Air Cargo World articles from June 2005

Air Cargo World archives from June 2005

Trucks.(markets)(Editorial)
June 1, 2005... Hold onto your air waybills--trucking is about to go international. Not international in the way it has been for years, with trucks crossing close-by borders and trucking companies striking up tactical partnerships across oceans to meet the...

Airline default anxieties.(News Updates)
June 1, 2005... United Airlines has a new cushion worth billions of dollars to help get the airline out of bankruptcy protection, but there's concern in the freight industry and among U.S. lawmakers about what the real cost may be. In a new twist for the...

Buying 777s.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Air France boosted Boeing's 777 freighter program when its board last month approved the purchase of five of the new aircraft, with options to buy three more. Boeing unveiled the 777 freighter last fall but has yet to receive an official...

"Mike Z," 54.(News Updates)(Obituary)
June 1, 2005... Michael Zolnierowicz, a veteran of more than 30 years in air cargo and the onetime head of cargo at United Airlines, died Sunday, May 15 after suffering a heart attack. He was 54. Known affectionately throughout the industry as "Mike Z,"...

Overnite shift.(News Updates)(United Parcel Service of America Inc.'s acquisition of Overnite Transportation Co.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... UPS will pay $1.25 billion to jump full-force into less-than-truckload trucking in the United States, a business the parcel carrier had long preferred to "cherry-pick" as it focused on the greater volumes of packages. Along with its...

Talking pilots.(News Updates)(United Parcel Service of America Inc., Independent Pilots Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... UPS and its pilots engaged in two weeks of mediated talks last month aimed at breaking their long impasse and avoiding a strike. Rival FedEx, meanwhile, offered its pilots more than $500 million in raises in an effort to avoid getting bogged...

DPWN, globally.(News Updates)(Deutsche Post World Net)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Deutsche Post World Net says 12005 will end up better than it started. Despite expected losses of $380 million in the United States and lackluster express business, DHL's parent is projecting a 41 percent increase in overall profits this year...

SIA's China.(News Updates)(Singapore Airlines)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Merely flying freight through China is no longer enough for Singapore Airlines. The world's No. 5 freight airline is trying to push deeper into the booming China air cargo business through a joint venture with Chinese and Singapore investors...

Building booking: the airlines push toward online booking is blurring the lines between rival portals.(NORTH AMERICA)
June 1, 2005... American Airlines' decision to become a member of Cargo Portal Services provides revealing insight into the thinking of air carriers regarding online booking and the future of the Internet-based services. Any thoughts of a shakeout among the...

Cargo traffic for United States airlines grew 2.8 percent in the first quarter but domestic traffic slipped 0.2 percent while international business was up 5.8 percent over the same period a year ago, according to the Air Transport Association.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Cargo traffic for United States airlines grew 2.8 percent in the first quarter but domestic traffic slipped 0.2 percent while international business was up 5.8 percent over the same period a year ago, according to the Air Transport...

UPS will spend about $24 million to build and equip new sites.(United States. Postal Service)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... UPS will spend about $24 million to build and equip new sites at its five regional air hubs in the United States to handle heavy freight from the integration of Menlo Worldwide Forwarding into UPS Supply Chain Solutions....

Baton Rouge Metro Airport.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Louisiana's Baton Rouge Metro Airport opened a 40,000-square-foot cargo facility and started planning for a second, 80,000-square-foot terminal, part of an expansion effort that includes a runway extension aimed at bringing more business to...

World Airways bought North American Airlines.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... World Airways bought North American Airlines, which operates civilian and military passenger charters with 767 and 757 aircraft....

Northwest Airlines.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Northwest Airlines placed a firm order for 18 787 aircraft with options for 50 more....

Hawaiian Airlines.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Hawaiian Airlines lost $75.4 million in 2004, although the restructuring carrier reported an operating profit of $71.1 that was only about 8 percent off its profit from operations in 2003....

Quality Air Forwarding.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Quality Air Forwarding was certified under the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program....

Miami International Airport.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at Miami International Airport grew 3.7 percent in the first quarter....

