Air Cargo World articles from September 2005

Air Cargo World archives from September 2005

Realism.(Editor's Note)
September 1, 2005... Cargo security remains a favorite target of politicians and the mainstream media. Attention is certainly welcome, but their dire warnings often lack a realistic understanding of the air freight business or security technology. A recent CNN...

Oil fueling anxiety.(News Updates)
September 1, 2005... Cargo operators throughout the world are coping with escalating oil prices that are eating into profits and in some cases making it harder to even lure revenue freight. Airline executives who once talked ominously about the frightening prospect...

Striking air.(News Updates)
September 1, 2005... Financially strapped airlines may be reaching their cost-cutting limits. The ongoing efforts to pare down spending reached a new level of acrimony last month when Northwest Airlines' mechanics traded tools for picket signs and speculation...

Freighter fest.(News Updates)
September 1, 2005... Freighters are breaking out all over. From the oversized orders of Volga-Dnepr to jumbo sales to UPS and orders from World Airways and even Icelandair, the summer was ending with a spate of all-cargo aircraft orders promising more upper-deck...

Rebounding U.S.(News Updates)
September 1, 2005... The U.S. domestic air freight and express industry generated record revenue in 2004, signaling the end of a three-year downturn. The revenue for the U.S. air freight and express market totaled $29.9 billion last year, up 7.5 percent from...

Buying 787s.(News Updates)
September 1, 2005... Boeing finalized a deal with four Chinese airlines for the sale of 42 787 aircraft, a major boost for the manufacturer's next generation aircraft program and for its efforts in China. Air China and China Eastern, Shanghai and Xiamen...

Driving Kitty.(News Updates)
September 1, 2005... One air cargo carrier is joining shippers and forwarders in moving to surface transportation. Dallas-based Kitty Hawk Aircargo said last month it will start a coast-to-coast trucking system to supplement its U.S. domestic overnight...

Swissport sale.(News Updates)
September 1, 2005... Spanish construction and engineering giant Ferrovial is taking a big step in global air operations with its $790 million purchase of worldwide ground handler Swissport. The part stock, part debt deal gives Ferrovial one of the largest...

Buying BAX.(BAX Global Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The discussions in financial circles that BAX Global was for sale last month were so public that the subject hardly qualified as a rumor. Jim Crane, chairman of rival EGL, told investment analysts during a conference call on his own...

Choke points: Southwest's reliable point-to-point network allows the low fares airline to grow cargo even as domestic freight shifts to trucking.(NORTH AMERICA)
September 1, 2005... The United States domestic expedited cargo market has shifted dramatically from air to ground, and there appears to be no turning back. Ever-more-efficient trucking operations are moving an increasing share of the U.S.'s expedited freight. So...

Forward Air, consolidating its position as the United States' largest air freight trucker, saw operating revenue grow 13.3 percent in the second quarter to $77.5 million and the operating profit increase more than 25 percent to $16.8 million.(Forward Air Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Forward Air, consolidating its position as the United States' largest air freight trucker, saw operating revenue grow 13.3 percent in the second quarter to $77.5 million and the operating profit increase more than 25 percent to $16.8 million....

Evergreen International Airlines.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Evergreen International Airlines put a newly-acquired 747-200 freighter into its operations in late July and said it will add a 12th 747 freighter to its fleet.

Towne Air Freight started linehaul service out of Los Angeles International Airport.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Towne Air Freight started linehaul service out of Los Angeles International Airport for its air freight trucking operations.

Continental Airlines named Cargo Connection Logistics as a primary road service provider between the airline's hub in Newark, N.J.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Continental Airlines named Cargo Connection Logistics as a primary road service provider between the airline's hub in Newark, N.J., and 10 points in the eastern United States.

Los Angeles International Airport.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Cargo traffic at Los Angeles International Airport grew 2.4 percent in June and the 1.04 million tons the airport handled in the first six months of the year was an LAX record.

Forwarder Always Express chose two Trans-Soft software products to streamline operational.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Forwarder Always Express chose two Trans-Soft software products to streamline operational, billing and collections processes.

SR International Logistics.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... SR International Logistics, a member the Global Project Logistics Network forwarding alliance, opened an office in Sacramento.

Rating forwarders: a new survey of shippers and forwarders reveals a divide in perceptions about moving cargo.(EUROPE)
September 1, 2005... Are air freight shippers and forwarders at last singing from the same hymn sheet? Or is there still a note of discord between service expectation and realization? A new global survey of shippers and forwarders suggests that while both...

