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13 No. 65 Tuesday
July 29,
2014 |
Jan Krems is on fire
and is easily the most enthusiastic cargo ambassador and top executive
we have met in awhile!
He’s clearly enjoying his work and welcomes
with open arms any challenge thrown his way, such as having put
together and aligned the processes of the
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July is running down
but things are ramping up as EMO Trans Customized Global Logistics
brings a new product to market. “Global Aviation/Aerospace”
debuted July 28 with a promise to engage in new thinking and greater
customer service levels, breathing new life into a market that the
nearly 50-year-old company thinks can use a bit of fresh air. |
We were very saddened
to learn that Alex Ploeg, Secretary General of Ornamental Fish
International and frequent ATA conference speaker, was one of
the victims of the MH17 tragedy.
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Family
Time . . . Our best wishes go out to all the folks celebrating
EID al-Fitr 2014. Here, an Egyptian family rides their motorbike
on the first day of the Muslim holiday, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday,
July 28, 2014.
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13 No. 64 Thursday
July 24,
2014 |
'Konnichiwa Japan’
(Good Day Japan) is well-known term of endearment. It’s
also a new name proudly carried aloft by an MD11 freighter of
Lufthansa Cargo that is serving destinations worldwide, including
between Japan and Germany.
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By and large, the
shippers, handlers, and distributors of Lithium batteries are likely
tired of ongoing and incomprehensive changes pertinent to the regulatory
requirements for those oh-so troublesome batteries. |
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First
time I met Sibusiso Peter-Paul Ngwenya he was sitting in the dining
salon on one of those dinner cruises. I noticed a well-dressed,
clean gentleman, slight of frame, sitting at a corner table all
by himself.
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"I have always
liked the idea of a suggestion box: if I were being cynical, I would
say it can be the critical element in helping management avoid the
burden of creative thought.
From
a more rational perspective, however, and depending on the area of
focus, it can produce some real winners for an organization, and—in
this case—an industry that needs innovation. |
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13 No. 63 Tuesday
July 22,
2014 |
The Malaysia Airlines
flight MH17, a Boeing 777-200ER, registration 9M-MRD, which crashed
at 10:15 EDT on Thursday, July 17th near the village of Hrabove,
Ukraine, was only about 90 minutes into its journey from Amsterdam-Schiphol
to Kuala Lumpur International when it was deliberately shot down
with a BUK 9K37 anti-aircraft missile system.
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We’ve
been thinking about the International Air Transport Association
(IATA) Air Cargo Innovation Award contest, which will choose the
best innovative idea on November 30 and award one winner USD $20,000.
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Summer issue of The International
Air Cargo Association (TIACA) Times “South Korea Ready For Takeoff”
writes of building a better air cargo industry:
“The leadership of TIACA is enthusiastically embracing all of
these responsibilities. |
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13 No. 62 Thursday
July 17,
2014 |
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IATA may have joined
the soirée late, but it arrived eventually. After months
of bearish forecasts, the venerable association changed its tune
at the start of July, finally recognizing that the slow start
to the year for Chinese exports had quickly metamorphosed into
accelerating growth.
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FlyingTypers
recently caught up with the delightful Rick Nelson, Air New Zealand
GM Cargo. He said an ever-expanding network of global partnerships
was helping the carrier extend its reach, bolstering the country’s
economy in the process and enabling New Zealand PLC to reach the world’s
most lucrative markets. |
Summer in America, first
means public beaches, parks, and swimming pools across the country
open for business with lifeguards and park rangers ready to greet
the crowds. |
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13 No. 61 Tuesday
July 15,
2014 |
In case you missed
it because you were watching World Cup soccer, hanging with the
kids at the pool, or attempting to keep your business or job afloat,
last Friday July 11, 2014, was an important date—it marked
five years since the United States Postal Service (USPS) International
Air Mail Deregulation was first enacted.
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Calogi’s
Patrick Murray, “The IT Sage of Dubai,” talks with
great enthusiasm and hope about innovation and building fast-growing
Calogi.
Murray, who serves as head of Calogi, is no
stranger to IT, having been involved with various systems, from
British Airways to IATA to Mercator.
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German
logistics group Dachser is looking east in a bid to grow its air freight
business.
The drive to boost Dachser’s air freight business
by expanding the network has seen the company develop increased focus
on Asia, with both organic expansion and acquisitions on the agenda.
But air has always been a core part of the business, according to
Edoardo Podestá, managing director, Air & Sea Logistics
Asia Pacific for Dachser Far East Ltd. |
The headquarters of British
satellite telecommunications company, Inmarsat in Old Street pictured
on July 13, |
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13 No. 60 FRIday
July 11,
2014 |
A recent study
from Handelsblatt Research Institute titled “Factors of
Competitiveness for the International Air Transport Sector”
appeared as a coordinated effort to present a unified front. It
came with the endorsement of most major German transport companies.
Taken at arms length, “Factors of Competitiveness”
might have been a comprehensive state of the industry report with
an unbiased view on the shortcomings and strengths of the industry
in Germany.
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"Delhi
and Mumbai are particularly noteworthy additions to United's TempControl
network," said Mary Tussing, Manager of Specialty Sales as
UA added the service to its flights serving the sub-continent
gateways bringing TempControl to locations worldwide to 49.
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 Turkish Cargo received
a La Dolce Vita nod from National Association Air Cargo Agency
Italy (ANAMA) for its remarkable performance in market development
during 2013.
The award was presented during a Gala Association
Dinner on June 11th.
In a related development, Turkish Cargo stood up and
was counted among supporters of ANAMA’s charity project
in support of children stricken with leukemia.
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Off we go, into the wild blue main deck
of a B747 freighter as a replica of the “Spirit of St Louis”—one
of several created for the movie of the same name—flew to Paris
on June 29 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Paris-Le Bourget
Airport. |
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13 No. 59 Wednesday
July 9,
2014 |
There may be strong
GDP growth, surging passenger demand on an array of international
and domestic lanes, and a seemingly relentless roll call of new
aircraft orders from the likes of national carrier Garuda Indonesia,
but not all is well in Indonesia, as presidential elections loom
in July.
Such is the extent of congestion around
capital city Jakarta that passengers travelling at peak times
need to allow three hours to make it from the central business
district to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK),
located just 20 kilometers to the west.
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The controversy
of IATA’s CASS (Cargo Accounts Settlement System) in India
continues to hold center stage. In a recent move, ACAAI (Air Cargo
Agents Association of India), the apex body representing the air
cargo industry in India, which has not accepted CASS, has once
again gone to the Competition Commission of India (CCI), for what
it has termed as “a clarification.” The need for “clarification”
concerns directives first from Emirates SkyCargo and later from
Cathay Pacific.
