at the semiconductor plant it opened in the central China city of Chengdu, and that put something of a cloud over the technology giant''s reported plan of building a fourth factory in China, this...

WORLD''S TOP 50.
July 1, 2007... World Percent (%) Rank Airport Country Tonnage change Comments 1 MEMPHIS (MEM) United States 3,692,205 2.6 The main hub and headquarters for...

Europe''s top 45 cargo airports in 2006 (in tonnes).
July 1, 2007... World % Rank Rank Airport Country Tonnage change 7 FRANKFURT (FRA) Germany 2,127,797 2.0 11 PARIS DE GAULLE (CDG) France 1,854,950 5.0 16 AMSTERDAM (AMS) Netherlands 1,559,787 4.3 18...

North America''s top 45 cargo airports in 2006 (in tonnes).(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... World % Rank Rank Airport Country Tonnage change 1 MEMPHIS (MEM) 3,692,205 2.6 3 ANCHORAGE (ANC) 2,803,792 5.9 8 LOUISVILLE (SDF) 1,982,985 9.3 10 LOS ANGELES (LAX) 1,907,173 (1.1) 12...

Fastest growing cargo airports, 2006 (Minimum 40,000 tonnes).
July 1, 2007... World % Rank Rank Airport Country Tonnage change 1 163 SUBANG (SZB) Malaysia 72,798 37.2 2 21 BEIJING CAPITAL (PEK) China 1,028,908 31.6 3 164 HUNTSVILLE (HSV) United States 68,670 29.2...

Top Airports Middle East/India.
July 1, 2007... World % Rank Airport Country Tonnage change 17 DUBAi (DXB) UAE 1,503,696 14.4 30 MUMBAI (BOM) India 478,600 10.0 45 DELHI (DEL) India 398,437 2.5 49 BAHRAIN (BAH) Bahrain 355,152 6.1...

Africa''s Top 12 Airports.
July 1, 2007... World % Rank Airport Country Tonnage change 56 JOHANNESBURG (JNB) South Africa 321,220 14.7 75 NAIROBI (NBO) Kenya 242,467 18.9 127 LAGOS (LOS) Nigeria 116,461 19.6 180 CASABLANCA (CMN)...

Top 20 Airports Latin America.
July 1, 2007... World % Rank Airport Country Tonnage change 37 SAO PAULO (GRU) Brazil 495,879 (0.2) 41 MEXICO CITY (MEX) Mexico 416,652 9.5 *64 SANTIAGO (SCL) Chile 280,000 n/a 76 SAN JUAN (SJU) Puerto...

Asia''s top 35 cargo airports in 2006 (in tonnes).
July 1, 2007... World % Rank Airport Country Tonnage change 2 HONG KONG (HKG) China 3,608,789 5.1 4 SEOUL INCHEON (ICN) Korea 2,336,571 8.7 5 TOKYO NARITA (NRT) Japan 2,280,026 (0.5) 6 SHANGHAI PUDONG...

Beyond the Fence.
July 1, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman Some major airports were for years considered absentee landlords when it came to the management of their airport facilities. Third-party developers were - and some are still - an adjunct to management, setting...

Developing China.
July 1, 2007... China is rapidly building new on-site cargo facilities at airports throughout the country to handle the projected growth in air cargo. "Virtually, every gateway airport in China is interested in growing the cargo segment of their business,"...

Farming Funding.(airports think of new revenue sources)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... It is not all about building new facilities to attract business. Airports are finding novel, sometimes non-aviation ways to enhance the bottom line and keep landing and facility charges at reasonable rates. Consider the creative way of...

Transport Seeks Security.
July 1, 2007... BYLINE: Peter Conway When Qatar Airways finishes refitting its freight terminal at the Doha airport, cargo General Manager John Batten is hoping to have the facility certified by the Transported Asset Protect Association. That follows the...

People.
July 1, 2007... Obituary John C. Emery Jr., a major architect of expansion in the air freight industry who saw his bid for greater growth cut off by the even greater growth of the integrated package carriers, died in April at his home in Connecticut....

Airports.
July 1, 2007... BYLINE: Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association Few of us might know the name John Kasarda, but like John Emery or Fred Smith, Kasarda''s vision of the future could change the direction of air cargo. The...