Air Cargo World articles from September 2000

Air Cargo World archives from September 2000

Consolidating.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... How much do you think the world's shippers ship to themselves? We ask because so much attention has been focused lately on the enormous growth projected in consumer-direct shipping as a result of Internet commerce. More small parcels, the...

Accounting for Higher Rates.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Soaring jet fuel prices are adding a volatile element to the fall air cargo pricing picture: just as quickly as some air carriers have taken back announced additions to their fuel surcharges, they have announced aggressive increases to their...

Post Probing.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The European Commission has thrown a speed bump in front of Deutsche Post's rapid drive to turn itself into a private freight transport giant. Already investigating whether the German postal group illegally received state aid, the EC said...

Positive BAX.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Even with 10 percent of its workforce just laid off, the Teamsters union waving a strike flag and its corporate parent demanding a strong and very specific turnaround, heavyfreight specialist BAX Global is proclaiming confidently that the...

Consolidating.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... As the forwarding landscape is redrawn by consolidation, do the capacity providers have to redefine their role to maintain their chunk of the pie? Swisscargo certainly thinks so, and the air freight arm of SAirLogistics says it has...

Feeding Freight.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Will passenger-airline trends toward longer, thinner routes and the proliferation of regional jets spill over to the cargo field? Regional aircraft manufacturers are turning more attention to freight business, offering new opportunities...

Beatson's Web.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The crowded field of Internet-based freight exchanges has its highest-profile leader yet now that David Beatson, ex-president of Emery Worldwide and Circle International, will be chairman of the new launch SupplyLinks. But the greater impact...

Profitably Delta.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The last time Delta Air Lines named a cargo chief , the Atlanta-based carrier went for lengthy experience in the logistics field by tabbing a veteran of the expedited industry. Just 18 months later, the airline appears to be taking a...

Getting Airborne.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Still moving to bolster its services and technology backbone, Airborne Express took what may be a more significant long-term step when the express carrier realigned its senior management team. The Seattle-based carrier promoted Carl...

Postal Priorities.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Ballyhooed as a model for transport partnership at its inception, the Priority Mail agreement between the United States Postal Service and CNF Transportation has turned into a court battle over $173 million and CNF wants out of the...

Shipping Critical.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... New entrants want a piece of the growing same-day transport pie, but traditional providers may have the inside track Executives at the former Roberts Express may wish they hadn't boasted so much back in the early 1990s about their...

Canada, Direct.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Canadian freighter operator International Cargo Charters is looking at a new business plan, including direct approaches to shippers, after pulling the plug on transcontinental all-cargo service aimed at forwarders. "We had counted on...

EVA Airways.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Taiwan's EVA Airways added Toronto as its seventh freighter destination.

TNT International Express.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... TNT International Express opened a gateway sortation center at New York's Kennedy International Airport that includes 20 percent more space and consolidates TNT's import and export operations into one site.

Mercury Air Group.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Hurt by rising fuel costs and the financial problems of some of its airline customers, Mercury Air Group announced a $3 million cost-cutting program.

Airforwarders Association.
September 1, 2000... The U.S. Airforwarders Association said Air New Zealand, Cargolux and Emirates have joined as associate members.

Virgin Atlantic Cargo.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Virgin Atlantic Cargo moved into a new 30,000 square-foot handling facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and began offering cargo handling to other carriers.

U.S. Customs.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... U.S. Customs issued its first national customs permit allowed under a new law to A.N. Deringer.

Coca-Cola Enterprises.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Coca-Cola Enterprises said it would take part in the Nistevo.com supply chain network.

U-Freight.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Hong Kong's U-Freight opened an office in Charlotte, N.C., to develop business in the Carolinas and Virginia.

Airnet Systems.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Airnet Systems saw net income slip 9 percent to $2 million in the second quarter despite a 9.3 percent gain in revenue, to $31.8 million.

Baltimore-Washington International Airport.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Baltimore-Washington International Airport said freight traffic increased 36 percent in May to 17,990 tonnes.

Hawaiian Airlines.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Hawaiian Airlines cargo revenue grew 22 percent in the first six months of 2000, to $13.5 million.

Washington Dulles International Airport.
September 1, 2000... A $3.4 billion, six-year improvement plan at Washington Dulles International Airport includes a fourth runway.

Lufthansa German Airlines.
September 1, 2000... Lufthansa German Airlines plans to add a new gateway destination for daily A340 service in the Western United States next March, with Denver and Phoenix the leading candidates.

