Air Cargo World articles from November 2006

Air Cargo World archives from November 2006

Evolution.
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: PAUL PAGE Michael Chowdry, the late founder of Atlas Air, was a fan of the A380. A few months before his death in a plane crash, the man who took outsourced aircraft operations to new levels in international air freight called the...

Air Cargo Security Rule Changes.
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: Thomas Anthony One of the more important requirements of The Transportation Security Administration's new air cargo security rule, due to have started taking effect last month, will be felt off airport property. Regulations for...

News Updates.
November 6, 2006... DHL Stakes Out Polar DHL has never liked flying its own freighters on international routes but that's not stopping the express carrier from trying to control some of the world's largest air freight capacity. Seeking a bigger position in...

Combi Craze.
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: By Robert W. Moorman Alaska Airlines has come a long way since 1932 when Linious "Mac" McGee started flying cargo and passengers in a three-seat Stinson between Anchorage and Bristol Bay, Alaska. The nearly 75-year- old airline is...

Frankfurt's Nights.
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: By Roger Turney After years of battling the federal government in Berlin, local authorities and environmental groups for more capacity, it appears Frankfurt Airport will get a new runway. But, at what cost? Airport operator...

Suvarnabhumi's Days.(Thailand opens Suvarnabhumi International Airport)
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: By Ian Putzger A military coup in Thailand in September may be of little consequence as far as the air freight world is concerned, but opening an airport can seriously hurt your business. As the clock was ticking down to the...

Air's Technology Exceptions.(Traxon Europe offers tracking service)
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: by Ian Putzger Despite reservations across the industry about the use of radio frequency identification technology in air cargo, several of the express operators are forging ahead with the new technology for tracking. Already, TNT...

Air Finds Customs.
November 6, 2006... Air France Cargo and KLM Cargo, whose parent companies merged in May 2004, selected Traxon to provide electronic air cargo transaction services to Customs in Canada and France. Since June, Air France Cargo has complied with the Canadian...

E-Freight: Paperless.(International Air Transport Association tells the benefits of electronic data interchange)
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: Jens Tubbesing, President, Cargo Network Services Each year our industry flies the equivalent of 39 747 freighters worth of paper around the world. Doing away with paper can save $1.2 billion dollars in direct operating costs. These...

E-Freight: Pulp Fiction.
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: Bill Gottlieb, President, David Kirsch Forwarders IATA's headline grabbing e-freight strategy hopes to "eliminate the need to transport paper documents for air cargo." Is it realistic to believe that IATA's ambitious e-freight...

Cargo's Hot Market.
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman There were widespread fears in the trade world when the brief but brutal Israel-Hezbollah fighting at its peak shut down Lebanon in August that the conflict would spill out into the rest of the region, undermining...

Military Moves.
November 6, 2006... There's usually nothing worse for trade than armed conflict, but the fact is the ongoing strife in the Middle East are feeding large volumes of air cargo business. Carriers, forwarders and related businesses benefit by shipping materials to the...

People.
November 6, 2006... Awards FIATA honored Marlena Goldberger of Eagle Global Logistics in the United Kingdom as its "Young Freight Forwarder of the Year." Goldenberger, a surface team leader for EGL in the West Midlands, wins four weeks of practical and...

Together.
November 6, 2006... BYLINE: By Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association Former American Airlines Cargo president Bill Boesch recently suggested that rather than using the current air cargo security regimes, security would be better served...