Air Cargo World articles from March 2004

Air Cargo World archives from March 2004

Screening.(Editor's Note)
March 1, 2004... After launching a politically charged broadside over the processes and plans for ensuring the safety of supply chains, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is stepping back a bit from her demand that all of the cargo coming into the country by...

Stowaways stoke insecurity.(News Updates)
March 1, 2004... At least one major United States airline has told forwarders it will start random inspections of freight, including opening packages it deems suspicious, as carriers ramp up cargo security under growing pressure from the public, regulators and...

Middling gains.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... The world's air freight industry grew a little bit last year, as long as you didn't look back too far. In preliminary reports on 2003, airline groups said international air freight traffic grew between 4 and 4.9 percent over the year...

United searches.(News Updates)
March 1, 2004... Roger Gibson will retire as vice president for cargo at United Airlines after two-and-a-half tumultuous years running one of the largest freight departments among U.S. passenger airlines. United said a search was underway for a successor to...

Protecting Atlas.(News Updates)
March 1, 2004... Atlas Air is hoping to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as May as the world's largest operator of 747 freighters seeks to restructure into a smaller and more stable airline. The filing in a Miami court was the strongest...

Airing tradeoffs.(News Updates)
March 1, 2004... Aircraft experts have long argued that emissions and noise are deeply intertwined and that environmental benefits at one end may come at the expense of another. In something of a victory for airlines and their cost-conscious customers, the...

Cooperating competition: need for freight on one side, capacity on the other bring integrators, forwarders together.(North America)
March 1, 2004... In their search for coveted cargo lift in the United States, some air forwarders are finding an unlikely provider in the competition. BAX Global, the leading heavyfreight specialist among air cargo operators in the United States, is running a...

Bigger UPS.(North America)(UPS Airlines)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... UPS appears to be getting back some of the domestic market share it had lost to the competition last year but international air express business is what is leading the company's greatest growth. The parcel giant hit $33.5 billion in revenue...

Expediters International of Washington.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Forwarder Expediters International of Washington reported net profits grew 8 percent to $122 million and gross revenue grew 14 percent to $2.6 billion in 2003. But the momentum slowed down sharply in the fourth quarter, with gross revenue up 6...

Fedex Custom Critical.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... FedEx Custom Critical launched a temperature-sensitive delivery service called TEMP-ASSURE Validated that includes specialized tracking of temperature-sensitive shipments, intensive and redundant data logs and special standards for vehicles.......

Forward Air.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Air freight tracker Forward Air's revenue grew 6.8 percent in 2003 to $241.5 million and its net profit grew 16 percent to $25.8 million....

Pacer International.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Pacer International, a California-based forwarder, reported net profit grew 54 percent in 2003 to $39.3 million on a 6.7 percent gain in net revenue, to $374.9 million. In the fourth quarter, net profits rose 43 percent to $11.4 million....

Panalpina and International Airport Centers completed a lease transaction agreement.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Panalpina and International Airport Centers completed a lease transaction agreement, facilitated by Cushman & Wakefield, to build a 410,000 square-foot warehouse in Houston....

Pilot Air Freight.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Pilot Air Freight was certified under the Custms Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program....

BDP International.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Philadelphia-based BDP International implemented an enhanced screening process for U.S. job applicants that includes criminal background checks....

Sears Logistics Services.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Sears Logistics Services awarded a three-year, $4 million contract to Exel for the on-time distribution of repair items to nine locations for the retail giant in the United States....

Austin-Bergstrom International.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Austin-Bergstrom International Airport reported a 12 percent decline in cargo traffic in 2003 despite a 42 gain in international cargo....

Pilot Air Freight opened a station in Honolulu.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Pilot Air Freight opened a station in Honolulu, the company's first Hawaii office....

Infineon Technologies named Kuehne & Nagel unit USCO Logistics.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Infineon Technologies named Kuehne & Nagel unit USCO Logistics to manage its supply chain in North America....

UPS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... UPS expanded availability of its CampusShip program, a Web-based tool allowing workers across several locations of a company to ship goods while monitoring and control is centralized, to 22 countries.

Maybe mega: Lufthansa and DHL have their long-foreseen partnership, but will the cargo world say WOW?(Europe)(Lufthansa Cargo AG)(DHL Airways Inc.)
March 1, 2004... At last, after all the hype, speculation, expectation and eventually, let's face it, fading interest, it has finally happened. Lufthansa Cargo and DHL have announced a new long-term strategic alliance, the much-predicted joint venture that will...

Cargolux.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Cargolux saw its freight traffic grow 6.5 percent in 2003 over the previous year to more than 4.4 billion freight tonne kilometers. The 747 freighter operator also announced a third weekly frequency to Istanbul....