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 Counting
polo ponies is more fun than counting sheep, especially aboard
a LAN B777 freighters from Miami to Madrid.
Fifty polo ponies from Argentina traveled to participate
in the Polo Summer Season in Sotogrande, Spain.
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FlyingTypers
has learned that Willie Mercado, long time “Mr. Aer Lingus Cargo”
in the USA, will retire from the airline July 18.
“It’s
been a great ride over these last 37 years with Aer Lingus Cargo,”
soft-spoken Willie said. |
Norwegian carried more
than 2.3 million passengers in June 2014, an increase of 21 percent
compared to the same month last year. Load factor was 82.5 percent. |
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13 No. 58 THursday
July 3,
2014 |
Bears have outnumbered bulls on the Chinese economy this year,
but actual transport demand has been resilient and the anticipated
slowdown in export and import volumes at major gateways has failed
to materialize, a fact more than apparent at the country’s
leading air cargo gateway, Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
After a strong start to the year, May volumes
at PVG surged 8.5 percent year-on-year to 263,400 tons, led by
a
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In June 2014, Germany
is a prosperous, rich, and otherwise quite overregulated state,
and yet it does not have any law governing the transport of Dangerous
Goods by Air.
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At first glance,
Gitika A. Pruthi looks more like a style editor from one of the
top fashion magazines.
But beneath the stylish looks lies a topnotch
cargo boss. It has been a long journey for the National Sales
Head at Aargus Global Logistics (AGL), and Gitika Pruthi knows
well that there were no shortcuts.
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In Geneva, the M.A.D.
(mechanical art device) Gallery is a universe of kinetic art where
machines and mechanical devices reign supreme.
No, this is not a Rube Goldberg machine,
but rather a platform showcase that transforms commonplace mechanical
devices into art pieces.
Occasionally M.A.D. puts up an exhibit
that showcases sculpture and photographic talent. |
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13 No. 57 Tuesday
July 1,
2014 |
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At the IATA WCS
2014, Fred Smith described the 747-400 and MD11-9 as the workhorses
of a golden age. Now they have become very expensive to run, and
airlines need to rethink their freighter strategy.
A triple seven-freighter flight from Hong Kong
to Anchorage costs $30,000 less than a 747-400F while carrying
almost the same payload.
New, fuel-efficient, twin-engine freighters in the form of the
777F and the A330F provide airlift with much lower unit costs
than the 747-400 and MD11.
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How ironic.
In a world where cooperation can only be reached
if we work together, in the end it was China—where the state
monopolizes politics and much of the economy—rather than
the EU or U.S. that decreed the P3 alliance of shipping giants
would hurt competition on the high seas.
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Logistics
most likely started with farmers moving their produce in carts to
the villages, towns, and cities for sale. Then as trade developed,
3rd parties operated ships and caravans to move goods and materials
from producers to users. During the Industrial Revolution trains were
developed and added to our logistics arsenal. Then came the internal
combustion engine and trucks were added. Finally aircraft were added
to our logistics tools. |
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13 No. 56 Friday
June 27,
2014 |
For
many people, June 6, 2014 marked the anniversary of an event that
changed history. It was 70 years ago on that day that the Allies
landed at Normandy, France, began the liberation of Europe.
But speaking for air cargo, we’d like
to say there is more than one historic date in June—just
back up the calendar another 32 years. A baby boy was born on
June 27, 1913; he would go on to serve at the creation of our
industry as the first air cargo reporter.
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Latest demand figures
out of Asia again illustrate Q2 pessimists were a long way off
the mark, although the excess of bellyhold capacity remains a
drag on pricing.
But could air volumes receive a boost in July due to labor unrest
at U.S. West Coast ports?
Read On . . .
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Exclusive
in Atlanta—It is 2014, and a step change is taking place in
the airline business worldwide.
Right now the passenger airlines with the advent of “secret
freighter” aircraft, (planes that can carry loads rivaling freighters),
are in a position to move on up and, in some cases, dominate the air
cargo market. |
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13 No. 55 tuesday
June 24,
2014 |
The
British AAIB (Air Accidents Investigation Branch) has released
their preliminary findings addressing the onboard fire incident
relating to an Ethiopian Airlines B-787 parked on the LHR tarmac
last year.
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All of us have
a vision of what life without air cargo might be.
Well, maybe not all of us.
Richard Malkin, FlyingTypers’
Senior Contributing Editor, who turns 101 this week, once told
me: “[I’m] glad I came out of retirement at 100 to
write air cargo history to share with future generations.”
He is currently readying a return to conducting interviews with
industry leaders.
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Editor's
Note: The major takeaway from all of the cargo events centers on what
we heard from the always astute and varied group of remarkable executives,
who either attended only some of the them or, like us, were present
for them all.
In 2014 there are two schools of thought about air cargo
events: |
Alaska Airlines began
a daily round-trip service between Seattle and New Orleans Wednesday
as the only carrier offering nonstop service between Seattle and “The
Big Easy.” |
| Vol.
13 No. 54 Wednesday
June 18,
2014 |
At
a critical time in their history, United Cargo has decided to
bring in a top air cargo executive from outside the company to
replace Robbie Anderson, who stepped down from the post on June
9. The new United Cargo President is well equipped, with hands-on
experience and measurable success as a key member of the group
that combined the cargo resources of Air France KLM and Martinair.
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As someone who
has attended a lot of “Cargo Shows” here are some
observations regarding their proliferation (which is something
of an issue), and value (which I think is the primary concern).
The value will depend on which industry segment
is the focal point.
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13 No. 52 Thursday
June 12,
2014 |
Senior Vice President
and Chief Cargo Officer for Delta Air Lines Tony Charaf characteristically
sounds positive and ready for what is next as he heads down the
long and winding road of retirement from the carrier starting
August 1.
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| Vol.
13 No. 51 Tuesday
June 10,
2014 BullDog Edition |
 FlyingTypers
has learned that President of United Cargo Robbie Anderson was
released on Monday, June 9.
A source at United confirmed the
news to FlyingTypers simply stating:
“I can confirm that he decided
to leave the company.”
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Just about a month
ago in early May, FlyingTypers featured an article titled “Is
TIACA’s Future Waiting in the Wings?” It pointed to
a floor plan depicting booth sales at this autumn’s upcoming
Air Cargo Forum, scheduled to take place October 7-9 in Seoul, |
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| Vol.