Deck Shuffles.(Airbus Industrie)
September 1, 2000... Customers for the A3XX have stepped forward, but the super-jumbo's freighter future is up in the air Is the Airbus A3XX the freighter of our time? Airbus Industrie would certainly like to think so. The European aircraft manufacturing...

BA, KLM Belly Up.
September 1, 2000... A combined British Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines may provide headaches to regulators but it would also present a formidable cargo competitive presence controlling one-fifth of the air capacity over the North Atlantic. An agreement...

Co-Selling.(TNT International Express)
September 1, 2000... Business development officials from the province of Liege in Belgium called on American automobile manufacturers last month in a bid for business that the relatively modest region hopes carries a little extra lift. Included in the...

Deutsche Post.
September 1, 2000... Deutsche Post extended its lengthy buying spree by agreeing to acquire Italian parcel distributor SAV and said it would incorporate the business in its Euro Express service.

TNT Post Group.
September 1, 2000... TNT Post Group acquired French logistics provider Barlatier and formed a joint venture company in Turkey with the Koc Group.

HeavyLift Cargo Airlines.
September 1, 2000... HeavyLift Cargo Airlines purchased two A300-B4 freighters from New York-based C-S Aviation.

Traxon.
September 1, 2000... Traxon, the Europe-based air cargo communications system, added tracing for WAP-equipped mobile phones and other wireless devices to its Internet tracking service.

British Airways.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... British Airways reported $210 million in cargo revenue for the quarter ending June 30, an increase of 12.9 percent over the same period of 1999.

Swisscargo and Malaysian Airlines Cargo.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Swisscargo and Malaysian Airlines Cargo began sharing space on Swisscargo's flights between Basel and Kuala Lumpur and MAS Cargo's flights between Hahn in Germany, Chicago and Kuala Lumpur.

Finnair.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Finnair ordered two additional A319s and four A320s.

British Midland.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... As part of its planned launch into long-range services, British Midland said it will acquire up to 12 A330-200s.

Hi-Tech Forwarder Network.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The Hi-Tech Forwarder Network selected Mayan Overseas as its new agent in Israel.

Northwest Airlines.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Northwest Airlines will upgrade its flights between Amsterdam and Delhi and Mumbai to daily service Oct. 29.

British Airports Authority.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The British Airports Authority said its net profit grew 3.6 percent in the first half of the year.

Avia-Partner.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Avia-Partner will handle cargo for Lufthansa at France's Lyon St. Exupery Airport.

Icelandair Cargo.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Icelandair Cargo said its cargo tonnage grew 56 percent in the first half of 2000, to 16,400 tons.

Logistics Chek.(Hong Kong not the freight gateway it needs to be)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Hong Kong is seeing plenty of freight, but competition has the airport looking for a different kind of business If there is anything heartening Hong Kong's cargo community can take from a recent report critical of Hong Kong's logistics...

Building China.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... As consolidation rolls China's once-fragmented airline industry, the country's three dominant carriers are turning more attention to cargo, bidding to hold onto the projected Chinese economic growth that is luring foreign freight operators....

Revenue Rise.(Air freight in Asia)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Asia's once-beleaguered air carriers are starting to ring up some unprecedented cargo growth numbers as the regional economic recovery starts to show up in strong cash flow for their freight businesses. Cathay Pacific saw its cargo...

EVA Airways.(expansion and revenues)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... EVA Airways of Taiwan took delivery of its first of three 747-400 freighters and ordered seven 777 jets from Boeing. Eva also reported $337 million in cargo revenue in the first six months of the year along with $447 million in passenger...

DHL Worldwide Express.(e-commerce system to be developed for Asia)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... DHL Worldwide Express signed an agreement with Hong Kong-based First Ecom to develop an e-commerce payment system for Asia.

Cargolux.(Shanghai to Luxembourg freight service increased)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2000... Cargolux added a second weekly 747-400 freighter flight between Shanghai and Luxembourg.

Chile's Awakening.(LanChile airlines air freight service is booming)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Chile's national economy may finally be catching up to the national airline's growth rate When LanChile goes to its shareholders this month for approval of a plan to raise up to $120 million to fund a fleet expansion, the Chilean airline...

Fine Compliant.(Fine Air meets air freight safety standards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Fine Air and its Dominican partner, Aeromar Air Freight, have installed compliance officers to monitor a court-mandated safety program that was imposed in the wake of the 1997 crash of a Fine DC-B freighter in Miami. Approved by the U.S....

