Air Cargo World articles from March 2005

Air Cargo World archives from March 2005

Voices.(Editor's Note)
March 1, 2005... The forwarder was direct and dismissive, and even if this executive insisted on not being named, the message was clear enough: FedEx Chairman Frederick Smith was calling for open skies for cargo across the Atlantic, but that's just Smith's...

Europe's cargo combination.(News Updates)
March 1, 2005... The Air France-KLM Group believes the future of European air traffic will be built around four hubs. Their joint association means the French and Dutch flag carriers control two of them--Paris and Amsterdam. The combination of two of the...

BAX building.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... With BAX Global's best quarterly performance since 1999 now over, the company will stress growth of non-asset-based logistics services and lowering the costs of its now-profitable North American integrated network. Michael T. Dan,...

Airline extremes.(News Updates)
March 1, 2005... Emerging from bankruptcy is proving problematic for two of the United States' signature airlines. Red ink is growing at United Airlines and US Airways in a business environment that United Chairman and CEO Glenn Tilton characterized as...

Linking Taiwan.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... If China and Taiwan push closer to together they may do it on cargo flights. Taiwan's president last month said the first direct passenger flights between China and Taiwan had been a success and said cargo service should follow. "I wish...

Adding UPS.(News Updates)(United Parcel Service)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... International air business is growing rapidly at UPS and the carrier is adding the pilots and aircraft for more. Even as the parcel delivery giant attempts to negotiate a new labor deal with its pilots union, the carrier said last month...

Airports grounded.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Airports in the United States should be looking to the ground if they want to get more cargo, says an industry expert. William Liddicoet of the Colography Group research and consulting firm says expedited cargo transport in the United...

Bangkok delayed.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Delays through Bangkok's crowded airport are notorious so why should the construction of a new airport be any different? The opening of the new $1.2 billion Bangkok airport was pushed back from this fall to April 2006, and express operators...

Mail lost.(News Updates)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Just as the troubled U.S. airlines had won mail business back, they're starting to lose it again. The U.S. Postal Service last month stopped putting mail on American Airlines and US Airways, saying service had fallen below standards set in...

Security costs: the government's estimate of the bill for air cargo security is less than half what one industry analysis forecasts.(North America)
March 1, 2005... They were some three years in the making, in the works even before the Transportation Security Administration was established. With a draft of new air cargo security rules finally out and likely headed for implementation, two key questions the...

Bigger pilot.(North America)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Pilot Air Freight is seeing international revenue, and overall tonnage, increase as it pushes its relationships in the international forwarding World Freight Alliance. Although only about 15 percent of Lima, Pa.-based freight business...

Cathay Pacific Airways will start three-times-weekly 747-400 freighter service.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Cathay Pacific Airways will start three-times-weekly 747-400 freighter service between Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Hong Kong this fall.

SEKO.(new office)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... SEKO opened an office in Houston and said the opening is "one of many" the forwarder will add this year.

American Airlines Cargo.(AACargo.com (web site))(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... American Airlines Cargo started a new program that will allow AACargo customers to earn travel rewards for booking cargo shipments online through AACargo.com.

DHL.(DHL Airways Inc.)(Acuity Specialty Products Group, Inc)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... DHL signed a two-year, multi-million dollar agreement to handle all small package hazardous material shipments in the U.S. for Acuity Specialty Products.

TAX Airfreight.(SWOOP)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Air freight trucker TAX Airfreight created a branded site within its Web site called SWOOP to allow customers to access detailed account information, instant invoicing, rates and quotes and to make reservations.

Delta Air Lines.(cut costs from 250 flights )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Delta Air Lines cut its operations at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport from 250 flights a day to 21 as part of its larger effort to cut costs.

Rand.(anti-missile systems )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A study by the Rand research group said it would cost the United States commercial airline industry $40 million over 20 years to develop, buy and maintain anti-missile systems on aircraft.

Los Angeles International Airport.(airport traffic)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Air cargo traffic at Los Angeles International Airport grew 4.4 percent in 2004, and mail grew 22 percent in December after declining for most of the year.

Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.(airport traffic management)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at North Carolina's Charlotte-Douglas International Airport grew 15.6 percent in 2004.

The Neptune Group, a garden supply retailer that sells its items exclusively on eBay.(DHL Airways Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The Neptune Group, a garden supply retailer that sells its items exclusively on eBay, named DHL as its exclusive provider for U.S. domestic ground service.

Hubbing Vienna: with Europe's economy dancing to the east, Austrian Airlines thinks air cargo trade may see a Vienna waltz.(Europe)
March 1, 2005... Austrian Airlines is carving a name for itself as a prime cargo carrier into Eastern Europe. Along the way it has helped Vienna International Airport gain critical mass as the European entrepot for all points east, and a growing number of...

British Airways.(cargo volume grew )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... British Airways cargo volume grew 8.1 percent in the fourth quarter, pushing the carrier's cargo load factor up 3.7 percentage points. Cargo revenue, including the impact of exchange rate changes, grew 6.3 percent to $253 million.

TPG.(Union negotiators )(tentative contract )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Union negotiators signed a tentative contract with TPG, parent of TNT. The pact includes an incentive for a one-time payment to workers if collective sick leave falls below 4.6 percent for the year.

Frankfurt Airport.(freight traffic )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Frankfurt Airport ended 2004 with an 18.8 percent increase in freight traffic in December, including a single-day record of 7,897 tonnes on Dec. 12, pushing freight up 17.5 percent to 1.75 million tonnes for the year.

Thiel Logistik agreed to sell the stake it holds in DPD Austria.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Thiel Logistik agreed to sell the stake it holds in DPD Austria to GeoPost International Management & Development Holding.

China Southern Airlines named Tel Aviv-based Turbo China.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... China Southern Airlines named Tel Aviv-based Turbo China as its first cargo sales agent for Israel.

DFDS Transport, the European road and logistics operator, will acquire Germany's Viktoria Transport.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... DFDS Transport, the European road and logistics operator, will acquire Germany's Viktoria Transport, a member of the German domestic linehaul network IDS.

Asian slowdown: fears of a capacity crunch in 2005 are giving way to concerns over slowing growth rates in several Asian nations.(Pacific)
March 1, 2005... At the height of last year's peak season frenzy in Asia, some forwarders were haunted by worries of a capacity crunch in 2005. Space was tight and the industry had already suffered a bout of congestion and backlogs last spring, caused by an...

Dragonair.(26.8 percent jump in cargo tonnage )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Dragonair saw a 26.8 percent jump in cargo tonnage in 2004, and its 1.09 billion cargo tonne kilometers marked a 26.4 percent increase over 2003 cargo traffic, although the growth fell short of the 36.6 percent increase in cargo capacity that...

Korean Air Cargo.(weekly 747-400 freighter service)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Korean Air Cargo started weekly 747-400 freighter service between Seoul Incheon and the new Chubu International Airport in central Japan. The airline also resumed flights to Taiwan with daily 737-800 service, KAL's first scheduled service to...

Hellman Worldwide Logistics.(air freight facility )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Hellman Worldwide Logistics started a $6 million development plan in China that will include a new air freight facility in Shanghai with specialized temperature-controlled and security facilities, and the addition of four offices in the rest of...

Singapore Changi International Airport.(airport traffic)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Freight growth at Singapore Changi International Airport slowed down in November, advancing 3.8 percent over the same month in 2003, but tonnage was up 10.6 percent in the first 11 months of 2004 over the year before.

Kansai International Airport.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Japan's government approved plans for a second runway at Kansai International Airport that will open in 2007.

New Zealand Post and DHL reached an agreement to have the state-owned postal group sell 50 percent of its courier business to the private carrier to create a joint venture company.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... New Zealand Post and DHL reached an agreement to have the state-owned postal group sell SO percent of its courier business to the private carrier to create a joint venture company for domestic and international courier services.

Vietnam Airlines.(Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Vietnam Airlines will buy four 7E7 twin-engine passenger jets worth an estimated $S00 million from Boeing.