13 No. 47 Monday
June 2,
2014 |
IATA, as we learned
in Part One of this story may have been bearish on the global
economy and air freight demand out of Asia, but FlyingTypers has
spoken to people amongst the region’s forwarders and airlines
and they are striking a rather more optimistic tone.
Indeed, some are predicting acceleration in demand
growth in the second half of the year.
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"The time has
come for IATA to report cargo carried in passenger bellies and on
freighters as separate numbers highlighting express and non express. |
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“CASA 212’s
big rear cargo door offers available capacity where it might not have
been on the menu previously,” reports Glen Gates, president
for Matheson Flight Extenders, the GSA for AAR Airlift. |
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13 No. 46 Friday
May 30,
2014 |
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Earlier in May IATA
poured a substantial bucket of cold water on those looking for signs
of improving cargo demand.
IATA did see positives in the U.S. and Europe, but
despite Asia-Pacific carriers reporting a 6.9 percent rise in freight
liftings in March compared to a year earlier, IATA warned of a looming
slowdown in Chinese manufacturing impacting exports from emerging
Asian countries. |
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If you are in Germany, the time
of year has arrived to enjoy one of the world’s most delectable
treats, fresh, white asparagus, or “spargel,” which
is best grown in Bavaria and only in season for an all-too-quick,
fleeting six or seven weeks in April and May. |
And proud Mary keeps
on burning . . .
“Transport of temperature-sensitive material
demands faultless teamwork and execution, so we invest in a great
deal of preparation and training before we certify a new TempControl
location," assures Mary Tussing, United Cargo's Manager of
Specialty Sales. |
Aviation Week has issued
its top performing airlines (TPA) list for 2014, put together by some
smart, east coast aviation moneymen and consultants.
Notably the group likes Copa, however, there has
also been a strong resurgence by major carriers after restructuring
or mergers. |
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13 No. 45 Friday
May 23,
2014 |
For European and
U.S. companies, investing in Asia can be a tricky proposition,
with risk identification difficult and numerous ethical issues
to consider alongside the usual investment criteria.
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"We can just encourage
Airbus to continue and speed up the possible improvements, |
When SriLankan
Airlines was inducted as an oneworld member some time ago at Sri
Lanka’s second international airport—the $200 million
China Exim Bank-funded Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
(MRIA)—there was one person who had more than a smile on
his face.
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Norwegian will lease
three Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft for 2016/2017 delivery. |
The barbeque was served
family-style on plates by the side of the road, when beef ribs were
almost too big to lift and bread this size was a wonder.
Later we fished in a stream that was clear straight
down to the bottom. |
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13 No. 44 Wednesday
May 21,
2014 |
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China’s rising
appetite for consumer products is now bringing more balance to East-West
air freight lanes.
At least, that is how Michael D. Hansen, Managing
Director of DSV Air & Sea Ltd, views the evolution of China’s
economy and the impact its burgeoning middle class is having on domestic
consumption rates. |
(Exclusive Berlin)—“People
of this world, look upon this place and realize that you may not
and cannot extradite this city.”
These words were spoken by Ernst Reuter, the
first governing Mayor of West Berlin, at the Republic Square in
front of the Reichstag on September 9th, 1948.
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Dear Geoffrey,
I was deeply saddened to learn about Bruce McCaffrey’s
passing.
I’m very pleased that you took the time
to write such a great piece about Bruce and try to undo some of
the injustice that he suffered at the hands of the company and country
for which he sacrificed so much. |
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13 No. 43 FRIDay
May 16,
2014 |
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It has been a lusty
second half of the Forties, highlighted by such events as the surge
of the GI airlines, the aerial support of the blockaded population
of Berlin, and Washington’s official embrace of the cargo airlines
and air freight forwarders. Now, the nascent industry
was almost within reach of the outer edges of the Fifties. Handling
methods in and out of the warehouse and airplane were still
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Geoffrey,
Bruce McCaffrey was a good person and a credit to
our industry.
I agree that he was the “Fall Guy” and
it is a shame that DOJ made Bruce McCaffrey their case and let the
airline that started this get off almost free. |
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13 No. 42 Tuesday
May 13,
2014 |
Turkish Airlines
Cargo’s pattern for growth goes on unabated into 2014, defying
almost everything—including gravity—as Istanbul continues
to emerge even stronger as a central international hub.
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There
is a controversy brewing in the U.S. Customs Brokers community
as it relates to the future paperless use of ACE (Automated Commercial
Environments) and the national versus established regional approach
to clearance.
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A friend told me he
just learned that Bruce McCaffrey died February 25 at age 71 in Bradenton,
Florida, from complications of renal failure.
Bruce worked at Qantas Freight for 26 years and
was among the first people to be caught up and convicted in the air
cargo price fix scandal. |
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13 No. 41 Friday
May 9,
2014 |
I’ve seen
Tony Charaf twice in the last two weeks—first at the TIACA
AGM in Istanbul last week and then this week at CNS in San Antonio.
You know that kind of silent communication that
comes with a quick handshake or a nod, with the verbal conversation
not occurring until much later?
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 Our favorite
picture so far this year, with all due respect as Mother’s
Day 2014 approaches, is this “Father & Daughter”
snap.
Say hello to Buzz Gondran and Annie Gondran
of Action Freight Services, based in Austin, Texas.
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13 No. 40 Tuesday
May 6,
2014 |
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 FlyingTypers
spoke to Linda Dreffein, Managing Director Cargo Sales at American
Airlines Cargo as part of an attempt to shine a light on the people
who propel our business. As 2014 moves forward, we will continue
to take this wider approach to the community of business people
who support air
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TIACA AGM, Dallas, April
2013
“The new Board and I stand on the shoulders of our predecessors,
and our starting point is gratitude for everything they have achieved.
“I am therefore not one to declare or even desire radical new
departures or initiatives.
“… streamline our efforts to communicate more effectively
internally and externally.” |
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13 No. 39 Monday
May 5,
2014 |
| It may be a case of
saving the best for last, or putting the meat of the order under too
much gravy, but an air cargo gathering this week could raise some
interesting and unusual dialogue. |
(With Geoffrey
in San Antonio)—As CNS Partnership takes off today in San
Antonio, Texas, and conferees are gathering from all across the
country and around the world under a blanket of deep blue, south
central Texas skies, Robbie Anderson, President United Cargo delivers
a message that is upbeat, realistic, and in tune with the future.
