Air Cargo World articles from June 2008

Air Cargo World archives from June 2008

Pure Fiction.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman There are a few times when the United States Congress is off its game. One is before the summer recess when lawmakers rush proposed laws to the floor without fully vetting their value. The other occurs during an...

News Updates.
June 1, 2008... Traffic Hardly Gassed Up Air freight traffic around the world took a turn downward at the end of the first quarter and there were signs the business wasn''t so much drying up as going over to water. Several logistics operators, including...

Deutsche Treat.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Michael Fabey Frank Appel, the new Deutsche Post World Net CEO, is wasting little time in making good on his promise to address the dismal performance of the German giant''s DHL U.S. operations. On May 6, Appel named Ken...

Waltz Time.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Roger Turney Austrian Airlines believed it found a lifesaver this year in Saudi Arabian businessman Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber. At the time, he agreed to invest over $240 million for a 20 percent stake in the airline. So...

Building Cathay.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Cathay Pacific will have Seimens Mobility build its hard-won new freight terminal at Hong Kong International Airport. Under the $180 million contract, Seimens will build a facility capable of handling 2.6 million...

Adding Value.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Roy W. Hecteman When you cut through the jargon and buzz words, "Adding Value" is what a forwarder does. It is the sole reason for their being. But as true as that is, we have come to take this for granted. All of the things...

Leadership: Mr. Cargo.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman Every airline executive has made mistakes during their career. Jack Boisen admits to two. Years ago, while working for Trans World Airlines, Boisen was persuaded to become station chief in Boston, an...

Baltic Cargo Exchanges.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Peter Conway When eight Eastern European countries joined the European Union in 2004, some of them - such as Hungary and Slovakia - enjoyed a rush of manufacturing investment from major multinationals that has made them...

Conversion''s Open Door.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Mike Seemuth Companies converting passenger airplanes to freighters face constraints on supplies of used aircraft, competition from new-production freighters, and caution in many corners of the airline industry. Boeing, for...

Cargo''s Defense Posture.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Michael Fabey War has proved to be big business for American air freight companies serving military needs. Lifted by battle-surge needs in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Defense Department-related air freight industry...

People.
June 1, 2008... Airlines Lufthansa Cargo Charter: The charter division of Lufthansa named Volker Dunkake head of global sales and services. Dunkake began his Lufthansa Cargo career in 1989 in the handling unit and moved to charters in 1999. He became...

Cooperation.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association The Transportation Security Administration has been busy holding informational sessions throughout the country on the Certified Cargo Screening Program. The...

Miles Apart.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman A shaky world economy, skyrocketing fuel costs, increasing security regulations and the disparity in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and euro are subjects this and other magazines have covered thoroughly....

Reversing Delivery.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Michael Fabey Deutsche Post World Net''s decision to outsource DHL Express'' domestic U.S. airlift to UPS is drawing fire from a coalition of public officials and union forces - and the state of Ohio. The 10-year deal, which...

Eastward Ho.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Roger Turney Has the gravitational pull of Europe shifted irredeemably eastward? It would seem so, with a former down run airport in the Cold War Eastern Bloc of a once divided Germany now the focus of a new logistics heart of...

Manila''s Outbound.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Ian Putzger To lose one integrator hub may look a trifle careless, to lose several suggests a problem. China''s gravitational pull is drawing UPS to the Pearl River Delta to set up a new hub for intra-Asia traffic. As the...

The World''s Top 50 Cargo Airports.
June 1, 2008... The rapid growth in cargo traffic at airports in Asia and the Middle East may be slowing down, but the expansion remains the dominant feature on a world cargo trading map that is tilting decidedly toward the regions. The shifting global...

Solving IT Solutions.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Ed Kerwin This is an Olympic year and some of the most anticipated track and field events are the relay races. Teams of runners carry a baton, which they hand off to the next runner at the end of their leg of the race. To improve...

China Seeks Domestic Bliss.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Ian Putzger The dragon hasn''t been soaring quite as high over the past 18 months. China''s seemingly insatiable appetite for air freight capacity to North America and Europe is no longer guaranteeing stellar yields for airlines,...

Tracking Competition.
June 1, 2008... It''s generally accepted that soaring fuel costs are prompting shippers and forwarders to shift traditional air freight goods to ocean for international but some believe there could be a more surprising modal shift in the domestic China...

Super-Sizing.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Carolyn Heinze Launch into a conversation about business activities in Canada''s Northwest and you''re bound to conjure up images of the late 1800s when burly, adventurous gold diggers flocked to the region in the quest for...

Responsibility.
June 1, 2008... BYLINE: Brandon Fried We met Zeev Sarig for dinner at a cozy Jerusalem restaurant on the second night of the Airports Council International-North America Israel security mission. Our charming host filled the evening with lively,...