Air Cargo World articles from May 2010

Air Cargo World archives from May 2010

Blowing hot air.(editorial)
May 1, 2010... Commenting on the aftermath of the European volcanic ash chaos, IATA secretary general Giovanni Bisignani noted the problem hasn't gone with the wind. After three decades of bickering, turf protection and post-WW2 hubris, the air above...

"It's so simple, it's hard to understand".(viewpoint)
May 1, 2010... In the past few weeks, Southwest Airlines Cargo has been honored to receive several significant industry awards related to air cargo performance. Our company is very humbled to be recognized with the Airforwarders Association's Carrier of the...

Cargoitalia gets ready for third MD-11.(world news: EUROPE)(Brief article)
May 1, 2010... Expanding all-cargo airline Cargoitalia aims for further growth in China when its third MD-11 arrives in June. Scheduled operations will start to Shanghai, initially twice a week. "We hope we can increase to three a week by the last quarter...

Charter brokers thrived, scheduled carriers bled.(world news: EUROPE)
May 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whisper it quietly, but the cargo broker sector did not do too badly last year. While the rest of the industry was writhing around in agony the charter boys were doing quite nicely. The major players report a minimal...

The day the sky fell in.(world news: EUROPE)
May 1, 2010... IATA has estimated that the Icelandic volcano crisis cost airlines more than $1.7 billion in lost revenue during the six days that northern European airspace was closed. "The scale of the crisis eclipsed 9/11," said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's...

Etihad adds Chad, and builds its Iraq services.(world news: MIDDLE EAST)
May 1, 2010... N'djamena has become Etihad Crystal Cargo's first freighter destination in central Africa. The carrier is operating an 88-tonnes payload MD11 freighter weekly from its Abu Dhabi hub to the capital of Chad. With its fleet of two A300-600 and...

Agility loses DLA contract as legal wrangle continues.(world news: MIDDLE EAST)
May 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has named a new contractor for food and beverage support to US forces in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan. Dubai-based Anham is set to replace Agility as prime vendor by fall. Agility...

Three-pronged investment for Geodis Wilson.(world news: MIDDLE EAST)
May 1, 2010... Geodis Wilson has opened a new airfreight office in Dubai. "Our pace of growth meant that we no longer had any spare capacity in the old office/warehouse, and as our business is increasing, particularly with Geodis Wilson's sea-air product,...

Consumer needed for Asia recovery.(world news: ASIA)
May 1, 2010... Asia's recovery from the effects of the global economic crisis is expected to continue through the next two years according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The ADB forecasts overall growth of 7.5 percent in 2010 and 7.3...

Southeast Asia gets freighter fever.(world news: ASIA)
May 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] About of freighter fever has erupted in Southeast Asia, affecting carriers that had so far steered clear of the main deck business. Thai Airways is now in the market with two B777 cargo aircraft, and Garuda is poised to...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took Malaysia Airlines and its cargo subsidiary to court in late April alleging price fixing.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took Malaysia Airlines and its cargo subsidiary to court in late April alleging price fixing. The airline is the 13th carrier to be taken to court by the ACCC for alleged cartel behavior....

Singapore Airlines has begun daily A380 services to Zurich.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... Singapore Airlines has begun daily A380 services to Zurich. It is the carrier's third A380 destination in Europe, joining London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle. The airline also has increased its Munich/Manchester service to five times a...

Aryan Cargo Express.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... Indian all-cargo carrier Aryan Cargo Express (ACE) began services to China and Hong Kong in April. The carrier said it is obtaining slots at additional airports in Japan, Thailand, the UAE and Italy. ACE will deploy five aircraft during its...

Qantas Freight is joining the Cargo 2000 airfreight quality management program as an associate member.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... Qantas Freight is joining the Cargo 2000 airfreight quality management program as an associate member. The carrier aims to progress to full membership over the next 12-18 months.

Transmile Air Services (TAS) has begun scheduled cargo services linking Kuala Lumpur with Singapore, Kuching and Labuan in East Malaysia.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... Transmile Air Services (TAS) has begun scheduled cargo services linking Kuala Lumpur with Singapore, Kuching and Labuan in East Malaysia. Based in Subang, Malaysia, TAS started operations in 1993 with one B737-200F and one Cessna Grand Caravan....

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to merge its cargo operation, ANA & JP Express Co (AJV), into another subsidiary, Air Japan Co (AJX) with effect from July 1.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to merge its cargo operation, ANA & JP Express Co (AJV), into another subsidiary, Air Japan Co (AJX) with effect from July 1. ANA's restructure follows its acquisition of the AJV shares held by Japan Post Service,...

All airlines from the Philippines were excluded from European Union airspace in April following publication of a new blacklist.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... All airlines from the Philippines were excluded from European Union airspace in April following publication of a new blacklist. Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it was "gravely concerned" over the ban, which resulted from a downgrading of the...