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Written On The Wind
Word From The Kingdom |
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Well, it is that time of
year again, and I am sure most of the movers and shakers in the global
air cargo industry are packing their bags and getting ready to head
to San Antonio for the annual CNS Conference. |
There’s
a party happening on Sunday & Monday May 4-5, as crowds fill Market
Square—also known as El Mercado—in downtown San Antonio
during the Annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. The party draws an average
of 30 to 50,000 people. |
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13 No. 38 FrIday
May 2,
2014 |
 If “May Day”
to you means the international call for distress, then think again.
In Dubai, Emirates SkyCargo made a big move on May
1 by migrating all of its freighter lift from Dubai (DXB) to Al Maktoum
Dubai World Central (DWC) with nary a bump in the road between the
two mega UAE gateways. |
 FlyingTypers
asked a number of leading executives whether improving consumer
confidence in key western markets would boost air freight volumes
as the need for expedited shipments rose; or whether they thought
the lengthy dip suffered by the air cargo industry in both volume
and pricing was indicative of a more fundamental, long-term modal
shift. Jeff McCorstin is President of Global Freight Forwarding
District, UPS Asia Pacific.
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Breathtaking . . . Delta Airlines Boeing
757 does a flyover of the Juneau International Airport in Juneau,
Alaska, earlier this month.
For India that hotly contested dust up between the Air Cargo Agents
Association of India (ACAAI) and the International Air Transport Association
Unexpected Cargo . . . Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 arrives in Kahului
Airport in Kahului, Hawaii, from San Jose, Calif., |
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 Hi
Geoffrey,
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!
The 16th Annual Atlanta International
Forwarders and Brokers Association (AIFBA) picnic is set for Tuesday,
May 13, 2014, 11:30 am-1:30 pm at HWC Logistics and everyone involved
in the transportation and logistics industry is invited to attend.
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Dan Paradies, founder
of a chain of airport stores called “The Paradies Shops,”
died this week in Sarasota, Florida.
He was 92. |
| Vol.
13 No. 37 Tuesday
April 29,
2014 |
| With profits back
on the rise, the executive board of Lufthansa AG, (L-R) Christoph
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He may have “departed
the building” 15 years ago, but last Friday well-wishers
gathered in a compact room as one of the truly great executives
of air cargo—a dreamer and doer unrivaled in our industry—Jacques
Ancher was finally inducted into the prestigious TIACA Hall Of
Fame in Istanbul, Turkey. During the last decade of the 20th century,
Jacques made history at KLM Cargo.
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Ceva Logistics announced
disappointing 2013 financial figures as EBITDA and revenue declined.
Underperforming air freight volumes out of Asia were cited as a key
contributor. However, according to Rickard Ingvarsson, Vice President,
Airfreight, Asia Pacific, the full year results did not fully reflect
more recent changes in air freight markets. |
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Now that Pope Gregory
and the retired Pope Benedict have declared Pope John Paul II a Saint,
we recall a day to remember in October 1979.
We were at home just like millions of Americans
and people all over |
What happens “when
hit the brake” becomes “hit the gas pedal”?
Well, in MIA the hits just kept on coming, as a
UPS Boeing 757-200 (N462UP) got whacked and flies to tell about it!
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| Vol.
13 No. 36 Thursday
April 24,
2014 |
| Every once in a while,
late night conversations turned to people we have known over the
years in the air cargo business.
Make no mistake about it: despite changes felt
in almost every quarter of the air cargo experience, this industry
is still all about people.
There have been a few people who have touched
almost every facet of air cargo, even impacting people in companies
other than their own.
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It has been quite
some time since there weren’t grey clouds on the Asian air
freight horizon.
But March figures for cargo handling at major
airports and by leading carriers revealed clear year-on-year gains
and an acceleration on January-February volumes.
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| Vol.
13 No. 35 Tuesday
April 22,
2014 |
| The ICAO Dangerous
Goods Panels (DGP) working group studying Lithium batteries that
convened in Montreal from April 7th to 11th has come down with a
decision to ban transport of Lithium Metal batteries, shipped aboard
passenger carrying aircraft.
Effective January 1st, 2015 when a new ICAO Biennium
will begin and a new |
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| Vol.
13 No. 34 Saturday
April 19,
2014 |
| Change, as the result
of the less than spectacular past couple of business years, is certainly
in the wind.
It may be driven by world economies, or it could be
the freighters, or maybe even a paradigm shift of priorities, but
AFKLMP cleared the air on many subjects Thursday April 18 in Amsterdam.
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We are delighted to add
a direct service to Canada to our network, said Aer Lingus Director
of Cargo Peter O’Neill.
“Toronto is a very important market in terms of business
links.
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No doubt that continuing
world events bring air cargo security to the fore.
In a recent move, the Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF), which provides security to nine major cargo terminals
in the country, has now made a specific request to be allowed to take
a look at consignments landing at the airports. |
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Move over, Downton
Abbey—this is what first-class travel looks like these days. |
| Vol.
13 No. 33 Wednesday
April 16,
2014 |
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 Bahrain
Exclusive—This week Issa Baluch planned
to devote at least the first few days of his Spring Break (off from
his teaching duties at Harvard University in Boston) to travel to
the ICAO/WTO meetings.
But alas, struck down with a cruel
flu tht has left him speechless, the “Enhancing Air Cargo
Security and Facilitation,” panel that tips off Wednesday
morning will have to settle with Mr. Baluch, who serves as a Member
of the Board for the International Federation of Freight Forwarders
Associations (FIATA) discussing his view of an integrated cargo
system to facilitate the safe and secure transport of goods by air,
in these pages, whilst recovering.
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Cathay Pacific Airways
is struggling to bolster air cargo volumes even as it expands its
service network. But with a major fleet renewal program underway and
analysts claiming its freight division is acting as a drag on Group
profits, improvement will be needed this year.
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Planespotters
track Sichuan Airlines aircraft as it approaches Taipei Songshan
Airport.
Information as you never see it at Flughafen-Stuttgart.
Happy Days
. . . Cebu Pacific Air President Lance Gokongwei, left, and Philippine
Airlines President and Chief Operating Officer Ramon S. Ang flash
the |
| Vol.
13 No. 32 Monday
April 14,
2014 |
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October 2004—Julie Johansson, cargo
manager North America, third from right with her Los Angeles staff.
Add Malaysia Airlines
(in both passenger and cargo) as succumbing to business pressure
and competition by withdrawing line service from North America later
this month. |
Exclusive—FlyingTypers
provides unique insight into the WCS Sessions. Did IATA WCS Sessions
deliver?
“It would have been good to have seen
Tony Tyler (left) as a keynote speaker at World Cargo Symposium,”
said Patrick Murray, Head of Calogi and IT Guru, as he recalled
IATA Cargo Week in Los Angeles in March.