Singapore Airlines.(license to carry dangerous goods on flights)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Singapore Airlines was given a license to carry dangerous goods on flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Xiamen.

Indonesia's Cardig Air named Menzies Aviation as its ramp handler in Hong Kong for twice-weekly 727 freighter flights.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Indonesia's Cardig Air named Menzies Aviation as its ramp handler in Hong Kong for twice-weekly 727 freighter flights. The airline projects the services, dominated by seafood shipments out of Indonesia, will grow to three to four times weekly...

BDP International.
March 1, 2005... Forwarder BDP International expanded into Korea with a new entity, BDP Korea.

Thai Airways.
March 1, 2005... Thai Airways ordered six 777-200 extended-range aircraft.

Emirates.(Emirates Airline)(passenger flights )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Emirates added three more weekly passenger flights to Sydney through Bangkok.

Korean Air.(repair a safety image )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Korean Air, attempting to repair a safety image that was damaged by accidents in the 1990s, successfully completed its first IATA Operational Safety Audit to become an official IOSA registered carrier and is the 18th airline to gain the...

Garuda Indonesia.(Garuda Indonesian Airways)(passenger aircraft )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Garuda Indonesia is considering leasing as many as 10 additional 737 passenger aircraft after projecting a 13-15 percent increase in overall revenue this year.

British Airways.(five-times-weekly 777 service )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... British Airways planned to start five-times-weekly 777 service between London and Shanghai this summer.

Changing customs: express operators are pushing for customs modernization in slow-to-change Latin American nations.(Latin America)
March 1, 2005... Progress in promoting greater trade between North America and South America has been disappointingly slow. Ongoing efforts to negotiate the elusive Free Trade Area of the Americas pact have yet to economically integrate the continents. Even...

Argentina and Chile began talks aimed at an open skies agreement.
March 1, 2005... Argentina and Chile began talks aimed at an open skies agreement between the two countries.

Brazil's exports jumped 32 percent last year to $96.5 billion and imports rose 30 percent to $62.8 billion.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Brazil's exports jumped 32 percent last year to $96.S billion and imports rose 30 percent to $62.8 billion, both records for the country's improving economy.

Tampa Cargo.(delivery of its third converted 767-200 freighter )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Tampa Cargo took delivery of its third converted 767-200 freighter and said the plane would be put too use starting in February for flower exports from South America to Europe and the United States.

Menzies Aviation.(five-year contract )(British Airways)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Menzies Aviation will perform ramp handling for British Airways' 17 weekly flights to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo under a five-year contract.

Europe's Benelux tilt: with the European Union borders spreading eastward, are Europe's distribution centers still at the heart of the logistics future?(Regional focus: Benelux)
March 1, 2005... When 10 new countries joined the European Union in May, Europe's geographical center moved eastward. Speculation about whether Europe's economic center, and its base for distribution of goods, also would move came to the forefront. Should the...

In on the action: airports throughout China and Asia are looking to gain a share of the expanding Far East air cargo market.(Regional focus: Asia airports)
March 1, 2005... As the stampede into China steps up, more airports are vying for a piece of the action. Airports throughout China and in other parts of Asia are promoting themselves as key hubs for passengers and cargo; every big Asian airport, it seems, is...

Air Cargo World's air cargo excellence survey.(Air Cargo World survey: Air Cargo Excellence)
March 1, 2005... Air Cargo World is proud to present the first ever Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) awards, created to provide invaluable insight and to award those who exceed above the norm. The charts on the following pages reveal how airports and air carriers...

Meeting for security: U.S. air cargo industry meets with questions of security, carrier relations leading agenda.(AirCargo 2005)(Advertisement)
March 1, 2005... Trying to profit while working with economically challenged carriers and operating under new and still developing security regulations will be prime topics at AirCargo 2005, March 6-8 at San Diego's Hotel del Coronado. Decision makers from...

AirCargo 2005 program.(Special Advertising Section)(Calendar)
March 1, 2005... SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2005 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ACCA Board Meeting AEMCA Board...