Southern routes were key to European access.(world news: AMERICAS)
May 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Commenting on the six-day Europe shutdown, the US Airforwarders Association said: "Many of our members have been creatively working around the issue by flying shipments to southern Europe and then trucking goods into...

3PLs increase sustainability programs.(world news: AMERICAS)
May 1, 2010... A new study by Northeastern University and Emerson College published on Earth Day says many 3PLs have increased their sustainability programs despite the global recession. According to authors Robert and Kristin Lieb, "a corporate desire to...

Sustainability will impact on logistics.(world news: AMERICAS)
May 1, 2010... According to research company Datamonitor, the global logistics and express market will be worth $4 trillion by 2013, up from a current $3.5 trillion. Despite the 2008/09 global recession, logistics and express spend as a proportion of global...

Southwest Airlines has terminated its agreement with WestJet to offer connecting service between the US and Canada.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... Southwest Airlines has terminated its agreement with WestJet to offer connecting service between the US and Canada. Southwest executive vice president of strategy and planning Bob Jordan said: "We remain interested in exploring the possibility...

UPS reports net income for the first quarter of 2010 was reduced by $175 million as a result of a $98 million pre-tax restructuring charge from the reorganization of its package segment.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... UPS reports net income for the first quarter of 2010 was reduced by $175 million as a result of a $98 million pre-tax restructuring charge from the reorganization of its package segment; a $38 million pre-tax loss on the sale of a supply chain...

International Air Cargo Association.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... The supply side-based International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is inviting its customers to join for free. TIACA's membership offer defines shippers as a manufacturer, wholesaler/distributor, retailer, importer or original exporter. The...

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed 36 humanitarian aid flights to Haiti on behalf of the Japanese and Canadian governments.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed 36 humanitarian aid flights to Haiti on behalf of the Japanese and Canadian governments. The initial cost of recovery from the Jan. 12 earthquake that claimed more than 220,000 lives and made 1.3 million people...

Evergreen International Airlines has filed a $175 million lawsuit against Boeing for breach of contract.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... Evergreen International Airlines has filed a $175 million lawsuit against Boeing for breach of contract. In Dec. 2005 the McMinnville, OR-based company won a contract from Boeing to operate and maintain the B747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF)...

TIACA.(In the news....)
May 1, 2010... TIACA says a new US Department of Transportation (DoT) rule on how lithium batteries are carried on aircraft cannot be implemented in 75 days and will have a negative impact on the air cargo industry and its customers.

Aiding and abetting disaster.(feature focus: Best Practice)
May 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Is there a correlation between climate change and logistics? And if there is, what has it got to do with air cargo? Quite a lot if you were trying to get your shipment in and out of northern Europe in the middle of...

Key link not involved enough.(feature focus: Best Practice)
May 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alan Wright, Swissport International's manager of cargo network development, made an eloquent plea for greater involvement of handling companies in the air cargo supply chain at the IATA World Cargo Symposium in March....

Russia: one-way market still dictates strategy: carriers strengthen bridge between Europe and Asia.(region focus: Russia)
May 1, 2010... AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), the scheduled subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia's largest international cargo carrier, added its fifth and sixth Boeing 747-400 freighters in April. This takes its total fleet to nine 747s, including two...

Forwarders boosted by continued consumer spending.(region focus: Russia)
May 1, 2010... Russia has seen financial crises before. Markus Ruulio, sales and marketing director for Kuehne + Nagel there, has been through one of them, on a previous tour of duty in 1998. So the problems of the last two years have been nothing new. ...

The view from China: customs issues still daunt carriers.(region focus: Russia)
May 1, 2010... Russia's airborne trade with the Asian Pacific rim economies is on the rise, but formidable obstacles are still inhibiting direct services. Spring is bringing fresh airfreight capacity between Russia and its biggest neighbor. On March 22, Air...

Coping with our less tolerant times.(leadership series: Re-invention)
May 1, 2010... At the age of 68, and active in airfreight since he was 17, Chris Chapman can claim as long a career in this industry as anyone alive. The chairman of charter broker Chapman Freeborn now puts in a slightly shorter working week than he has done...

Bottom line.
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Des Vertannes, executive VP cargo at Etihad, is leaving the carrier to take over as global head of cargo at IATA.(AIRLINES)
May 1, 2010... Des Vertannes, executive VP cargo at Etihad, is leaving the carrier to take over as global head of cargo at IATA. Vertannes will be based in Geneva and takes up his new position in June. He replaces Aleks Popovich, who has been senior VP,...

Air Transport Services Group.(AIRLINES)
May 1, 2010... Air Transport Services Group has appointed industry veteran Rich Corrado as group chief commercial officer of ATSG and president of its aircraft leasing and global aviation solution company, Cargo Aircraft Management. Corrado comes to ATSG from...

