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Thursday September 25, 2014

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Air Cargo News For September 25, 2014
Air Cargo News For September 25, 2014

 

Apple Success Lifts Cargo

     Is Apple block booking air freight capacity ex-Asia to hinder rivals?
New electronics launches are giving the air freight industry a welcome seasonal bump out of key manufacturing centers in Asia.
     The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus only hit the U.S., UK, France, Singapore, Canada, Puerto Rico, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, and Germany retail stores last Friday, but Apple claims it has already sold over 10 million of the devices. Waiting times for some models are already up to four weeks. With the iPhone 6 range due to be launched in a further 20 territories through this week, Apple’s latest launch is forecast to boost air freight demand well into Q4.
     Further good news could come from Samsung, Apple’s main rival in the larger phone market.
Electronic sector analysts are now predicting the success of the iPhone 6 models will prompt an early launch of the Korean firm’s Galaxy Note 4.
     “Whenever these very successful companies launch a new model of handheld devices, if it is successful then obviously it can help increase airfreight. We are seeing good demand into various markets,” said James Woodrow, (right) director cargo, Cathay Pacific.
Christoph Bannermann      Christoph Bannermann, (left) team leader, Sales Steering & Marketing for the Asia Pacific area at Lufthansa Cargo, said the carrier was expecting a boost from electronic devices sales ex-China in the coming weeks.
     “Since we cannot always see the transport items of our customers, it’s difficult to specify the exact times or flights,” he added. “Electronic devices are distributed to all major Chinese airports through feeding services, so we also expect uplifts from other markets.
     “In general, the demand outlook and pre-bookings ex-China for the next weeks are already quite strong and we expect this to continue until end of November/early December.”
     A source close to another prominent European airline said most of the iPhones were being produced in Zhengzhou, home to a mammoth assembly plant run by Foxconn, which produces electronic devices for multiple designers, including Apple. He said there had been strong uplift demand from Zhengzhou and an increase in the expedited shipment of launch accessories, which were being produced in the Pearl River Delta region of China as well as other areas.
Cathy Roberson      “As always with a launch, it takes capacity out of the market and so whilst we don’t operate directly from Zhengzhou, we do feel the benefit in the other stations,” he added.
     Cathy Roberson, the U.S.-based senior analyst at UK consultancy Transport Intelligence, predicted strong demand throughout the holiday period. “There is a lot of activity with the new iPhone,” she added. “It seems they’ve returned to what Steve Jobs did back in the late 1990s and booked all available air cargo capacity out of Asia so as to block competition. However, the competition—Samsung—seems to have caught wind and decided to announce its latest toys in October.
     “As a result, air freight should be good this month and next.”
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Marilyn Rix

     “A vital element in United Cargo's new customer approach is to be easier to do business with," said Marilyn Rix, United Cargo sales manager, UK and Ireland.
     “That perfectly describes the reason we made this move.” United Cargo recently relocated to an upgraded, more convenient location at London Heathrow.
     United Cargo has relocated its cargo operations at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Swissport.
     “The new location provides quicker access for customers tendering and terminating shipments, and enhanced features at the new facility will improve the timeliness and quality of United's service to its cargo customers at LHR,” Marilyn Rix said
     “We value our customers' time as well as their business,” she added.
     “We were very concerned about the traffic delays customers experienced when picking up and dropping off at our former facility, so we're pleased to be in a much more convenient location. The equipment upgrades and process improvements we are implementing will shorten our customers' screening and door wait times as well.”
     Marilyn Rix knows her stuff; she started in the airline business working at BOAC in 1967.
     Marilyn left BOAC to start a family. She worked part time for Baker Britt and Abco while also raising her children.
     She joined Pan Am Clipper Cargo in 1980, where she worked through Import and Exports.
     When United Airlines bought the London routes from Pan Am in 1991 she transferred to the Passenger side.
     In 1999 Marilyn returned to cargo as a Sales Executive and in 2005 she became Cargo Sales Manager for UK and Ireland.
     In 2007 her role expanded, taking on responsibility for the Nordics, Switzerland and Spain.
     Marilyn enjoys walking, Pilates, traveling, and spending as much time as possible with her husband, four children, and five grandchildren . . . and being able to now tell her friends and colleagues all about the “new” United Cargo!
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     In a related development, United Cargo now has added three new tracking and monitoring devices to its entire mainline jet fleet of more than 700 aircraft, bringing the number of cargo tracking and monitoring devices accepted by the carrier to 13.
     The new models accepted by United Cargo are the OnAsset SENTRY 500 FlightSafe®, the Sendum Wireless PT300, and the Sendum Wireless PT300D.
     Jim Bellinder, vice president, United Cargo Sales, said, "We can now offer our customers more options for enhancing the quantity and timeliness of the shipment data they receive.
     “Customers who include one of these devices in their shipment should notify United Cargo at the time of booking and enter the manufacturer and device name in the Handling Information section of the shipment's air waybill,” Mr. Bellinder added.
More: www.unitedcargo.com
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Chuckles For September 25, 2014