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... KLM Royal Dutch Airlines last month took delivery of the last of three 747-400 extended-range freighters it ordered and said it would put the aircraft, dubbed "Oranje" after an old sailing ship of the Dutch East India Co., on Asia routes. KLM...

British Airways.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... British Airways reported a 9.9 percent gain in cargo traffic in its third quarter ending Dec. 31, while revenue grew 0.6 percent to $235 million. Excluding the impact of currency exchange rates, revenue grew 4.2 percent....

Aeroports de Paris.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Freight traffic at the two airports under the Aeroports de Paris grew 5.2 percent in 2003, to 1.59 million tonnes, including a 6.8 percent gain in December.

Rising economy: plans for more all-cargo lift in Japan suggest the long-troubled economy may be set for takeoff.(Pacific)
March 1, 2004... Japan's airlines are shopping for freighters. In early February Boeing happily proclaimed that Nippon Cargo Airlines had signed an order for three 747-400 freighters, which will start joining NCA's fleet in 2005. Rival JAL is to take delivery...

Pacific Air Cargo.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Los Angeles-based Pacific Air Cargo, which operates a 747 freighter in the South Pacific, put a 727 freighter in Honolulu to serve the Pacific Islands, including Pago Pago via Christmas Island, and may push the plane as far as Fiji, Tonga, and...

All Nippon Airways.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... All Nippon Airways will increase its frequencies to China by 11 percent starting this month....

Singapore Changi Airport.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Cargo traffic at Singapore Changi Airport fell 1.6 percent in 2003 to 1.61 million tonnes....

Malaysia Airlines.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Malaysia Airlines said it would start 747-200 freighter flights from the Basel, Switzerland, airport out of Kuala Lumpur through Dubai and Manchester....

Singapore Airlines.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Singapore Airlines launched the world's longest commercial non-stop flight, a Los Angeles-Changi flight with an A340-500.

Asia gets outsized: project air cargo operators look to the Far East for the next big thing.(Feature focus: project cargo)
March 1, 2004... The outsized cargo market is one of the most specialized fields in air freight, but in one important way project cargo is no different from the rest of the world: more and more, it's heading to Asia. Forwarder GeoLogistics' Houston-based Global...

Asia's rising dragons: the new airport in Guangzhou is just one sign of the optimism moving through Asia's growing cargo facilities.(Feature focus: Asian airports)
March 1, 2004... There's little evidence of bird flu, SARS or even economic malaise behind the airport passenger terminals at Asia's leading airports, down the side roads that lead to the cargo facilities. Despite the commercial tumult in the trading world in...

Fjord fish market: rising Norwegian salmon exports provide a glimmer of hope in scandinavia's stagnant air cargo market.(Region focus: Scandinavia)
March 1, 2004... There's been a bit of controversy lately about the relative health benefits of seafood in the diet, but there are no questions in Scandinavia about fish: it's in integral part of a healthy trading economy. In fact, in a regional air cargo...

Delivering recovery: security, growing economy vie for attention at North America's largest air cargo meeting.(Special Advertising Section)(Air Cargo 2004 )(Advertisement)
March 1, 2004... Leading cargo transportation decision makers will gather for Air Cargo 2004 in Tampa, Fla., March 7-9 in an improving economic climate that is being clouded by concern over security and airline financial problems. Record attendance is...

Alliance airport.(Special Advertising Section)(Alliance Texas)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
March 1, 2004... This fall AllianceTexas win enhance its position as one of the world's premier logistics centers with the addition of an air cargo facility at Fort Worth Alliance Airport. Construction on the first phase of up to 120,000 square feet win begin...

Team Worldwide: air, land and sea solutions.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... For over 25 years, Team Worldwide has provided our customers with transportation and logistics solutions for air, land and sea. Team uses a network of more than 60 North American Branch locations, along with more than 175 international...

OAG cargo.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... OAG cargo directly addresses the needs of the cargo sector, drawing on the skills and resources of cargo industry professionals recruited by OAG who understand the business needs of logistics providers. It is the industry's premier shipment...

Southwest Airlines Cargo: a perfect combination of performance and personal touch.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... At Southwest Airlines, every customer--whether a person or a package--is a valued part of the business. Personal touch and top performance are trademarks of Southwest's legendary customer service--and cargo is no exception. Southwest Cargo...

Xpress Global Systems: placing the entire world within your reach.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Xpress Global Systems delivers an entire suite of world-class transportation and distribution solutions. A subsidiary of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Xpress Global Systems complements our parent company's position as the nation's fifth-largest...

Pacific Air Cargo.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Awarded the prestigious title of #1 Woman Owned Business in Hawaii, Pacific Air Cargo provides express air cargo service between Los Angeles and Honolulu using 747 freighters under contract. CEO Beti Ward is the one-time owner of American...