2005 AirCargo World express service guide.
March 1, 2005... 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)...

Events.(Calendar)
March 1, 2005... March 6-8 San Diego: AirCargo 2005, at The Hotel del Coronado, the joint annual meeting of the Air Courier Conference of America, the Airforwarders Association and the Air & Expedited Motor Carriers brings together North America's top air...

British Airways.(Airlines)(appointments)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... British Airways: BA World Cargo made a series of personnel changes around the world. At its London headquarters, Steve Gunning replaced Mark Harrison as financial Controller. Warren Tempest moved from vice president-commercial in the United...

World Trade Club of Indiana.(Cathy Langham named global businessperson of the year )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Cathy Langham, co-founder, president and CEO of Indianapolis-based forwarder Langham, was named global businessperson of the year for 2004 by the World Trade Club of Indiana, a nonprofit organization that promotes global trade. The chairperson...

Baltrans.(Ng Hooi Chong promoted to executive director)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Baltrans: The Hong Kong-based forwarder promoted Ng Hooi Chong to executive director. He has with the company since 2003 as group strategy strategy, a position including responsibilities for the forwarder's mergers and acquisitions. He has more...

PBB Global Logistics.(Robert Armstrong named senior vice president)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... PBB Global Logistics: The Ontario-based forwarder named Robert Armstrong senior vice president, government affairs, stressing the company's attention to international trade and regulatory issues. Armstrong has headed the Canadian Association of...

Panalpina.(appointments)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Panalpina: The Swiss forwarder made a series of senior appointments at California-based Panalpina North America. The company named H. Peter Merath regional head of operations and Daniel Trefzer as regional head of finance for the unit. Merath...

Exel.(John Pattullo named chief executive )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Exel: The British logistics company named longtime Procter & Gamble logistics executive John Pattullo chief executive of Europe, Middle East and Africa and said Pattullo will join the board as an executive director on the same date. Exel's...

Wincanton.(Third-Parties)(Jeff Anderson )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Wincanton: The British logistics provider named Jeff Anderson managing director of its manufacturing division, where he will oversee relationships with key customers, including Lever, GlaxoSmithKline, Heinz, Faberge. Anderson, 43, has more than...

Crown Relocations.(Robert Matthews named country manager)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Crown Relocations: The relocation specialist named Robert Matthews country manager for Qatar. He has more than 14 years' experience in corporate relocation, most recently working in Vietnam.

Dimerco Express.(Third-Parties)(named Edward Lin as corporate executive vice president )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Dimerco Express: The Taiwan-based logistics company named Edward Lin as corporate executive vice president for the Dimerco Group. A 27-year veteran of transportation, Lin is a former senior vice president of EVA Airways and former senior vice...

Mystic Logistics.(Robert E. DePaolo named senior vice president )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Mystic Logistics: The Connecticut-based business focused on logistics for marketing service companies named Robert E. DePaolo senior vice president for sales and marketing. DePaolo had held vice president positions at SDI as general manager of...

Associated Global Systems.(appointments)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Associated Global Systems: The New York-based forwarder named James Walker and Nick Nuzzi district sales managers. Walker, who will be based in Minneapolis, had been corporate distribution manager at Air Plus, a division of Stonepath Logistics,...

Con-Way Air.(Third-Parties)(Frank Maguire appointed as director of operations)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Con-Way Air: The forwarding arm of trucking giant Con-Way Transportation named Frank Maguire director of operations, based in Atlanta. Maguire had worked at NationsWay Transport and at EGL Eagle Global Logistics, most recently as head of the...

Saddle Creek.(Third-Parties)(appointments)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Saddle Creek: The 3PL named three senior executives: Michael DelBovo was promoted to senior vice president and general manager of Saddle Creek Transportation. Before joining the company in 1997, DelBovo led Dart Dedicated and Dart Logistics,...

Segmentz.(Third-Parties)(Jim Martell appointed)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Segmentz: The Florida-based transportation management company named Jim Martell to its board of directors. Martell is the former CEO of SmartMail Services, which was sold to DHL Global Mail. He also worked for FedEx and UPS and was CEO for the...

