Air Cargo World articles from May 2002

Air Cargo World archives from May 2002

Prices. (Editor's Note).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 1, 2002... Many years ago, when shipping was slower and yields were higher, we interviewed a very famous actor about his stone-faced performance in a very famous movie and he told us this: "It's taken my whole career to learn how to stand still and do...

Checked at the gate. (News Updates).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Even as the air cargo industry nervously awaits new security directives from government regulators, one audit of freight screening at airports around the United States found that barriers around cargo operations have been set far higher than...

Paying indirect. (News Updates).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... New U.S. government rules on compensation for airline industry losses from the September 11 terrorist attacks could send millions of dollars to air forwarders even as the Department of Transportation begins an audit of past payments that may...

Recovery signs. (News Updates).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... It may be a sign of the times that the 2.5 percent decline in cargo traffic British Airways reported for March was seen as a signal of progress in the depressed air freight business. But in fact, the decline actually did mark BA's best...

Indexed fuel. (News Updates).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Can air cargo companies make money from rising jet fuel prices? The question arose last month as a wave of international airlines announced new fuel surcharges in response to rising oil prices and all-cargo operators prepared to impose their...

Getting paid. (News Updates).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Cargo Network Services expects to start moving its CASS airline-forwarder payment operation in the United States toward an electronic system this summer but the group is staying away from a debit payment system that the airlines want and their...

Deutsche treat. (News Updates).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... Deutsche Post World Net looks less like a postal authority in its latest earnings report and more like the global logistics giant that its managers are seeking to create. Not only did DPWN weather the global economic downturn in 2001, but...

Keeping track. (News Updates).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... European shippers are clearly happy that the Cargo 2000 group of airlines and forwarders endorsed their system for measuring performance standards, but freight operators shouldn't expect any new payments along with the thanks. "Shippers...

KLM extends. (News Updates).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is signaling that cargo will remain a significant part of the carrier's business even as the airline restructures operations to meet changes in European aviation competition. KLM announced last month that it will...

Supplying BAX: BAX Global says its restructuring effort is built around changes in global supply chains. (Regional Reports: North America).
May 1, 2002... After watching shipping patterns move away from its core expedited air freight business over the last couple of years, BAX Global says it is finally finding common ground with shippers. The heavyweight freight integrator says it is essentially...

Express One International Airlines. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... With most of its fleet parked and a $28 million dispute with CNF still outstanding, Dallas-based Express One International Airlines, a former major provider of aircraft to Emery Worldwide and Eagle Global Logistics, filed for bankruptcy...

Singapore Airlines. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Singapore Airlines will give Las Vegas its first direct flights to Southeast Asia in August with three-times-weekly service through Hong Kong.

DHL Worldwide Express. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... After a one-year project break, DHL Worldwide Express says construction resumed on its expanded hub at the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport that's due for completion in June 2003.

United Parcel Service. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The air mechanics unit at United Parcel Service rejected' a tentative labor agreement covering some 1,000 workers at the carrier's Louisville air hub.

Memphis International Airport. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Gaining from the FedEx contract with the U.S. Postal Service, Memphis International Airport bucked worldwide trends by reporting cargo traffic soared around 30 percent in October and November and 22.2 percent in December.

FedEx and UPS helped push Miami International Airport's domestic freight traffic up 24 percent in the first two months of 2002. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Business from FedEx and UPS helped push Miami International Airport's domestic freight traffic up 24 percent in the first two months of 2002, but far larger international tonnage was down 17.2 percent in the same period.

AirNet Systems. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... AirNet Systems received approval from the U.S. Department of Defense, Air Mobility Command Unit to transport both freight and passengers of the U.S. government.

Cockpit crews of Gemini Air Cargo. (Briefly).(Air Line Pilots Association)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Cockpit crews of Gemini Air Cargo voted to be represented by the Air Line Pilots Association.

TRW Aeronautical Systems. (Briefly).(redesigning cargo handling system with Boeing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... TRW Aeronautical Systems is working with Boeing to redesign the cargo handling system for the 747-400, which is targeted for availability in 2003.

Emery Expedite! (Briefly).(receives certification)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Emergency shipment specialist Emery Expedite! says it is the first U.S. company to receive certification for both ISO and QS9000 standards.

Construction began on a 156,000-square foot air cargo center. (Briefly).(AMB Property, Trammell Crow)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Construction began on a 156,000-square foot air cargo center, a joint effort of AMB Property and Trammell Crow, at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport that's due to open in October.

Goodman Manufacturing signed a five-year lease with ProLogis. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Goodman Manufacturing signed a five-year lease with ProLogis for 403,200 square feet at a distribution center in Houston.

Forwarder Stonier. (Briefly).(offers on-time delivery promise for repeat shippers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Forwarder Stonier launched a program that guarantees shippers with 100 or more shipments for a quarter a 95 percent on-time delivery record.

Colliers Global Logistics Group. (Briefly).(wins contract with KWLogistics)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Colliers Global Logistics Group will handle real estate portfolio management services for KWLogistics, a unit of Kintetsu World Express.

Wowing cargo: members of WOW are singing in three-part harmony, but who's keeping the beat? (Regional Reports: Europe).(formerly New Global Cargo)
May 1, 2002... An amazing, crazy, bizarre and highly-emotional brand. That's how the marketing gurus describe WOW and, well, who's to argue? It's the new name to represent the alliance between cargo buddies Lufthansa Cargo, Scandinavian Airline System, and...

Spain's Vitoria International Airport. (Briefly).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Spain's Vitoria International Airport will host the 2004 International Air Cargo Forum, which will be held in Bilbao.