Redwood Systems.(Now Sony distributor)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Sony selected Redwood Systems to manage distribution of its electronics products throughout Mexico.

Amerijet.(Relocates flight operations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... A year after moving its flight operation to Ft. Lauderdale, all-cargo carrier Amerijet has returned to Miami.

TACA Peru.(new service)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... TACA Peru, part of the Grupo TACA consortium, started service to points in Central and South America.

International Corporate & Cargo Services.(New facilities in Monterrey)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Mexico's International Corporate & Cargo Services acquired a fixed-based operation at Monterrey's Mariano Escobedo International Airport.

Aeromexico.(new flights)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Aeromexico launched three weekly flights to Sao Paulo from Mexico City.

Europe's Shipper Race.(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2000... Trade is going global, but following the trend for Europe's forwarders isn't as simple as booking a flight to the United States A battle over air forwarding is heating up in the American air shipping market, a battle that could decide who...

When Trucks Fly.(truckers enter air freight business)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2000... Truckers across the United States are showing unprecedented interest in air cargo, and its not just the shippers they're coming after To Doug Christensen, a one-stop-shop for shippers includes a ticket overseas. That may not sound like...

Boeing: World Freighter Fleet Forecast.(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... All-Cargo Fleet Growth Remains Impressive The Boeing Commercial Airplane Group issues its World Air Cargo Forecast every two years. Included is a forecast of the market for freighters over the next 20 years. In a preview for Air Cargo...

Cargo Over a Barrel.(higher fuel prices)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Fuel prices may be soaring, but petrodollars don't always lead to freight business in the land of oil As skyrocketing oil prices eat into the profits of the air cargo carriers around the world, it would seem the Middle East would be...

TIACA.(20th International Air Cargo Forum)(Brief Article)(Transcript)
September 1, 2000... A Message From Geoff Bridges, President of TIACA and Chairman of Bridges Worldwide It is a great honor to be welcoming you to Washington for the 20th International Air Cargo Forum -- and the first of a new millennium. When I look at...

Cutting-edge concepts.(New ideas from the Air Cargo Forum)
September 1, 2000... Cutting-edge concepts and concerns will dominate this year's International Air Cargo Forum, September 27 to 30 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. More than 3,000 participants representing every air cargo sector will...

Air Canada.(Freight services of major air freight carriers and airports)
September 1, 2000... Let your fingers do the walking -- on the Air Canada web site. With high-speed residential Internet accesses and growing acceptance of online shopping, the Net is emerging as the most dynamic use of automation at Air Canada. On the...

People.(Personnel changes in the freight forwarding industry)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Airlines Lufthansa Cargo: The airline named Gabriella Kroll, who had been vice president of corporate strategy, to the new post of vice president-strategic airline alliances, a post overseeing the implementation of the "New Global Cargo"...

Teklogix.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... To extend the reach of real-time information within the supply chain, the wireless data communications specialist has incorporated Wireless Application Protocol into its TekRF product. With WAP-enabled TekRF, shippers using SAP software can...

Pactiv.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The protective packaging manufacturer began building custom, performance-oriented film/foam laminations. Customized features include enhanced cushioning, additional tear strength and varying thicknesses for each layer.

Mettler-Toledo.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Adding to its line of dimensioning devices, the company introduced the Cargoscan 5200 featuring Parallel Infrared Laser Rangefinder technology. The new technology can see through shadowing and blind spots, allowing the scanner to calculate...

Desiccare.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The California company is providing shippers a free desiccant requirement chart to calculate how much of the absorbent is needed to keep shipments dry. Samples of various desiccant products are also available.

ID Technology.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... In conjunction with Hoppman, the company has started manufacturing the M2 labeling system. Designed for a wide variety of prime preprinted labels, the cabinet-based system can apply labels to containers and packages at high speeds.

Shockwatch.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Expanding on its line of TILTWATCH labels, the company began offering a label that reminds handlers to keep shipments upright. The label also has an indicator that turns red if excessive tipping has occurred. Shockwatch also introduced the...

Safety Systems & Controls.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Building on its shift-inhibitor product line, the manufacturer introduced the DOT-Lok UP to make shift changes on fork trucks easier and less stressful. By adjusting the speed at which a transmission shifts, the new inhibitor keeps the...

Rumors.(freight forwarding demise)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Anyone predicting forwarding's demise doesn't understand the industry's ability to change If I may paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of freight forwarders' demise are greatly exaggerated. Everywhere I turn, I hear talk about the death of...

Euro Gains.
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PC World.
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