“As ever, the presence of the IATA top
executives no doubt clearly underlines IATA’s commitment
to the cargo business.
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The Wall Street
Journal reports Italy’s administrative court in Rome ruled
on Thursday in favor of Assaereo, an airline association that represents
Alitalia and other Italian airlines. |
Even the Energizer
rabbit will feel the heat if the ICAO panel that met up in Montreal
all this week comes down hard (as expected) on the cargo and pax transport
of lithium batteries.
The 14-member ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) is
mostly government appointed from the leading trading nations –
plus some key industry stakeholders such as IATA and PRBA who enjoy
observer status. |
| Vol.
13 No. 31 Tuesday
April 8,
2014 |
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To Our Readers
The series of articles, Pre-Jet
Air Cargo, is a condensed history of the opening phase of the
infant air cargo industry’s first generation—a period
that is unfamiliar to most of the current crop of men and women
comprising the industry. The text is based on a broad scope of
authoritative sources—highlighting the more significant
events, official actions, technical developments, and professional
comment.
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"We are strengthening our position
in China considerably through the use of the best freighter. |
| Vol.
13 No. 30 Thursday
April 3,
2014 |
| First time
this week in Sao Paulo, ATC Aviation Services, the fast growing
global cargo GSSA with offices in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North
America, “is now also targeting growth in South America,”
according to company CEO Ingo Zimmer. |
Frankfurt Germany’s
Commerzbank Arena is all about business, as cargo security took
center stage April 1 in a confrontation that suffered no fools.
The local Bundesliga soccer team that populates
the venue might have spent the day thinking about their future,
but for the hard working, business-challenged air cargo industry,
tomorrow hung on today, as "Recognize Risks – Build
Alliances" brought Sabine Wiedemann, head of group security
at Daimler AG Stuttgart, to emphasize the theme—the need
for partnerships throughout the supply chain.
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"The new terminal and
facilities are a key part of our growth plans.
|
The big show was in town and
although Hermes Aviation operates right nearby out at LAX, what really
drove long time air cargo pro Clive Langeveldt, Hermes Aviation President,
to World Cargo Symposium were the customers.
“We had set up a GSA Track which is actually an IATA premier
spot to bring our business into the conversation at WCS.” |
|
Supply chain players
in Asia risk being late to meet the requirements of the EU’s
new air cargo security regime, which comes into force on July 1, according
to leading industry representatives.
Starting
July 1, the EU’s new rules require carriers transporting cargo
or mail into the EU from a non-EU airport to have their operations
independently |
| Vol.
13 No. 29 Monday
March
31,
2014 |
| According
to a published report Des Vertannes will leave his post as IATA
Head of Cargo in June. |
|
Bill Boesch, who served as
top management at American Airlines Cargo from 1988-1998 and during
an amazing four decade-plus career on the front lines of air cargo
went on to build logistics services and save troops’ lives in
Iraq and Afghanistan, stepped center-stage with a view of our industry
and some forward thinking, as keynote speaker at the AirCargo 2014
held this week in Orlando, Florida. |
The two fisted start up of AirCargo
2014 Annual Conference held all this week in Orlando, Florida
included a deep dish encounter on Sunday March 30 in the form of a
couple hours of power with Marilyn Sherman who is both motivational
speaker and also especially interested in advancing women’s
issues. |
|
Richard Malkin,
the man who invented modern air cargo journalism, has breakfast with
me in a diner near his home in Queens every two weeks.
Nearing 101 years old, Malkin is writing again; here is a link to
the most recent story that we published. |
Say Hello To My Little Friends . . . Saudia Cargo flew on the
wild side from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
moving 141 animals including giraffe, kudu, hartebeest, gemsbok, impala,
springbok, blesbok and duiker to the Riyadh Zoological Garden.
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India’s interest to connect with Africa
has seen a rise. It is not that it was not there earlier, but it has,
of late, grown. The reason: trade with Africa is one-way with hardly
any exports coming into India. Air cargo stakeholders pointed out
to ACNFT that the freight prices on the India-Africa route
will continue to be on the high side simply because carriers found
the routes uneconomical. |
| Vol.
13 No. 28 Wednesday
March
26,
2014 |
| Lufthansa
Cargo held an annual rite of spring in Frankfurt this week as hosts
of a big press gathering to reveal numbers, talk about the year
gone by, and venture a look ahead at 2014.
Lufthansa Cargo also said goodbye to Karl Ulrich
Garnadt, who moves to the top position at Lufthansa Passenger next
to CEO Carsten Spohr on May 1st.
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Just prior to the
main event, its annual numbers press conference, Lufthansa Cargo
put its Perishable Center on the half shell.
“We have made the investment and have
grown our business and capabilities here in every aspect of this
business,” said Christoph Herchenhein, (left) Management
Director Perishable Center, revealing a flow chart of activities
at the center.
|
 Move over, Rube Goldberg:
Turkish Cargo connects the world in this video where each piece
(like the company) falls perfectly into place.
It’s inventive, clever, and delivers a great
message for air cargo.
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Late
last month on February 26th, IATA released the 2nd Edition of its
Cargo XML Manual and Toolkit.
Add this latest
entry to a number of manuals published by IATA, some of them well
known and recognized, such as the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.
Cargo XML is priced at a hefty $999 ($649 for members). |
| Vol.
13 No. 27 Wednesday
March 23,
2014 |
| (Los Angeles)
Although the May 1, 2014, deadline for Emirates SkyCargo to move
from combined freighter & belly operations at DXB to freighters
only at nearby Dubai World Central (DWC) is rapidly approaching,
Nabil Sultan, Emirates SkyCargo Divisional Senior Vice President,
is here to tell you that long before the hour strikes for the operational
split, cargo will be testing the new secure link between the gateways
to make sure everything is sorted.
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If you didn’t know Jim
Bellinder, Vice President, United Cargo Sales, was indeed a sales
guy, just put him in the middle of the presentations at any event
and watch the room come alive as he gets up and speaks his piece.
Jim is engaging to be sure, but his real strength
is the human contact he makes with the audience, whether it’s
a small group at an airport sales club or (most recently) as a
principal speaker at EMO Trans’ Annual General Meeting this
week in Puerto Rico.
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FlyingTypers spoke
with Achim Martinka, Vice President Lufthansa Cargo The Americas
regarding current developments in the Americas, which he oversees
from the Atlanta head office.