Saudia & Easy ECS

   Saudia Cargo has appointed ECS Globe Air Cargo India Pvt. Ltd as its sole General Sales and Services Agent in India, effective September 16, 2014.
Keku Gazdar   “We are pleased that ECS Globe Air Cargo has been appointed as our Exclusive General Sales and Services Agent (EGSSA) in India,” said Keku Gazder, Regional Director of Indian Sub-Continent for Saudia Cargo.
   “I am confident that together with their efforts, our clients in India will benefit from this exclusive partnership.”
   Saudia Cargo operates 15 freighters and sells the belly-capacity on 145 passenger aircraft of Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier Saudia in its 225 global network destinations.
   In addition to its scheduled freighter services, the cargo airline also provides worldwide charter flight solutions.

Quote Of The Week

American Airlines in Miami

Emilio T. GonzalezOpen quote graphicAmerican Airlines is without a doubt one of the community partners that has had the greatest impact on our local economy.
     AA is responsible for nearly 70 percent of the flights at our top economic engine, a vast route network drawing leisure and business travelers to our region from around the globe, and more than 11,000 employees in its Miami hub operations—they have truly helped build Miami into a world-class city like none other.
     On behalf of the residents of Miami-Dade County, it’s my pleasure to congratulate our partners at American on the 25th anniversary of their close quote graphicMiami hub.
     Thank you for your unwavering commitment to our community.

 

Nils Haupt

Geoffrey Arend, Sabiha Arend, Nils Haupt     Tuesday evening September 16, the classic Manhattan townhouse that now serves as home to the Austrian Consulate in America was filled with well-wishers—including all the big names in the USA travel press—as Nils Haupt, long-serving head of corporate communications at Lufthansa Cargo, ended a short two-year stint on the passenger side of the corporation, performing PR duties in America. Taking a few brief minutes to raise his glass and say thanks and goodbye, he now prepares to depart these shores and the airline business as well, moving back to Germany to take up the reigns as head of PR at ocean shipping line Hapag Lloyd.
     From the look and feel of his audience one would have though Herr Haupt had served here for several decades. Genuine warmth and good feeling filled the formal room, which housed beautiful art and a handsome fireplace that seemed ready to spark itself the instant the temperature dropped outside.

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     If Nils Haupt is moving from an airline business in Europe that looks like a perpetual emergency room, with several legacy carriers either in deep financial lockjaw or owned by Etihad, then his duties in Hamburg can be likened to working at a company locked in the ICU. According to recent figures Hapag is losing lots of money due to falling rates, despite its growing business volumes.
     The Hamburg-based carrier reported a first-half 2014 loss of €173.3 million, €100 million more than its loss in the first half of 2013. Much of the loss was due to a drop in its average container rate, which declined from $1,522 per 20-foot container in the first half of 2013 to $1,424 per TEU in the first half of 2014. But none of that seemed to matter as this evening was for Nils.
     “What a wonderful man,” said Lufthansa Manager Corporate Communications USA, Christina Semmel, Nils’ colleague and member of the USA Lufthansa team, who spoke for many in the room.
     “Nils will be missed for his common decency and his easy going but thoroughly professional way of doing business here.”
     Nils recalled his days in air cargo, singling out legendary Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 fleet Captain Fokko Doyen for his great humanitarian effort to carry airborne relief into Nairobi.
     The event was later covered in the press and has since become a major charitable effort for Lufthansa Cargo, which continues today.
     “I have many wonderful memories of my time at Lufthansa and shall always treasure this period of my life, both here and in Germany,” Nils said.
     “But the offer from Hapag is a great opportunity to be part of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I look forward to the challenges of my new assignment.”
Geoffrey/Sabiha

 

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