Lynden International.(Los Angeles International Airport)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Forwarder Lynden International will lease a 48,000-square-foot facility adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport, nearly doubling its space at LAX.

Comeback plane: Volga-Dnepr is beginning flight testing on a new, quieter version of the IL-76 freighter.(TAPO Aviation Plant)
June 1, 2005... It was generally believed that it was all over for the IL-76. But that thinking may have been premature. The utilitarian Russian freighter is set to become the comeback kid of the cargo charter market. This month will see the start of...

Cargolux.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Cargolux saw a 14.7 percent increase in freight traffic in March that gave the freighter operator 13.5 percent more cargo in the first quarter than in the same period a year ago....

Aviapartner.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Ground handler Aviapartner handled 911,181 tons of cargo at its sites last year, 19 percent better than in 2003 following the 20 percent gain that year....

Schenker.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Schenker opened a logistics facility in Hungary's Budapest Intermodal Logistic Center that includes its own warehouse for hazardous materials....

Davies Turner Air Cargo.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Forwarder Davies Turner Air Cargo followed its expansion into Scotland by opening a station at the Newcastle Airport, its 12th facility in the United Kingdom....

Denmark's Billund Airport became the first operation to be certified.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Denmark's Billund Airport became the first operation to be certified under the Cool Chain Association's Cool Chain Quality Indicators....

Cargo traffic at London Stansted Airport was up 22.5 percent in the 12 months ending April and with its 10.7 percent growth in April.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at London Stansted Airport was up 22.5 percent in the 12 months ending April and with its 10.7 percent growth in April the London area's No. 3 passenger airport is now second to Heathrow in freight business....

Air Canada named Aviareps its cargo general sales agent.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Air Canada named Aviareps its cargo general sales agent in Austria....

Envirotainer, the refrigerated cargo container specialist, named Airline Cargo Resources its general sales agent.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Envirotainer, the refrigerated cargo container specialist, named Airline Cargo Resources its general sales agent in South Africa....

Kuehne & Nagel.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Kuehne & Nagel moved into new facilities in Salzburg doubling its space in the Austrian city....

TAP Air Portugal's.(TAP Services)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... TAP Air Portugal's handling division, TAP Services, implemented the HERMES cargo handling system from Magic Software Enterprises of the Netherlands....

Schenker.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Forwarder Schenker moved into expanded facilities in the greater Paris region in Gennevilliers....

French forwarder Geodis completed the acquisition of Audas Distribution.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... French forwarder Geodis completed the acquisition of Audas Distribution, a regional forwarder based in Orleans....

Turkish forwarder MTS Shipping and Forwarding joined the Universal Freight Organization.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Turkish forwarder MTS Shipping and Forwarding joined the Universal Freight Organization, a network of allied forwarders with representatives counting 250 stations in 75 countries....

International Airline Marketing.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Dublin-based cargo general sales agent International Airline Marketing said it beat its record in March for freight exports in any single month by 7 percent....

Frankfurt Airport.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Frankfurt Airport saw air freight traffic grow 7.3 percent in the first quarter but postal business fell 14.3 percent.

Japan's worries: JAL is newly profitable but investigation into safety lapses and strained relations with China leave little room to celebrate.(PACIFIC)(Japan Air Lines Company Ltd.)
June 1, 2005... Clouds are emerging over the land of the rising sun, particularly for Japan's flag carrier. A string of safety mishaps by Japan Airlines brought close scrutiny from Japanese transport authorities and appears to have led to the resignation of...

Singapore is projecting economic growth of 3 percent to 5 percent this year, slower than last year's 8.4 percent increase in GDP.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Singapore is projecting economic growth of 3 percent to 5 percent this year, slower than last year's 8.4 percent increase in GDP. But Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said he expected a projected improvement in the global electronics...

Japan Airlines'.(revenue)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Japan Airlines' cargo revenue grew 12 percent in the year ending March 2005, to $1.6 billion....