“We are satisfied with the start into this year,
which was clearly better than in 2013. But it is still too early
to say that the entire year will be good; some customers are still
skeptical. We'll see; for the time being we are moderately optimistic.
|
Many who fled the
20s temperatures of Northeastern USA have found themselves suddenly
luxuriating in 80-degree weather, as soft trade winds promise days
and nights of business-laced enchantment. |
L to R— Julio
Fernandez, EMO Trans Sales Manager-LATAM/Caribbean; Rolando E. Alvarez
V, President UPCARGO, Inc.; Miguel Guardado, Director Administrative-SERCOGUA
Group; Julio Avila, Commercial Director SERCOGUA Group and Orlando
Yanez, Director General/CEO SYNCRO LOGISTICS.
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| Vol.
13 No. 26 Monday
March 17,
2014 |
| “Summer
2014 will see Aer Lingus further expand its network into the U.S.
with a new service to San Francisco,” said Peter O’Neill,
Director Cargo at Aer Lingus.
We like this guy immediately.
Not only are the Irish bringing their grand St.
Patrick’s Day Parade to New York today, but after a brutal
2013-14 winter, Peter says the right thing when he reminds us that
summer is just around the corner.
|
As EMO Trans readies its 13th
Annual Meeting, which begins this week in the warmth of beautiful
San Juan, Puerto Rico, company CEO Joachim “Jo” Frigger
reports that with a few days in a warmer climate his troops can
gather themselves, compare notes, land on the same page, and get
fit for what promises to be another banner year for the company.
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The great Joseph Czyzyk,
CEO & Founder of Mercury Group Los Angeles, was present during
the “Supply Chain” track at IATA World Cargo Symposium
in Los Angeles last week to deliver some words.
Jo Frigger, CEO of EMO Trans, another self-made
man who went out and built a big international logistics company from
humble beginnings off the main runways of JFK on a street called Rockaway
Boulevard, set the table for the discussion as moderator at World
Cargo Symposium, and was followed by presentations from UPS, Intel,
and Hewlett Packard. |
At
WCS in Los Angeles last week, IATA served up a ball for the air cargo
industry to chase in that widely reported, “Call for Cut in
Transit Times” ‘initiative.’
Our
thought is that using the theme of cutting transit times as an IATA
rally at their biggest annual air cargo gathering raises even bigger
questions as |
| Vol.
13 No. 25 Wednesday
March 12,
2014 |
| May Day will be significant
in German aviation as Karl Ulrich Garnadt, (right) CEO and Chairman
of Lufthansa Cargo moves to the passenger side as Member of the
Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and CEO of Lufthansa German
Airlines.
He succeeds Carsten Spohr, who will become Chairman
of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa
Group, also on May 1.
Peter Gerber (left) takes up the post of CEO and
Chairman of Lufthansa Cargo AG.
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Ray Curtis (right) gets
excited about attending air cargo industry events, but when it
comes to choices he really gets worked up about show venues that
also offer an opportunity to do some good, lasting business.
So while the big thoughts this week are being
sprung and sung in Los Angeles, Delta Cargo’s vice-president
of sales muses about the gigantic Seafood Expo North America/Seafood
Processing North America.
Scheduled for Boston Convention Center March
16-18, it is the largest seafood trade event in North America.
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Eric
Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
Robert D. Isom, Jr., COO, American Airlines
Fred Smith, FedEx CEO
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Live
From IATA World Cargo Symposium this week in Los Angeles, Oliver Evans,
Chief Officer Swiss World Cargo and Chairman of The International
Air Cargo Association (TIACA) will talk about a very special event:
Jacques Ancher (KLM), |
| Vol.
13 No. 24 Tuesday
March 11,
2014 |
| Jim Butler, the
relaxed, plain-speaking new President of American Airlines Cargo,
squares the ball up on the tee as World Cargo Symposium opens in
Los Angeles this week, declaring:
“I want everyone to know American Airlines
Cargo is committed to the industry.
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“We are extremely
upbeat about our new Boston service.
“From the moment we first announced plans
to connect Massachusetts to our global network, we received a
strong and positive response from travellers and our business
customers—not only in the U.S., but also in our home market
of the
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|
In Europe, cars more
often than not come with a standard gearbox instead of automatic.
So in the course of accelerating, one must “shift up,”
e.g. change the gears from the lowest to the highest.
If you shift up too late, your fuel consumption
goes up and your engine revs out of the optimal range, causing unnecessary
wear and tear. If, however, you shift down too late, you will not
be able to use your engine’s braking function when going downhill
or have insufficient torque when going uphill. |
Meet
Turkish Airlines Cargo’s Selcuk Gencaslan Regional Cargo Marketing
Manager the Americas and Sarper Ozpercin Regional Operations Manager
Americas as TK and the entire Turkish delegation in Los Angeles bring
news of yet another start up city in USA as Boston/Istanbul opens
May 12. |
| Vol.
13 No. 23 Monday
March 10,
2014 |
| “There’s
a new spirit of optimism and a momentum toward innovation within
the United Cargo team – and our customers are sensing this
as well,” said Robbie Anderson, President-United Cargo as
Air Cargo Symposium in Los Angeles takes off this week.
“This is an offshoot of many positive
developments in the new year and a number of enhancements that are
either in planning or in place. |
|
On April 17, 1973, fourteen French Dassault Falcon
planes took off from Memphis International Airport and delivered 186
packages to twenty-five U.S. cities along the east coast.
Those first flights not only marked the beginning
of FedEx Express, but also the start of the express industry as a
whole.
|
With the deadline
for compliance with new European security requirements looming, FlyingTypers
has teamed up with FIATA’s David Fielder, Chairman of the FIATA’s
Advisory Body on Security Matters, to help explain to forwarders exactly
what they need to understand before ACC3 enters into force on July
1. |
“Africa
is a key growth region for Emirates SkyCargo and the additional capacity
and frequency of a scheduled freighter service will create new opportunities
for businesses in Tunisia and Cote D’Ivoire,” said Nabil
Sultan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President, Cargo as scheduled
weekly (Mondays) B777F begins service |
| Vol.
13 No. 22 Wednesday
March 5,
2014 |
| |
As full year data
for 2013 is released, it is becoming ever clearer that global
air freight markets swung upwards in the final quarter. Analysts
forecast more of the same in the months ahead, although as previously
explained in FlyingTypers, expect a skewing of the figures in
January and February due to the moveable feast (more like famine
from an air cargo perspective!) that is Chinese New Year.
|
Milan Malpensa Airport
was added to the Lufthansa Cargo freighter network March 5 with twice
weekly services via MD-11 freighters and newly delivered Boeing 777Fs.