United Cargo.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... No matter what you're shipping, United Cargo has a reliable solution to get it to where it's going--securely and on-time. As one of the world's largest passenger/cargo airlines, United is a leader in providing shipping services to more of the...

Active Aero Group.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Active Aero Group is North America's leading air charter management company. We are trusted by many of the Fortune 100's most respected companies to provide better access to more qualified carriers and manage more shipments than anyone else in...

2004 AirCargoWorld express services guide.(Directory)
March 1, 2004... Express Delivery Guide listings are based on questionnaires returned by companies. To include a company, or update information, contact Air Cargo World editorial offices at: 1270 National Press Building Washington, D.C. 20045 fax: (202)...

AIT Worldwide Logistics.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
March 1, 2004... For 25 years, AIT Worldwide Logistics has been in the business of helping companies make a solid transportation decision. Using the combination of a creative freight forwarder and constant commitment to its customers, AIT maintains the...

American Airlines Cargo precision guaranteed.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... When every minute counts, you can depend on Expeditefs from American Airlines Cargo. Expedilefs provides you with flight specific shipping that's guaranteed to be flown-as-booked on the world's largest airline. Priority boarding guarantees you...

Events.(Calendar)
March 1, 2004... March 7-9 Tampa: Air Cargo 2004, the joint annual meeting of the Air Courier Conference of America, the Airforwarders Association and the Air & Expedited Motor Carriers has all the dimensional weight of a three-sided meeting of North...

TIACA.(Honors)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... TIACA: The International Air Cargo Association selected the founder and former president and chief executive officer of Martinair Holland, J. Martin Schroder, as the recipient of its 2004 Hall of Fame award. Schroder founded Martinair in 1958...

Kitty Hawk.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Kitty Hawk: Kitty Hawk Cargo named Toby Skaar vice president and chief operating officer. Skaar has more than 20 years experience in cargo logistics and has served in various operations management positions since joining Kitty Hawk in 1990....

ABX Air.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... ABX Air: The cargo carrier, spun off after the merger of Airborne Express and DHL's U.S. ground operations, elected John Geary and Jeffrey Vorholt to fill vacancies on the company's board of directors. Geary was president of Midland Enterprises...

South African Airways.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... South African Airways: SAA Cargo made three appointments to its sales team in the United Kingdom. Jazz Bamrah was promoted to account executive after three years in SAA Cargo operations and sales support. Justin La Grange also was appointed...

Airnet Systems.(Airlines)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... AirNet Systems: The specialized express operator named Michael Snyder vice president of airline operations. Most recently, Snyder was president and chief executive officer of Polar Air Cargo prior to its sale to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings. He...

UPS.(Integrators)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... UPS: The package delivery giant named Wolfgang Flick to replace the retiring John Warrick as president of UPS Europe. With UPS since 1976, Flick helped the company start its first air operation outside the U.S. in 1986 at Germany's Cologne/Bon...

Panalpina.(Integrators)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Panalpina: The forwarder named Bruce Spear to the new post of senior vice president of business development for North America. He will be responsible for expanding the region's strategic partnerships and benchmarking its performance. Spear has...

OIA Global Logistics.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... OIA Global Logistics: The freight forwarder named Leo Provencher vice president, strategic accounts. Provencher will be based in Asia and will be responsible for interfacing with current OIA international shippers who are active on the Asian...

GeoLogistics.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... GeoLogistics: The California-based forwarder named Alex Leivici chief executive officer of its Americas division. The native Austrian and 25-year logistics industry veteran had been a senior vice president of the Northeast in the United States...

CNF.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... CNF: The company's board elected W. Keith Kennedy as its new chairman to replace the retiring Donald Moffitt. Kennedy has been CNF vice chairman since April 2002. He retired as president and chief executive officer of Watkins-Johnson in 2000.

AIT Worldwide Logistics.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... AIT Worldwide Logistics: AIT named Dave Buss director of business development for operations. Buss, a 12-year industry veteran, will be based at the company's Houston headquarters.

DHL Danzas.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... DHL Danzas: DHL Danzas Air and Ocean appointed Ko Guan Seng vice president Asia-Pacific for business processes and organization. Ko replaces Raphael Cecchettani, who is being promoted to head the company's global business processes and...

Tibbett & Britten.(Third-Parties)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Tibbett & Britten: The United Kingdom-based logistics operator hired Coen van der Maarel to the new post of business development director for Europe. Coen is a 17-year industry veteran who was managing director of contract logistics and global...

ASIG.(Ground Handling)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... ASIG: Aircraft Service International Group named Gene Roy general manager for its newest airport operation at New York Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 4. Roy was with ASIG from 1973 to 1998, serving as general manager for its airport...

