Air Cargo World articles from September 2006

Air Cargo World archives from September 2006

Terrorism.
September 6, 2006... BYLINE: Paul Page The airline industry furor following the announcement in London that a horrific terror plot had been foiled wasn't directly about freight transportation but the security alert will reverberate across the air cargo...

News Updates.
September 6, 2006... Screening New Airline Threats A new threat of bomb attacks on trans-Atlantic passenger flights from England sent the world's aviation system into turmoil, sending dozens of airlines scrambling to redirect cargo out of one of the world's...

Retiring Rohrmann.
September 6, 2006... BYLINE: Willaim Armbruster For Guenter Rohrmann, the last of his 47 years in the air-cargo industry was remarkably like the early days. In a career that went from a warehouse in Germany, to the board rooms of the world's largest...

Azeri Ascent.
September 6, 2006... BYLINE: Roger Turney As logistic interchanges go, the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan has some impressive credentials. A mere 2,000 years ago it sat at the crossroads of the Great Silk Road - not a single route, but myriad...

Japan's Ties.
September 6, 2006... BYLINE: By Ian Putzger Across Japan these days, marriages are blossoming. But TNT finds little cause for cheer in the take-off of the new alliance between Japan Post and All Nippon Airways, as its own partnership with the postal agency is...

The World's Top 50 Cargo Airlines.
September 6, 2006... FedEx remained the world's largest air cargo airline and Korean Air the largest international air cargo carrier in the Air Cargo World rankings of top airlines in 2005 but there were sharp movements among other airlines that signal dramatic...

Boeing World Freighter Fleet Forecast.
September 6, 2006... By any measure, 2005 was a remarkable year for the air cargo industry, particularly in terms of interest in freighter aircraft. Record growth in air cargo demand during 2004 drove traffic to the highest levels in history, creating capacity...

Forecasting by Method.
September 6, 2006... In creating a forecast for the use of freighters, a thorough analysis and understanding of top-down air cargo flows and freighter capability is combined with detailed bottom-up information on specific regional and operator trends and...

Asia's Turbulent Serenity.
September 6, 2006... BYLINE: Ian Putzger It is the land of smile, after all. Air cargo executives in search of a little tranquility are advised to contemplate the industry in Thailand, preferably from the Web site of the national carrier, where a look at...

Fighting for Fees.
September 6, 2006... Malaysia's air forwarders are going to court to fight new fees Malaysian Airlines imposed this year for cargo handling in Penang. MAS instituted the US$1.40 fee for each shipment processed at the Penang International Airport Commercial Free...

Thailand's Airport Delay.
September 6, 2006... Thailand's national carrier may be serene and untroubled by considerations of operating freighters, but the development of Bangkok's new international airport has been anything but placid. The Suvarnabhumi is supposed to open Sept. 28, long...

People.(Company overview)
September 6, 2006... Airlines Singapore Airlines: Extending a change in leadership, SIA Cargo named Huang Cheng Eng chairman and director, succeeding Fock Siew Wah. Huang had been executive vice president of marketing at SIA Cargo. He started at the airline in...

9/11.(Air transportation industry)
September 6, 2006... BYLINE: Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association Five years after the worst terror attack on aviation, the cargo industry has taken great strides in supply chain security The drive from Seattle to Washington, D.C.,...