Milano now also serves as stopover for Lufthansa
Cargo flights returning to Frankfurt from Cairo. |
“Control Tower”
is something new from United Cargo that Peggy Guse, Cargo Director
of Sales Strategy, Marketing and Customer Service, says will greatly
enhance the planning and management of temperature-sensitive cargo
shipped via their TempControl service. |
Today’s
international trade demands the traded goods arrive just in time—safely,
securely, in an increasingly sustainable manner and, more than ever,
at reasonable costs.
Economic factors are not just keywords; they set
the new “norm” throughout the logistics industry.
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| Vol.
13 No. 21 Monday
March 3,
2014 |
| While most of air
cargo that attends events were networking and thinking big thoughts
at Air Cargo India in Mumbai, Fruit Logistica in Berlin was doing
business like crazy, setting records for innovation and attendance
by more than 60,000 as the top transportation and commodity event
in Europe in 2014. |
(Thailand Exclusive)—When
thinking about Thailand, most people inside and outside the industry
focus upon Bangkok—Khrung Thep, the city of Angels. Some
may even recall the Golden Triangle-cum-hill tribal area of Chiang
Mai, or the holiday destinations Pattaya or Phuket.
|
Here are two opinions
on FlyingTypers coverage this week, "Voices From UPS
Flight 1354."
Since in many ways we are a family, FlyingTypers
people follow familiar patterns, including occasionally disagreeing.
You too are invited to join us.
What do you think? |
Geoffrey,
All too often we forget the people and companies
that set the foundation for the growth and success of air cargo.
Letting the Seaboard sign fall into disrepair is
an indication of this. I, for one, will gladly send the NY Port Authority
the money to fix the sign. It is just that we all need to respect
the people and companies that have preceded us. |
| Vol.
13 No. 20 Wednesday
February 26,
2014 |
| UPS Airlines Flight
1354 was a scheduled cargo flight from Louisville International
Airport to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport.
On August 14, 2013, the aircraft flying this route—a
UPS Airlines Airbus A300-600F—crashed and burst into flames
short of the runway on approach to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth
International Airport in the US state of Alabama. |
International Women’s
Month is celebrated around the world during the month of March.
The theme for International Women’s Day
on March 8th is “Inspiring Change.” |
Qantas could slash
as many as 3,000 jobs in a plan to strip $2 billion in costs. Tomorrow
it will reveal half-year results, which could be as much as $300 million
according to statements issued by the airline last December. |
Singapore Changi Airport
has again extended a range of financial incentives as part of its
decade long drive to try and boost its cargo throughput and hold on
to its existing business. |
| Vol.
13 No. 18 BullDog Edition Tuesday
February 18,
2014 |
| The words from a
Lufthansa Cargo spokesman to FlyingTypers were terse:
“During the course of investigations by
the prosecutor’s office against, among others, an employee
of Lufthansa Cargo, various company offices were searched today
at the Frankfurt base. |
Bill Gottlieb, (left)
Honorable Member of the Board of FIATA and Thomas Sim, (right) Chairman
of the FIATA Advisory Body Vocational Training, approach 2014 with
a full agenda and some exciting news as the ICAO/FIATA Dangerous Goods
by Air Training Program has seen tremendous developments since its
inception two years ago. |
| Vol.
13 No. 16 Friday
February 14,
2014 |
| Tony Charaf is an
optimist.
When the Delta Airlines Senior Vice President and Chief
Cargo Officer speaks, it doesn’t matter what the current situation
is—you get the clear sense that he is both in the moment but
also able to look ahead, weighing options and never allowing things
to get out of hand. |
Recent announcement
that Carsten Spohr has been named as Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa
brought to mind an interview we conducted with him in Leipzig a few
years back, as the company Aerologic (the cooperation between Lufthansa
Cargo and DHL) was launched. |
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Shirley Temple, who
died Tuesday at age 85, was once a gigantic child movie star who later
became an American icon and a US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia in 1990.
In 2014 she may be best known as a favorite drink of the fast
class, who belly up for a sweet Shirley Temple, little umbrellas in
the drink and all. |
| Vol.
13 No. 15 Monday
February 10,
2014 |
| 
Takes The Cake .
. . Emirates launches daily B777-300ER services from Dubai to Taipei
Monday.
In the picture (L) Edwin Lau, Emirates Vice President Hong Kong
& Taiwan; Barry Brown, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President,
Commercial Operations East; His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed
Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline &
Group; Nabil Sultan, Emirates' Divisional Senior Vice President,
Cargo and Mr Yin Chen-Pong, Chairman of Taipei Taoyuan Airport Authority. |
The 2014 edition of
Air Cargo India last week in Mumbai may be recalled as the event where
the Air Cargo Agents Association (ACAAI)—the body representing
the air cargo agents in the country—stood its ground. ACAAI
did not back down and actually took off the gloves, engaging in a
verbal fist fight with IATA and some others, including TIACA and even
a well-known industry icon.
“Freight Forwarder Perspective In Indian Scenario”
only lasted one hour and forty five minutes, presented just before
lunch last Wednesday, February 5. |
“A welcome
addition to our freight capacity between Ireland and Boston,”
said Peter O’Neill, Director of Cargo, as Aer Lingus launched
its inaugural Boeing B757 service from Shannon to Boston.
|
Dear Geoffrey,
Just wanted to comment on Air
Cargo News/FlyingTypers.
I have been reading
your media throughout the years with always great interest. |
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A $400USD camera with the ability to take fisheye,
wide angle images and video makes this view fun and fantastic. |
| Vol.
13 No. 14 Friday
February 7,
2014 |
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The mannered manager
of the English band whose name few had previously heard had a message
for all those present in the conference room at JFK's International
Arrivals Building (IAB, now Terminal 4). Speaking to mostly seasoned
representatives of Pan American Airways, the Port Authority, and the
New York Police Department, Brian Epstein could not have found an
audience less likely to believe that they were weeks from experiencing
a crowd unlike anything they had seen before. |
| Vol.
13 No. 13 Wednesday
February 5,
2014 |
| |
 wherever
you are, as Chinese Lunar New Year, the “Year of the Horse”
begins in China and is celebrated around the world.
As you read this, many in Taiwan and Hong Kong have
reopened for work, but the “big soup dumpling” of Mainland
China remains almost entirely on holiday until next week. |
India’s
only air cargo show -- Air Cargo India 2014 – took off on its
fifth foray yesterday (February 4, 2014) at the country’s commercial
capital of Mumbai.
The event opened amidst a lot of expectations and
hopes for a resurgent air cargo industry driven by an active India
market after a Luke warm 2013.
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| Vol.