SkyWorks Capital.(Third-Parties)(appointments)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... SkyWorks Capital: The investment bank focused on the airline industry added three executives: Kevin Fedor, named managing director is a 20-year veteran of aviation and investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston who consulted on behalf of...

International Air Cargo Association.(Academic)(Petr Cecb)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The International Air Cargo Association awarded Petr Cecb, a graduate student at the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid, its 2004 academic award for his graduate research paper on the impact of air cargo services on businesses in...

The AirCargo bottom line.
March 1, 2005... Shipping Europe European airlines' 2004 cargo traffic change from 2003, by region. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Dividing Europe Share of airline cargo traffic divided by European airlines. Lufthansa 23% Air France ...

Airports: airports operators are rethinking their approach to cargo and that is good news for forwarders and shippers.(Forwarders Forum)
March 1, 2005... It was my pleasure to make a presentation at the Airports Council International-North America Air Cargo Symposium in January. Our association, which by virtue of our co-sponsorship, had a vested interest in the success of the event, which was...

Hueneme still top banana: Southern California congestion provides marketing tool for Port of Hueneme.(Cool Cagote)
March 1, 2005... The Port of Hueneme strengthened its ranking as the No. 1 banana-importing port on the West Coast late last year when Chiquita and its Great White Fleet shipping subsidiary signed a long-term operating agreement with LauritzenCool, one of the...

Dream technology or pipe-dream? Jury still out on advances in remote-monitoring systems.(Cool Cargoes)
March 1, 2005... An 18-wheeler carrying a trailer-load of ice cream motors through a sweltering Arizona summer night. Suddenly, a warning light goes off in the cab, signaling a possible problem with the trailer's contents. Pressed for time, the driver doesn't...

Quality for the Cool Chain: the Cool Chain Association has pioneered a new set of standards for perishables transport. But can it get them widely adopted?(Cool Cargoes)
March 1, 2005... The standards are ready, and the certification process has been agreed. But the big test for the Cool Chain Association is whether it can now get its "CCQI" mark adopted as the standard for the transport of perishables and other temperature...

A near-record Washington apple crop: exporters face new and old problems.(Cool Cargoes)
March 1, 2005... It's not quite a case of being all boxed up with no place to go, but Washington state apple producers and shippers find themselves busier than usual this year working to make sure their apples reach their major export markets. Busier...

The elusive tag: produce companies enter the world of RFID.(Cool Cargoes)(radio frequency identification)
March 1, 2005... When Wal-Mart handed its top vendors firm and very public marching orders to use radio-frequency identification tags on goods shipped to the retailing giant by Jan. 1, it gave a quiet pass to most of its food suppliers. Companies that sold...

Industry still seeks methyl bromide replacement: they are Gassed, bombarded with radiation, given the cold treatment and dipped in hot water. And all they did was visit a new country.(Cool Cargoes)
March 1, 2005... Hitchhiking in on fresh produce, insects and pests have been challenging entomologists, shippers, growers and governments around the world for years. More than two decades after a group of nations agreed to begin limiting the widespread...

J. Lauritzen, NYK Reefers strike deal.(Cool Cargoes)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... J. Lauritzen and NYK Reefers are forming a new ship-operating and marketing company. The joint venture, in which each company will hold 50 percent, will operate a fleet of 70 to 80 refrigerated vessels. The companies first began working...

NYK drops CSAV.(Cool Cargoes)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... NYK will launch its own Asia-Mexico-west coast Latin America service, assuming control of its current joint service with CSAV, while making changes to the Central America-Hawaii-Asia New Margarita Express. The Asia-Andes Express Service,...

Total logistics sold to Supervalu.(Cool Cargoes)(Total Logistics Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Grocery retailer Supervalu Inc. said it will expand its warehouse-management business with the purchase of Total Logistics Inc. of Milwaukee for $233 million. The deal calls for Supervalu of Eden Prairie. Minn., to pay $28.50 in cash for...

FDA revises regulations for handlers of food.(Cool Cargoes)(Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new rules on record-keeping by companies that handle food. The rule implements part of the Bioterrorism Act of 2002, and requires persons who manufacture. process, pack, transport, distribute,...