Japan-based forwarder Nippon Express joined Lufthansa Cargo's "Global Partnership Program".(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Japan-based forwarder Nippon Express joined Lufthansa Cargo's "Global Partnership Program,," which is aimed at establishing closer relations between the airline and its major forwarding customers....

Singapore-based SembCorp Logistics saw its net profit fall 8 percent in the first quarter after the company sold its interest in Kuehne & Nagel.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Singapore-based SembCorp Logistics saw its net profit fall 8 percent in the first quarter after the company sold its interest in Kuehne & Nagel and ended its alliance with the European forwarder....

Cathay Pacific Airways.(cargo traffic)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Cathay Pacific Airways cargo traffic grew 8.3 percent in the first four months of 2005, including a 16.7 percent gain in April, although both figures were below the freight capacity the carrier added....

Dragonair's.(Hong Kong Dragon Airline Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Dragonair's cargo traffic grew 33.7 percent in the first quarter and tonnage was up 22 percent over last year on a 24.3 percent gain in capacity....

Singapore Changi International Airport.(cargo traffic)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at Singapore Changi International Airport grew 4.8 percent in April after two straight months of declines....

Hong Kong-based forwarder U-Freight is moving into larger facilities.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Hong Kong-based forwarder U-Freight is moving into larger facilities under construction at Korea's Seoul Incheon International Airport....

An audit team from FedEx spent three days inspecting Menzies Aviation ground handling operations in Sydney.
June 1, 2005... An audit team from FedEx spent three days inspecting Menzies Aviation ground handling operations in Sydney and according to Menzies released a report calling the site "a truly outstanding operation."...

UPS.(UPS Airlines)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... UPS upgraded its up its flights to Sydney from a 767 to an MD-11 freighter because of increased demand.

Air Cargo's most influential leaders.(Feature Focus: Leaders)(Cover Story)
June 1, 2005... In an industry that literally spans the globe, there are hundreds if not thousands of leaders who are taking their companies and the air cargo industry into new areas. In that spirit, the people on our list this year stand out not only as...

Trucking companies expanding next-day, expedited services: meeting customer demand for faster delivery is the answer.(Time-critical and on-demand delivery)(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2005... Trucking and transportation companies are increasing their time-critical, expedited and next-day services and networks to meet shippers'--and shippers' customers'--demand for faster delivery of goods. "We're proud to have been able to...

Fearing fragile China: investment in China is keeping up a strong pace but a few warning signs are giving cargo operators reason to think twice.(Region Focus: China)
June 1, 2005... Investment and operators keep pouring into China but there is growing unease among those already in the country that the high-flying economy may presage a hard landing. Cargo operators are nervously trying to sort out whether there really are...

Computing time-definite delivery: high tech manufacturers' ever expanding supply chains drive air cargo demand.(Feature Focus: High-Tech)
June 1, 2005... It is a manufacturing sector that, perhaps above all others, needs air cargo. High-technology components and goods meet all the key criteria for cargo that absolutely has to move by air: high value, fragile and requiring fast, time-definite...

Events.(Calendar)
June 1, 2005... June 6-7 Los Angeles: Trans-Pacific Air Cargo Conference, at The Westin Century Plaza, this new Air Cargo World event will examine skyrocketing trans-Pacific air freight trade. Industry leaders will discuss and debate key trends in the...

Volga-Dnepr Group.(promoted Tony Bauckham to managing director and Stan Wraight to vice president )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... In a series of management moves, the project cargo specialist promoted industry veteran Tony Bauckham to managing director of Volga-Dnepr U.K. Bauckham joined Volga-Dnepr last year as group commercial director. He earlier was an executive...

British Airways Regional Cargo.(appointed Peter Smith as Chairman )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Peter Smith was named chairman of BARC, which provides cargo service throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. He takes over from Bryan Bullman, one of the company's major shareholders. Smith, who joined the board of BARC as a non-executive...

DHL.(DHL Express Asia Pacific appointed Daniel McHugh as senior vice president)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The express company named Daniel McHugh, a veteran maritime industry executive, senior vice president-commercial for DHL Express Asia Pacific. He succeeds John Pearson, who moved into that role in the United States in a management shift in...

