Air Cargo World articles from November 2007

Air Cargo World archives from November 2007

Air Environment.
November 1, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman The European Union must think the International Civil Aviation Organization is part of Europe. Perhaps this perception comes from the Anglo-French charm of Montreal, site of ICAO headquarters, or the occasional...

News Updates.
November 1, 2007... Antitrust Probe is Forwarded With the legal ramifications of an international cargo pricing probe still coursing through the airline industry, authorities in Europe and the United States are pressing new investigations into whether some of...

Sky Eye.
November 1, 2007... BYLINE: Robert Moorman The technology has been around since the mid-1990s and it will be several years before it is fully implemented. But the Federal Aviation Administration''s recent notice that it would require all aircraft flying in...

Tabula Rasa.
November 1, 2007... BYLINE: Roger Turney The arrival of air cargo veteran Stan Wraight and two 747-200 freighters is giving fresh impetus to Cargoitalia''s efforts to become a significant player in the global freighter market. Not that the Italian cargo...

Where''s Qantas?(Qantas Airways Ltd.)
November 1, 2007... BYLINE: Ian Putzger Home market? What''s so great about a home market, anyway? Qantas may have shelved plans for a Thai-based cargo airline, but elsewhere it is operating freighters on routes that do not touch Australia. The kangaroo...

Finding the California Pass.
November 1, 2007... BYLINE: Robert W. Moorman For years, shippers, forwarders and air carriers complained loudly about the lack of adequate cargo facilities at San Francisco International Airport. Some went so far as to label the 80-year-old airport anti-air...

Holding Patterns.
November 1, 2007... Developing air cargo facilities at an airport takes significant capital. But it also requires enormous patience on the part of the developer and shippers. Environmental assessments, endless hearings and mounting concern over air cargo...

Marching In.
November 1, 2007... Ontario, Calif., may get much of the attention, but the March Global Port about an hour''s drive from Los Angeles shouldn''t be overlooked. The 350-acre commercial cargo and distribution development at the south end of March U.S. Air Force...

Booking for Profit.
November 1, 2007... BYLINE: Mike Seemuth Southwest Airlines soon will deploy a new cargo reservation system allowing shippers to book shipments over the Internet instead of delivering their goods to a Southwest warehouse facility first. "In today''s...

Cool Investment.
November 1, 2007... Investment in technology is showing up in spending on equipment as well as IT infrastructure. Consider, for example, how Continental Airlines is upgrading its ground-handling equipment for cargo. Continental has been working with La...

Building for Bangalore.
November 1, 2007... BYLINE: Phillip Hastings With its growing export trade, a rapidly expanding domestic economy and an aviation regime that provides open access to freighters, India should be poised to take a major role in the global air cargo industry. Most...

People.
November 1, 2007... Airlines Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings: The parent of freighter operators Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo appointed Jason Grant senior vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Michael Barna, who resigned to pursue other...

SNAFU.(AMC Freight Rules Publication No. 5)
November 1, 2007... BYLINE: Brandon Fried If your company received a call at 3:00 p.m. to deliver a 5,000-pound pallet from St. Louis to Chicago by 9:00 a.m. the following morning, would you fly it? How would you handle a request for a similar shipment picked...