Association of European Airlines.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Cargo traffic for European airlines was flat in June compared to the same month last year as several of Europe's largest passenger airlines reported declining freight business, according to the Association of European Airlines. For the first...

Nippon Cargo Airlines.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Nippon Cargo Airlines operated its first-ever flight from Ireland, a 747-200 freighter carrying 20 racehorses from Dublin to Sapporo, Japan.

Cargo services provider Servisair Cargo plans to open an 86,000-square-foot facility at London Heathrow Airport in 2006 that will complement HCH, Servisair Cargo's existing joint venture at Heathrow with Air France.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Cargo services provider Servisair Cargo plans to open an 86,000-square-foot facility at London Heathrow Airport in 2006 that will complement HCH, Servisair Cargo's existing joint venture at Heathrow with Air France. The British-based handlder...

TNT Logistics Central & Eastern Europe.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... TNT Logistics Central & Eastern Europe will manage inventory and distribution across Europe for MAN Nutz-fahrzeuge under the automaker's new European Logistics Concept, which will feature six regional warehouses.

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Freight traffic at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport grew 3 percent in the first half of 2005 over the same period last year, including a 3.7 percent increase in June.

Kuehne + Nagel.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Siemens Netherlands named Kuehne + Nagel its preferred logistics provider for central warehouse services under a three-year contract.

Frankfurt Airport.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... The phased closing of Frankfurt Airport's air mail facility led to a 16.6 percent decline in postal traffic at the airport in June. Frankfurt's freight traffic grew 8.2 percent in June and was up 7.8 percent for the first six months of the...

Martinair.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Martinair broke even during the first half of 2005 after losing $7.4 million in the same period last year. The Dutch carrier turned a $3.7 million operating profit this year compared to a $6.2 million loss on operations a year ago.

Ryanair.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Ryanair placed a $4 billion order with Boeing for 70 737-800 aircraft, with options for 70 more, bringing the Irish carrier's orders and options to more than 400.

Air Namibia.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Air Namibia started three-times-weekly flights between Windhoek and London Gatwick.

South African Airways named Globe Air Cargo its general sales agent.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... South African Airways named Globe Air Cargo its general sales agent in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

KLM.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... KLM will start three-times-weekly 767-300ER service between Amsterdam and Entebbe, Uganda, this fall.

Emirates.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Emirates added a second weekly A330-200 flight between Dubai and Birmingham, England.

Ireland-based regional carrier Aer Arann named Aviareps as its cargo general sales agent.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Ireland-based regional carrier Aer Arann named Aviareps as its cargo general sales agent in six European countries.

Brussels International Airport.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Cargo traffic grew 5.5 percent in the first half of 2005 at Brussels International Airport, including a 3.3 percent gain in June.

American Airlines.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... American Airlines will start 757 flights next May between New York and Newcastle in northeastern England.

Aviapartners will perform ramp handling for SAS.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Aviapartners will perform ramp handling for SAS in Hanover and Dusseldorf, Germany under a three-year contract.

Korean's view: after becoming the world's largest international air cargo carrier, Korean Air finds turbulence at the top.(PACIFIC)
September 1, 2005... Having scaled the international cargo totem pole, Korean Air Cargo finds itself confronted with slowing momentum in its home market. This has not stopped the carrier's expansion drive, however, which is increasingly founded on growth...

Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Cargo traffic for Asian airlines grew 3.4 percent in the first six months of the year, including a 3.3 percent gain in June, lagging behind the 6.2 percent increase in capacity measured by the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines and the 7.5...

Envirotainer.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Envirotainer expanded its business in Japan to include container leasing and cold chain management for direct shippers in the food, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

Russia is proposing to build an air cargo transshipment center for China freight.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Russia is proposing to build an air cargo transshipment center for China freight as part of a broader effort to improve transportation between the countries.

Malaysian Airline Systems.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Malaysian Airline Systems' cargo traffic grew 4.4 percent in the first six months of 2005 but traffic on freighters fell 4.3 percent during the first half of the year while belly cargo was up 12.7 percent. The freighter traffic was down 20.7...

Singapore Airport Terminal Services, the main handler at Singapore Changi Airport.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Singapore Airport Terminal Services, the main handler at Singapore Changi Airport, announced a nearly US$14 million improvement plan will include upgraded cargo tracking systems.