Airbus.(Manufacturers)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Airbus: The Toulouse, France-based manufacturer made a senior management exchange. Laurence Barron, senior vice president and head of asset management within Airbus' customer affairs directorate, was appointed president of Airbus China,...

Cessna.(Manufacturers)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Cessna: The small aircraft manufacturer named Don Beverlin vice president of supply management. Beverlin has been with Cessna since 2000. Cessna also named Dave Brant senior vice president of product engineering. Brant worked at Cessna in the...

AirCargo the bottom line.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 1, 2004... Euro Airlines Top 10 European airlines for freight traffic in 2003. (in millions of freight tonne-kilometers) 1. Lufthansa 7,258.9 1.4 2. Air France 4,901.7 0.3 3. KLM 4,356.1 3.1 4....

Taking shape.(Forwarders Forum)
March 1, 2004... There is good news for the air freight industry. The American economy is beginning to brighten and the world's economic landscape is beginning to fill in as well. But like a Monet, or, better yet, the quasi-fractured faces of a Picasso, you may...

Bomb Proof.
March 7, 2004... BYLINE: PAUL PAGE When it comes to the possibility of new security regulations, air cargo industry officials are fond of saying that any requirements shouldn''t impede the flow of commerce. The reality is, the latest proposals for air...

News Updates.
March 7, 2004... UPS Signs With Boeing UPS may be standing pat for the time being on its orders for A380 freighters from Airbus but the parcel carrier is hardly standing pat on buying from Boeing. UPS last month stepped up its aircraft purchasing by...

Rethinking Regionally.
March 7, 2004... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman Bombardier Aerospace may have found another use for its no-longer-produced CRJ-200 regional jet as a small freighter. But much of the air cargo industry is uttering the same line given by regional airlines in the...

Das Boot?
March 7, 2004... BYLINE: Roger Turney African cargo carrier Das Air Cargo hoped its four months in purgatory would end by February with the rescinding of a ban from European airspace. The airline was swept-up in a "name and shame" edict issued by E.U....

Beyond Japan.
March 7, 2004... BYLINE: Ian Putzger If you can''t beat them, join them. Traditionally, Japanese logistics firms have preferred to move on their own, often building extensive domestic networks and close ties with their predominantly Japanese clientele that...

Drawing New Security Lines.
March 7, 2004... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman When auditors for the U.S. Congress looked at what a proposed law calling for physical inspection of all cargo shipped on passenger aircraft would cost, they came up with a final tab of $3.6 billion over 10 years....

Insecurity in Politics.
March 7, 2004... Despite widespread concerns among shippers and carriers that full physical inspection of all cargo is impractical, Capitol Hill and industry observers expect the U.S. Congress to pass an air cargo security bill with tougher screening provisions...

Favoring Inspection.
March 7, 2004... BYLINE: Peter Conway There may be widespread opposition in the air cargo industry to full physical inspection of shipments, but the opposition isn''t exactly 100 percent. Some airlines, such as Colombia-based freighter operator Tampa...

Air Cargo World''s Air Cargo Excellence Survey.
March 7, 2004... The third edition of the Air Cargo World''s Air Cargo Excellence survey found the top-rated airlines and airports very closely rated in responses from customers on a wide range of performance criteria. The final tally from the worldwide survey...

Criteria.
March 7, 2004... CRITERIA FOR AIRPORTS Customer Service: Claims handled expeditiously, problems solved in a prompt and courteous manner, professional and knowledgeable sales force. Performance: Fulfills promises and contractual agreements, dependable,...

Searching For Space.
March 7, 2004... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Growing trade across Southeast Asia is a blessing and a headache for shippers and forwarders as they chase freight capacity Which airline wants to fly to Southeast Asia? Although eager to gobble up traffic rights to...

Airport Overflowing.
March 7, 2004... Even a military coup last summer wasn''t enough to halt Thailand''s economic momentum. While news reports focused on the bloodless military ouster of the country''s civilian government, air cargo operators had more immediate worries about...

2007 AirCargo World Express Services Guide.(Directory)
March 7, 2004... Express Delivery Guide listings are based on questionnaires returned by companies. To include a company, or update information, contact Air Cargo World editorial offices at: 1270 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 ...

People.(Company overview)
March 7, 2004... Airlines Etihad Airways: The United Arab Emirates carrier named Iain Burns vice president of corporate communications. Burns, 48, held the same position at British Airways for five years. He earlier worked at a public relations consultancy...

Scanned.(regulations of air transportation industry)
March 7, 2004... BYLINE: Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association Winter came late to Washington this season, and it''s cold out there. But inside the halls of Congress air cargo continues to find itself in the center of an overheated...