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| Vol. 20 No. 31 | Wednesday
August 11,
2021 |
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Pumping
Traffic for August 11, 2021 |
 TIACA
Executive Summit scheduled for November
8-10 in San Francisco
is postponed and will take place on March 22-25, same location. Check for
further developments here
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Atlas Can’t
Lift This?—Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings
held an earnings call last Thursday but before that happened Robert
Kirchner, trustee for the International
Aviation Professionals (IAP), Teamsters Local 2750, sent
out a call to arms over deeply-held beliefs amongst many Atlas pilots that
company leadership “is creating an uncertain future built on half-truths,
misinformation and a lack of transparency. Why is Atlas unable to hire new
pilots to fill all the training spots?” said Kirchner. "How will
Atlas move the cargo of an expanding customer base with such a serious pilot
shortage? How can Atlas' out-of-date pilot contract attract the pilots needed
to grow Atlas if airlines with much better contracts are having trouble
recruiting? Atlas is bleeding pilots, threatening its ability to deliver
products for its customers,” he declared
. . .
Look out for Number One. Turkish
Air Cargo’s big bold splash in everyone’s media
recently over some IATA figures
that in June the airline landed in third
place amongst world airlines in FTKs
is certainly something to crow about. Turkish
CEO M. Ilker Ayc¦ said: “We are proud of Turkish Cargo
and its rapid flight to its goals”. Was this a solid landing or a
flash in the pan? Turkish seems to have had many more planes in the air
sooner than others, as recovery from COVID continues. In Europe,
as example, only Ryanair has
more flights. Long- term watch managing that jump from sixth place in FTKs
to number three worldwide. For his part, Ayci has no doubt: ”I believe
that Turkish Cargo will carry our flag to the top,” he assures
. . .
Busiest European
airports in July were Amsterdam,
off 17% as compared to 2019; IGA Istanbul
Airport, -27%; Paris/Charles-De-Gaulle,
-42%; Frankfurt, -45 % as
compared to pre-pandemic .
. . Envirotainer
Releye RLP (see item above) now aboard Swiss
Airlines Cargo. The ”new” container offering
claims reduced CO2 emissions and improved environmental performance and
less weight via a lightweight material design
. . .
Looks like that CNS Partnership
Conference scheduled for Miami
at The Marriott Turnberry
on August 29 -31
is still a go, despite mounting concerns over the uptick of COVID-19 cases
in Florida. We are told that about 40%
of regular attendance should be the number of participants that by our reckoning
means less that 400  people.
FlyingTypers also learned
that some carriers will be manning chalets to meet customers but is thought
that local staff will be in attendance. We hear that Air
Canada’s Jason Berry and United’s
Jan Krems are scheduled to be panel guests, but whether
that will be in person or virtual is not known at this time. More CNS Partnership,
to sign up or for the info line up at www.cnsc.net
. . .
Virgin Atlantic Cargo
and Delta Cargo have renewed
their cargo handling contract with dnata
at seven UK hubs for another five years. The contract covers ground handing
and export services from the airlines’ joint London
Heathrow hub and Manchester
Airport as well as regional cargo gateways London
Gatwick, Aberdeen,
Birmingham, Edinburgh
and Newcastle. In a joint
statement the airline partners said, “The airlines’ cargo operational
and customer teams have so far benefited from working under one roof, sharing
ways of working which has supported significant growth for the cargo sectors
of the two carriers in the last year.” .
. . Avianca
Holdings has appointed Gabriel
Oliva as executive vice president and head of its cargo
unit. Oliva previously served as senior vice president for North America,
Europe and Asia Pacific for Latam Cargo.
He will take up the role on August 18, and will also oversee Deprisa
– Avianca’s last mile delivery business – alongside Susana
Argueta, and will hold a
seat on the management team . . . New direct data connection between Wise
Tech’s CargoWise
platform and Qatar Airways Cargo,
reports Guillaume Halleaux
QR Chief Officer Cargo, “will
eliminate multiple intermediary data exchange points between freight forwarders
and airline operating systems. “It will also support growth by removing
technical risk and reducing costs. This initial step delivers a strong foundation
for on-going product and technical connectivity between Qatar Airways Cargo
and our substantial pool of customers,” Guillaume declared . . . |
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