China Postal Airlines awarded Menzies Chengdu Airport Services the ground handling contract.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... China Postal Airlines awarded Menzies Chengdu Airport Services the ground handling contract for its new six-times-weekly 737 freighter services to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.

KLM will launch three-times-weekly service to Hyderabad as part of a larger move to increase capacity to India.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... KLM will launch three-times-weekly service to Hyderahad as part of a larger move to increase capacity to India. The effort will have 777s replace MD-11 on passenger routes to Delhi and partners Northwest Airlines and Air France will start...

Sri Lanka and Malaysia signed an open skies aviation agreement.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Sri Lanka and Malaysia signed an open skies aviation agreement, including full fifth freedom rights.

Intramar.(... Briefly)
September 1, 2005... Australian air and sea forwarder Intramar opened a station in Adelaide.

The world's Top 50 cargo airlines.(Feature Trends: Top Airlines)(Cover Story)
September 1, 2005... The 2004 ranking of the world's Top 50 cargo airlines provides a clear picture of where the global air freight business is focused: Asia, of course. Six of the top 11 carriers are based in the Asia-Pacific region and the non-Asian airlines...

Knowledge is power: new technology helps carriers improve pricing models; shippers must analyze data before negotiating contracts.(Freight Focus: Negotiating Contracting)
September 1, 2005... Today's small package contracts are more complicated and difficult to analyze than ever before. This has greatly affected all modes of transportation for both commercial and residential business. We have put the following information...

Tigers' cargo purr: the 'tiger' economies of Southeast Asia try to find their place in the shadow of mighty China.(Region Focus: Southeast Asia)
September 1, 2005... Overshadowed by the Chinese dragon, the tiger economies of Southeast Asia have lost some of their bite. As one logistics executive put it, "The tigers have turned into pussycats." With growth in the region rather flat this year, the action...

Connecting capacity, globally: as larger forwarders add weight, many are looking to forge broader global contracts with fewer airlines.(Feature Focus: Global Connections)
September 1, 2005... For financially troubled airlines, the air freight budgets of large forwarders surely inspire envy. Global logistics giant Exel, for instance, spent an estimated $1.3 billion on air cargo in 2003. And the forwarding behemoths are asking more of...

Back aviation aircraft report.
September 1, 2005... AIRCRAFT NUMBER OF STATUS AIRCRAFT On order 9 Active, in Service 40 ...

Events.(Calendar)
September 1, 2005... Sept. 20-21 Philadelphia: Supply Chain Directions Summit 2005, the eyefortransport event includes case studies from Gillette, Tyco, Hewlett Packard, The Gap and others looking at where supply chains are going. For information, call +44 207...

Obituary.(Blair Conrad)(Obituary)
September 1, 2005... Blair Conrad, a visionary airport leader who was the director of aviation at the Dayton International Airport, died July 22. He was 58 and had cancer. As executive director of Huntsville International Airport in the 1980s, he oversaw an...

Volga-Dnepr.(Airlines)
September 1, 2005... Volga-Dnepr: The project cargo charter specialist named Dennis Gliznoutsa group commercial director, succeeding Tony Bauckham, who became managing director of Volga-Dnepr U.K. A 10-year veteran of the company, Gliznoutsa was commercial manager...

Martinair.(Airlines)
September 1, 2005... Martinair: Martinair Cargo promoted Joseph C. Mannino to regional sales manager for the Midwest United States, based in Chicago. Mannino has been manager of cargo services for three years. Earlier he was a regional customer service manager at...

Lufthansa Cargo.(Airlines)
September 1, 2005... Lufthansa Cargo: Lufthansa Cargo Charter named Eric Erbacher general manager for Asia-Pacific. Erbacher, 44, was senior business development manager at the charter operator's headquarters. Chris Buscemi, with Lufthansa Cargo Charter since early...

British Airways.(Airlines)
September 1, 2005... British Airways: BA World Cargo appointed Joe Hoelle mulinational sales director for the Americas and John Richey premium products manager in the Americas. Hoelle has been with BAWC since 1997, most recently as sales manager for the Southeast...

World Airways.(Airlines)
September 1, 2005... World Airways: World Air Holdings appointed Jeffrey L. MacKinney, who serves as the airline's president, to the board of directors on the retirement of director John Ellington. A former executive at AirTran, MacKinney joined World Airways in...

Empire Airlines.(Airlines)
September 1, 2005... Empire Airlines: The Idaho-based charter and maintenance company named Andy Rish maintenance planner, replacing Tom Hamilton, who became general manager of Empire Aerospace. Rish previously worked for Ameriflilight in California.