FedEx Custom Critical Europe.(appointed Robert Hayter as international air sales agent )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The FedEx urgent shipment division appointed Robert Hayter as its international air sales agent for Europe. Hayter has been general manager of the British-based specialist operation Clive Mansfield Aviation Consulting, which will work with...

Exel.(appointed Jesus Hernandez as CEO )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The logistics provider appointed Jesus Hernandez CEO for Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Hernandez had been managing director of Tibbett & Britten in the region since 2001 and earlier was European head of logistics C&A.

Bibby Distribution.(appointed Steve Woodhead as business development manager)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The British logistics provider named Steve Woodhead business development manager. He had been general manager of development for Exel for eight years.

Pacer International.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The diversified logistics and transport company promoted Alex Munn to chief operating officer and named Ron Maillette to replace him as chief information officer. Munn is a former vice president of business systems for Coca-Cola's North...

Lynden International.(appointed Maggie Parks, Robert Brinkmeyer and Shirley Lewis)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The Seattle-based forwarder named three sales executives. Maggie Parks, a 13-year industry veteran, joined in Los Angeles. She had been with Delta Air Lines, most recently as regional logistics sales manager. Robert Brinkmeyer, a former sales...

Ceres Transportation.(appointed Hasan Kazi)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The Charlotte, N.C.-based forwarder named Hasan Kazi area manager for Illinois and Wisconsin at the company's new office near Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Kazi had been at FedEx Express for 22 years and worked at United Airlines and...

LynnCo Supply Chain Solutions.(appointed Wendy Buxton )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The Tulsa, Okla.-based third-party logistics firm founded by former Fritz Cos. Chairman Lynn Fritz named Wendy Buxton president. Buxton joined the company in 2001 as director of information technology and has been vice president and managing...

Crown Relocations.(appointed Astrand Salazar )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The company appointed Astrand Salazar general manager for Taiwan. A 14-year veteran of the company, Salazar established Crown's presence in Qatar as branch manager. Crown also named Go Mitani regional manager for Brazil's Atlantic coast,...

Menzies Distribution.(appointed Ellis Watson)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The sister company to Menzies Aviation named Ellis Watson managing director, succeeding Iain Callaghan, who retired after 40 years with the British specialist in time-critical newspaper and magazine supply chains. Watson, 38, will join...

Progistix-Solutions.(appointment of Paul Ragan )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The Toronto-based third-party logistics company named supply chain industry veteran Paul Ragan vice president of operations and vice president for subsidiary Assured Logistics. Ragan's 30-year career includes executive positions at Nadiscorp...

TIACA.(The International Air Cargo Association appointed Gary Bartek as the Chairman)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The International Air Cargo Association elected Gary Bartek, marketing manager for cargo development at Kansas City International Airport, to a two-year term as chairman of the group. Elected at the TIACA's recent annual general meeting in...

Towne Air Freight.(appointments of persons )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The air freight trucker made several promotions, including naming Joe Dooley director of finance and treasurer. He started at Towne in 1999 as an account executive in Chicago and has been at the headquarters since 2003. Towne also promoted...

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.(appointments of Christopher Browne )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The airport authority named Christopher Browne manager of Washington Dulles International Airport, replacing Keith Meurlin, who retired. Brown has been with MWAA since 1988, following a career with the United States Navy as an aviator, and...

Asia's ideas market.(Air Cargo Commentary)
June 1, 2005... Which national economies will benefit most in a world of extended supply chains and open trade? Today, the obvious response seems to be the Asian nations. They'll certainly be the fastest growing air freight markets. Asia has become the...

Assessments: new security efforts are mostly reasonable and risk-based, but the cargo industry still faces regulatory threats.(Forwarders Forum)
June 1, 2005... The halfway point of 2005 is a good time to provide a regulatory and legislative update on air cargo security and and to ponder what may be coming our way next from our friends in Washington, D.C. By now everyone in the air cargo industry...