13 No. 12 Monday
February 3,
2014 |
A bag checked by
a passenger booked on Bangkok Airways flight PG931 bound for Phnom
Penh, Cambodia on Tuesday, January 28th caught fire while being
placed on a conveyor belt by a baggage handler.
The preliminary result of the investigation carried
out by the Thai CAA, the airport authority of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi
International airport and
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We joined Dr. Andreas
Otto, member of the Executive Board at Lufthansa Cargo, for his annual
“Meet The Trends” event in Frankfurt on January 30, just
after he had hosted a two-day customer conference.
The events were held at The Aircraft at Burghof,
featuring a lively, stylized aircraft interior, that we imagined could
also serve as a unique and uplifting venue for a wedding or all-night
dance party. |
| Vol.
13 No. 11 Friday
January 31,
2014 |
| I’m sitting
at a bar in the basement of the Central Terminal Building (CTB)
at LaGuardia Airport, in a space that used to be home to Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Bank, reminiscing on a time that I thought would never
go away.
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What
happened to Tim Peirce?
They took my friend’s airport
away. It was a place where he grew up and then managed for 23 years,
and that broke his heart, and he died.
It's been 14 years, and it's taken me
this long to finally share these words. |
| Vol.
13 No. 10 Wednesday
January 29,
2014 |
| |
A recent joint press
release by the industry triumvirate—TIACA/IATA/FIATA (no mention
of GACAG), plus ICAO—reported that after “a two-year research
project… the so called ‘higher-skills’, which include
leadership, team-building as well as market and financial analysis
techniques…” concluded that the “availability of
air cargo-focused programs that teach these higher-level skills is
limited.” |
| Vol.
13 No. 9 Monday
January 27,
2014 |
| There
are a number of well-known industry events that we have on our personal
radar—even if we choose not to attend—for which we receive
in-depth media coverage in all industry publications, such as the
IATA World Cargo Symposium, Air Cargo Americas, and Air Cargo Europe
every other year at Transport Logistik. |
“Take two aspirin and call me in
the morning,” the doctor used to say back in simpler times.
Here, SkyKing talks of freighters and the lingering impact of lift
as the industry struggles to work itself back into profits in 2014.
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| Vol.
13 No. 8 Wednesday
January 22,
2014 |
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Sometimes
it’s tough to figure out how some people build success.
But not with Joachim “Jo” Frigger.
This transportation executive has been building
a company called EMO Trans for most of his adult life and has successfully
moved up in the transportation arts from apprentice to grand master.
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| Vol.
13 No. 7 Monday
January 20,
2014 |
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Air
transport had to wait for decades before it could prove that the
carriage of heavy, bulky freight was a natural for the airplane.
A
few short years later, America’s commercial airlines, hand
in hand with the Air Force, kept a blockaded Berlin alive with a
duplicated mass airlift of dazzling performance
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| Vol.
13 No. 6 FRIday
January 17,
2014 |
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Somehow,
Hiran Perera has kept his youthful good looks and easygoing manner,
even managing to appear amused and not overwhelmed at the increased
attention he has received lately as Emirates SkyCargo Vice President
Cargo, Freighters.
Maybe it’s the experience gained after nearly
20 years aboard Emirates SkyCargo.
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“Good
question, but our answer may be even better!
“Saudia Cargo customers will benefit as the airline
further grows our passenger network with new B777-300 aircraft and
opens new routes to Los Angeles and Manchester.
“United Cargo is a company to watch in 2014 because we’ve
worked through the transformation of the past few years and we’re
now executing a stable, consistent process and technology.
 “Right
now as 2014 begins, we also launch a big year for the new American
Airlines Cargo.
“In December we began our journey to become the world’s
largest airline, allowing us to offer our customers an even larger
global network and even more capacity.
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| Vol.
13 No. 5 Wednesday
January 15,
2014 |
|
 Ask
Jim Butler, President of American Airlines Cargo, what the customer
can expect from the newly formed biggest airline in the world and
the freshman manager handles that question with the determination
and ease of a seasoned veteran:
“It’s an exciting time for our customers.
“In December, we officially closed our merger
with US Airways and began our journey toward building the world’s
largest airline.
|
“Substantially
increased capacity with new freighters and wide body capacity added
to our network.
“New destinations to be announced, with service from
a new Cargo Terminal in operation to further improve quality of
the hub in Doha.
“TIACA is a great institution that brings
together and binds the widest spread of companies in the industry
(large and small, every stakeholder group, from all over the world)
to drive the industry agenda and create great networking events.
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| Vol.
13 No. 4 Monday
January 13,
2014 |
|
On
January 10, Switzerland’s Competition Commission (Comco)
fined 11 airlines 11 million Swiss francs ($12 million USD)
for operating an air freight cartel between 2000 and 2005.
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After
a tough first three quarters, inventory renewals in Europe and
the U.S.—allied to a return to a traditional peak-season
spike in demand—saw Asia’s air freight sector finish
the year strongly and with ample cause to expect a more prosperous
2014, albeit one marked by small gains rather than a return
to the good times of yore. |
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| Vol.
13 No. 3 Friday
January 10,
2014 |
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It will be a year of discovery; new board members,
a great world meeting, plus an unparalleled push into new frontiers
for The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)
and Chairman Oliver Evans hits the ground running.
Evans, if nothing else, seems determined, even fearless
as he and his team at TIACA are reforming TIACA forever. |
| Vol.
13 No. 2 Wednesday
January 8,
2014 |
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"I
believe United Cargo customers will experience a more creative and
collaborative partner in 2014,” said Robbie Anderson, President
for United Cargo, in a year opening interview exclusively for FlyingTypers.
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The
rapid U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in 2012 and now Afghanistan has left
many of the airlines that have been serving the DoD almost exclusively
since 1991 fighting for their very survival. We all know that the
one of the largest and longest serving core carriers in the CRAF program,
Evergreen, went belly up last month and ceased operation, grounding
their fleet of 13 Boeing 747 aircraft. We believe others will join
them in the near future. The most likely candidate to join Evergreen
in the desert parking lot will be World Airways. Having filed for
bankruptcy protection last month for the second time in less than
12 months doesn’t instill a lot of confidence they can survive.
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| Vol.
13 No. 1 Monday
January 6,
2014 |
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In
my preceding article entitled The Founding Forties, I devoted the
space to a streamlined overview of the earliest forces that wove the
fabric of a brand new industry—air cargo.
Hard on its heels is this piece, the first in a
series of articles that will encompass the pre-jet era dating from
the budding industry’s beginnings in 1945 to the ensuing decade-and-a-half. |
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