German Police Nab Deutsche Post's Zumwinkel
     It wasn’t a DHL delivery of flowers and candy when his doorbell rang today, but German Police, at the gates of Deutsche Post World Net AG CEO Klaus Zumwinkel's office and home.
     Mr. Zumwinkel was taken into custody reportedly for tax fraud involving accounts in Liechtenstein, Air Cargo News FlyingTypers learned.
     DP, the parent company of DHL has declined comment so far, as have German Police.

 
 

Outlook 2008—A three-part series
Editor’s Note: The following roundup of stories is comprised of some highlights that made headlines in Air Cargo News/FlyingTypers during 2007, and some idea of what lies ahead for air cargo in 2008.
We also asked for feedback from sources looking forward and back and wrote a few stories on the responses from individual companies and organizations.
The way we figure it, some industry issues are indivisible meaning that although situations and individuals are unique, the quest for knowledge begins with knowing as much as possible about what is going on around us.
We are writers and reporters with shorter emphasis on sales and marketing ourselves, than reporting the news.
Usually when the email arrives or the phone call is blinking from Air Cargo News/FlyingTypers it is a news hound making contact.
So answer your phones and emails from us especially if your story needs to be told.
The year is brand new and the story is just unfolding.
Best of luck in 2008 and thanks for helping us share these words.
Geoffrey
PART I— Click Here

PART II—Click Here

PART III—Click Here
IATA Resolution Worth Keeping
   Everybody in the air cargo business wants to go someplace where they can network with the right people and maybe even learn something.
   A trade show where the size of your booth doesn’t matter and you can measure results not by the amount of finger sandwiches the exhibit floor cruisers consume, but solid knowledge gained by rubbing elbows with the top industry executives and air cargo thinkers, not to mention a couple of long term shipping contracts gained by some meaningful face to face almost anywhere at the trade show venue. More Click Here

Close Call In Karachi

   The terrible news out of Pakistan, Thursday brings to our concern instantly people we met on a trip we took visiting family in Karachi in 2005.
   Within the circle are teachers, doctors, scientists, lawyers, students and housewives.
   They are a wonderful, hard-working family, living their lives through a tough situation, always with dignity and hope.
   We were thinking yesterday of Dr. Imtiaz Khan.
   Dr. Khan walks the tough, hardscrabble streets of Karachi everyday, making his way through neighborhoods that would make the South Bronx look like a summer day in Central Park.
   Dr. Khan foregoes the danger for the sake of a small clinic, where he administers help to the poor.
   On occasion he has even become benefactor to those he has attended.
   Recently, while administering medicines, he was mugged for his cell phone. More Click Here
Courage Overcomes
A Determined Hill
   Think you have problems?
   Peter Hill, CEO Sri Lankan Airlines is spending this holiday season as an airline boss in exile when Government of Sri Lanka cancelled his work/residence visa.
   The beef against Mr. Hill appears to be some trumped up charges of failing to accommodate the President of the country and his entourage (35 in total) on a fully booked SriLankan line flight from LHR to CMB. More Click Here
    

EU Price Fix Next Step
The European Commission said Friday, December 21, it had sent “Statements of Objections” to “alleged participants” in ongoing global air cargo price fixing investigations, but didn’t say what companies it had contacted.
     A Statement of Objections is a formal step in Commission antitrust investigations, which basically establishes charges.
SAS Group has confirmed it is being investigated for anti-competitive practices by the EU Commission.
     The Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice were both looking into SAS Cargo, . . . More Click Here
China Rolls Out Flying Phoenix
   On the evening of December 21, while the whole wide world was fast asleep China’s first home-grown regional jet, ARJ21 rolled off the production line at the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. More Click Here
Bankers Handicap
Air Cargo 2008
   The airfreight market will continue to be one of the global growth sectors over the next few years, according to a study released December 12, by analysts at Hamburg, Germany-based HSH Nordbank AG.
  The following is an edited version of the bank’s study. More Click Here


FRA Lifts Night Ban
 Lufthansa Cargo is lifting all over the place including an investment ban imposed in March 2007 at its home base Frankfurt/Main.
     That’s great news for shippers because the carrier says it will get to work making much needed improvement in its major air cargo hub at Fraport that opened in 1982. More Click Here
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