TNT.(Integrators)
September 1, 2005... TNT: Gerry Power became managing director of TNT Malaysia, which includes management for Brunei operations. The 20-year TNT veteran was managing director of Vietnam and Indochina. Before that, Power was TNT's operations director for Asia, based...

UPS.(Integrators)
September 1, 2005... UPS: The company named Richard Tannous new sales manager for its expanded operation in Abu Dhabi. A 15-year industry veteran, Tannous, a Lebanese national, had been a key account manager for UPS for five years.

FedEx Express.(Integrators)
September 1, 2005... FedEx Express: The carrier named Tayssir Awada operations managing director for the Middle East. He has been with FedEx for 11 years in Dubai.

Exel.(Third-Parties)
September 1, 2005... Exel: The global logistics provider named Chuck Bushell vice president of sales for the Midwest/Northeast United States. He had been vice president of national accounts for Pacer Global Logistics and earlier wroked at Hub City, APDS, National...

Aviareps.(Third-Parties)
September 1, 2005... Aviareps: The general sales agency named John Donohue general manager of its new United Kingdom-based subsidiary, Airline Centre UK. Donohue has been sales and marketing manager for Estonian Air and Maersk Air. The first client for the...

U-Freight.(Third-Parties)
September 1, 2005... U-Freight: The Hong Kong-based forwarder named Vincent Chan assistant general manager of its Taiwan operation. Chart most recently was marketing and planning manager in the cargo sales and marketing division of China Airlines, where he was...

Lynden International.(Third-Parties)
September 1, 2005... Lynden International: The forwarder named Kent Biden ocean manager at its Seattle headquarters. The 20-year freight industry veteran joined Lynden's international operations department in January. Lynden also promoted Dennis Mitchell to...

GAC Logistics.(Third-Parties)
September 1, 2005... GAC Logistics: The Dubai-based operator named Laurance Langdon route development manager for logistics business between the Asia-Pacific/Indian subcontinent region and North America. Based in Hong Kong, Langdon has 10 years of logistics...

Integres Global Logistics.(Third-Parties)
September 1, 2005... Integres Global Logistics: The technology-focused forwarding operator named Gary Freeberg and Jim Campbell area managers. Freeberg had been at United Airlines Cargo and was a domestic supervisor for AEI and ran a contract carrier operation in...

Wincanton.(Third-Parties)
September 1, 2005... Wincanton: The British contract logistics specialist said CEO Paul Bateman will retire within the next 12 months and Graeme McFaull, head of the company's United Kingdom and Ireland operations, will take his place.

Boeing.(Manufacturers)
September 1, 2005... Boeing: The aircraft manufacturer named Sir Roger Bone president of Boeing United Kingdom. A longtime promoter of trade in his career in the diplomatic corps, he was British ambassador to Sweden, 1995-1999, and to Brazil, 1999 to 2004. He was...

ATS.(Ground Handling)
September 1, 2005... ATS: St. Louis, Missouri-based Airport Terminal Services named Brian Wood, the ground handler's vice president of customer service, to the board of directors.

Swissport.(Ground Handling)
September 1, 2005... Swissport: The international ground handler named Georges Peter chief executive of its newly reorganized operation in Greece, Swissport Hellas. Peter, who had been general manager, succeeds Phil McGrane.

Air cargo the bottom line.
September 1, 2005... Cell Structure Annual mobile phone sales, historical and forecast, 1997-2009. (in millions) [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Ring Tones Year-over-year percent change in mobile phone sales, historical and forecast. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] ...

Practices: the forwarding community needs to ensure that the best security practices are widely followed.(Forwarders Forum)
September 1, 2005... Last month marked the culmination of a Transportation Security Administration investigation of an indirect air carrier in New York. The end result of the investigation into the IAC's violation of the Aviation Security Program was not pretty and...

The Bigwide world of 'impossible' logistics solutions: few, if any, cargo airlines have had quite as much impact on the world of aviation as Volga-Dnepr over the past 15 years.(BIG NEWS: CELEBRATING THE 15THE ANNIVERSAY OF THE 'HEAVYWEIGHT IN AIRFREIGHT')(Advertisement)
September 1, 2005... From its very conception, Volga-Dnepr was always going to be different As Russia's first private cargo airline, it came to market with a single AN-124-100 cargo aircraft, a specialist outsize and heavy transport freighter originally designed...