Alaska Airlines.(AIRLINES)
May 1, 2010... Alaska Airlines has realigned its marketing, sales and online commerce groups. Joe Sprague, a 10-year veteran at the carrier, has been named VP of marketing. He will retain responsibility for Alaska Air Cargo, a division he has led for the past...

Aloha Air Cargo.(AIRLINES)
May 1, 2010... Aloha Air Cargo has promoted Paul Apuna to Honolulu station manager--ground operations, from his previous post as an operation supervisor. He will oversee the cargo ground operation in Honolulu, working with Neighbor Island management and...

UPS.(AIRLINES)
May 1, 2010... UPS has appointed Mark Khambatta as country manager of India, responsible for its express and supply chain operations. He was previously country manager for the company's supply chain operations in India, and before that held similar positions...

Oman Air.(AIRLINES)
May 1, 2010... Oman Air has appointed Ejaz Khan as regional manager, Gulf, Middle East and Africa, based in Muscat. Prior to this posting he was working as country manager for the carrier in Pakistan.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company.(AIRPORTS)
May 1, 2010... James Bennett has been appointed as CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports Company. He has been president and CEO of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority since 2003 and will take over from acting CEO John Stent on June 1.

Toll Group.(THIRD PARTIES)
May 1, 2010... Chris Fahy has been appointed as global development director for Australian-headquartered logistics service provider Toll Group after acting in an advisory role for several months. Fahy was former CEO of DHL Global Forwarding and left the...

Jan de Rijk Logistics.(THIRD PARTIES)(appointment of Sebastiaan Scholte at Jan de Rijk Logistics)(Brief article)
May 1, 2010... Sebastiaan Scholte, former head of marketing and special projects at Cargolux Airlines, is taking on a new role as CEO of Jan de Rijk Logistics, the Dutch provider of transportation and distribution services. He will overlap with current CEO...

Damco.(THIRD PARTIES)(appointment of Edgar Urrutia as country manager)(Brief article)
May 1, 2010... Edgar Urrutia has joined Damco as country manager for Panama, replacing Fredrik Grill. Henning Malmgren, president of Damco Latin America, said: "Urrutia has superior knowledge of the Colon Free Zone and its dynamics, which will allow us to...

Swissport International.(THIRD PARTIES)
May 1, 2010... Aviation ground services provider Swissport International has appointed Simon Messner as VP and head of operations, a newly-created position, with effect from July 1. He joins from McKinsey & Co in Frankfurt. Swissport has also appointed...

Schneider National.(THIRD PARTIES)
May 1, 2010... Transportation and logistics service provider Schneider National has named Duane Gingrich as VP sales and marketing for its Dedicated Services business. Gingrich's 30-year career in the industry included 16 years in various business units of UPS...

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering.(THIRD PARTIES)
May 1, 2010... Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has appointed Gavin-jon Deeks as president of its US operation. He will oversee the global aircraft charter specialist's cargo and passenger teams in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Deeks, previously Chapman Freeborn's VP...

Airbus Americas.(THIRD PARTIES)(appointment of Rob Wrigley as vice president at Airbus Americas)(Brief article)
May 1, 2010... Rob Wrigley has been appointed VP government affairs for Airbus Americas. He joined the then Airbus North America as director of government affairs in 2001 and previously served as deputy assistant administrator for government and industry...

OHL.(THIRD PARTIES)
May 1, 2010... OHL, the global 3PL, has hired Greg Sanders as president, transportation services, in its North America Transportation business unit. He was at Schneider National for 12 years, most recently as VP within its STM brokerage group. He has also...

Ceva Logistics.(THIRD PARTIES)(appointment of Denise Carrion as director of freight management)(Brief article)
May 1, 2010... Ceva Logistics has appointed Denise Carrion as director of freight management in Brazil. She has worked with the company in various management positions since 1995, most recently responsible for developing its Century Account program in Brazil....

Performance Team.(THIRD PARTIES)
May 1, 2010... Performance Team has hired John Hurst as VP contract logistics. He has previously held key positions for APL Logistics. David Casey, previously in sales and sales management positions at APL, the NOL Group and Newell Rubbermaid, is Performance...

Events.(Conference news)(Calendar)
May 1, 2010... may 5-7 Scottsdale, AZ: Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association Spring Conference, featuring the 2010 Cessna Caravan Operators Conference. For more information visit: www.RACCAonline. org may 12 -15 Las Vegas, NV: 23rd Annual Convention...

New lithium battery rule threatens airfreight recovery.(forwarders' forum)
May 1, 2010... President Obama recently commented about how the US economy is recovering when he visited a North Carolina manufacturing company that has received $49 million from the financial stimulus program. The money is helping a lithium battery company...