Prestwick International Airport. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... In the third cargo security violation in three months at United Kingdom airports, a man with phony shipping documents drove off with more than $700,000 worth of computer parts from Prestwick International Airport. In February, robbers took more...

SFS, the European division of Worldwide Flight Services. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... SFS, the European division of Worldwide Flight Services, will handle cargo for Air France at Madrid and Vienna.

Trans Mediterranean Airways. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... Lebanese all-cargo carrier Trans Mediterranean Airways began leasing an Airbus A310300 freighter to operate between Europe and Beirut.

Hubbing north: Korea's economy is on a roll, but are aggressive expansion plans for Seoul Incheon too much too soon?. (Pacific).
May 1, 2002... One sign of the growth in air trade in the Asia-Pacific region is that the Korean government has already decided to expand Seoul's sprawling Incheon International Airport, already one of the region's largest airports, barely a year after the...

Japan approved the transfer of Delta Air Lines. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... Japan approved the transfer of Delta Air Lines slots at Tokyo Narita International Airport to FedEx after the United States threatened retaliatory action against Japanese cargo carriers.

Japan Airlines. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... Japan Airlines launched an extended range of time-sensitive cargo products in four J Special categories for shipments of sensitive instruments (J Care), art shipments (J Art), fresh produce (J Fresh) and temperature controlled shipments (J...

Hong Kong International Airport. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... Cargo traffic at Hong Kong International Airport surged 13 percent in March, including an 18 percent gain in exports, improvements well ahead of slight gains in passengers and aircraft movements.

China Southern. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... China Southern reported a 13.7 percent increase in cargo traffic in 2001 over 2000 but a 3.1 percent decline in cargo revenue.

International freight services group. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... International freight services group U-Freight opened a U-Freight Logistics subsidiary in Hong Kong.

Malaysia's MASKargo. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... Malaysia's MASKargo, which saw freight fall 11 percent in its most recent fiscal year, expects cargo traffic to recover to the fiscal 2001 level this year.

Qantas Freight. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... Qantas Freight resumed all-cargo service to the United States with a weekly MD-11 freighter leased from Gemini Air Cargo between New York and Sydney with several stops along the way.

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals unveiled an Electronic Reception Checklist (e-RCL) to streamline the cargo acceptance procedures.

Air-India. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... A group of former Air-India pilots said they will start a fourth domestic carrier in the country, North Star Aviation.

Japan Airlines and Japan Air System. (Briefly).
May 1, 2002... Japan's Fair Trade Commission rejected the proposed merger between Japan Airlines and Japan Air System.

Dawn-of recovery? 2002 world air freight forecast. (Special Report: 2002 Forecast).
May 1, 2002... For just about everyone other than security consultants, 2001 was a horrendous year. The world air freight industry was battered by economic slowdown, excess capacity. falling yields, rising fuel prices -- and then came September 11. The...

Lessee is more: the latest survey of airport real estate costs finds the space race isn't so expensive anymore. (Annual Survey Airport Cost).
May 1, 2002... There is no question that the steep downturn that took hold in the United States economy last year took a heavy toll on air cargo-related businesses, as industries across the board began taking a closer look at their processes and making...

Events.
May 1, 2002... May 13-15 Amsterdam: World Mail and Express, organized by the Triangle Management Services, an event where the public and private delivery worlds meet, with sponsors including TPG and Deutsche Post. For information, call +44 149 467 8888...

Obituary. (People).
May 1, 2002... Mike Johnson, a longtime public relations specialist who represented a series of prominent air freight companies in the United Kingdom, died after suffering a heart attack last month. He was 57. Associates at the London agency he owned,...

Airlines. (People).
May 1, 2002... Martinair Holland: Edmond Wong takes over as managing director of the Far East for the Dutch carrier, replacing Michael Poon, who retired. Wong has been managing director of Star Broker Ltd., a forwarder. Poon has been in the freight business...

Integrators. (People).
May 1, 2002... FedEx Custom Critical: The Akron, Ohio-based time-specific arm of FedEx Corp. appointed Christopher O'Neil chief information officer. O'Neil, who has over 16 years of experience in information technology, also serves as managing director of IT....

Third-Parties. (People).(appointments at Danzas Group, Ryder, CNF, other companies)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Danzas: Guenter Rohrmann, vice chairman of Danzas AEI, became head of global customers for the Danzas Group, a new project aimed at creating synergies with Danzas' sister companies. The forwarding unit of Deutsche Post World Net says Rohrmann...

Associations. (People).(Rober Gibson named chairman of Cargo 2000)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Cargo 2000: The airline/forwarder interest group named Roger Gibson, vice president of cargo at United Airlines, as its new chairman, succeeding Patrick Moebel of Schenker, who was named vice chairman. Gibson took his post at United in June...

Ground services. (People).(Serguei Kouzmine joins board of directors of Mercury Air Group)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Mercury Air Group: Serguei Kouzmine joined the board of directors of the Los Angeles-based provider of air support services. Kouzmine is managing partner of Russian Investment Solutions and president of the R.I.F., an investment institution in...

Air Cargo the bottom line.(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2002... Air Europe (Correction) Following is a corrected version of the chart that ran in the March issue of Air Cargo World, which omitted Alitalia due to an editing error. Freight traffic for major European airlines in 2001 and percentage...

The sun is setting on airl-cargo operators, hopefully bringing in a new day of compensatory pricing. (Twilight).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Will 2002 be a watershed year in which our industry returns to simpler times, one in which traditional methods of moving cargo once again will take center stage? With the economy still sluggish, and with domestic and international cargo traffic...