Vol.
23 No. 31 Monday
July 15,
2024 |
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Chuckles
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Schiphol
Airport—If You Cannot Be The Biggest . . .Why Not The Best?
For many of our readers, infrastructure
in transport and logistics falls among their own list of thought-provoking
items. From my personal point of view, it is an increasingly important
policy choice, in particular at this point in time, when a lot of
the historical infrastructure in the USA and Europe needs updating
if not an entire makeover, whilst other countries, e.g. China and
India seem to make infrastructure central in their political choices.
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Schiphol
Air Cargo Padel—Are You Having Any Fun?
Usually the United Airlines
Cargo Vice President & EMEIA Managing Director Jacques Leijssenaar
is very busy being responsible for all aspects of United Cargo's operations
. . . But here he is front and center with Jan Krems to his right
(partially obscured) at Schiphol Air Cargo Padel 2024, a June 13 event
held just off the main runways that drew 64 teams that was the largest
corporate Padel event to date, featuring thrilling, high-quality matches.
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Vol.
23 No. 30 Tuesday
July 2,
2024 |
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Chuckles
for July 2, 2024 |
ITA
Airways Made In Italy O'Hare Launch
ITA Airways launched a nonstop
connection via a cargo and passenger friendly Airbus A330 neo along
a ribbon-of an aerial highway between Chicago O'Hare International
Airport and Rome Fiumicino.
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Air
India, SpriceJet, Quikjet—A Unified Indian Effort
As India inches closer to the
ambitious target of 10MMT of air cargo handled per year by 2030, one
question that is being asked is: Why are there so few freighter operators
from India? One of the major reasons is the high belly capacity available
in India. Around 80 percent of cargo traffic is carried on passenger
aircraft. Today, Blue Dart apart, there are only a handful of freighter
operators like Quikjet, SpiceExpress (of SpiceJet) and CarGo (of IndiGo).
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Dog
Days Of Summer 2024
When Sirius would appear in
the sky just before the sun, in July, that marked the beginning of
the very hottest days of the year.
The Romans referred to this period as "dies caniculares"
or "days of the dog star," which was eventually translated
as just "dog days."
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Vol.
23 No. 28 Thursday
June 13,
2024 |
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Ingo
Zimmer Celebrates 35 Years
Ingo Zimmer, CEO ATC Aviation Services
AG Celebrates 35 Years in 2024.
ATC has
grown into the position it enjoys today as most admired GSSA provider
in the world, as CEO Ingo Zimmer celebrates 35 years in 2024 since
joining ATC and revolutionizing GSSA for air cargo in 1989.
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Super
Summer On The Wild Side
Good friends remind you what
matters in life.
I'm looking at
this picture and to paraphrase a tag line that once used to described
the flight experience aboard Air Jamaica:
"It
makes you feel good all over!"
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Peter
Sedgley One Of A Kind
Peter Sedgley died Saturday
June 8th at 78.
A long-time airline
cargo professional, present at the creation of Emirates SkyCargo,
Peter retired in 2010 and spent his days post-retirement in Penang,
Malaysia with his wife Stella.
His
friend and co-founder of SkyCargo Ram Menen writes:
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Vol.
23 No. 27 Friday
June 7,
2024 |
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Air
Cargo Took Off Over The Himalayas
If you want to know exactly
when the defining time occurred for air cargo in the 20th century,
and what led to its development, just cast a line back eighty-two
years ago and you will discover that modern air cargo was born in
India and China.
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A
Normandie Day Like None Other
Here we are, Sabiha and I visiting
at a limited family gathering with cousins who live in Normandie,
France.
Normandie spelled the way
it is addressed in France, seems right on June 6, as we recall the
place where everything was on the line 80 years ago.
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Vol.
23 No. 26 Tuesday
June 4,
2024 |
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The
State Of Global Air Cargo
CONFETRA in Rome sent me an
interesting report on the state of air cargo in Italy. For me this
was a great opportunity to read some comforting numbers from my home
country, albeit with some alarming signs. This gave me reason to take
contact with some of our friends around the world to understand difference
and similarities, through a series of short statements regarding the
state of air cargo in their respective areas.
Let
me start, considering his position at the helm of TIACA, with Glyn
Hughes. Regarding the current industry performance Glyn said that
“we have now experienced five consecutive months of double
digit year over performance increase in demand. Some of this is attributed
to easing global economic . . .
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Chuckles
For June 4, 2024
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Vol.
23 No. 25 Tuesday
May 28,
2024 |
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Raising
Hong Kong Not Just WCS
International Air Transport
Association (IATA)'s big cargo meeting in March set attendance records
not seen at that organization since its founding in 1945.
With all the excitement of the WCS fading into the rearview
mirror it seems timely to provide an update from Hong Kong from our
friend and colleague Bob Rogers who also happens to be the top shaker
and mover at ULD CARE.
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Chuckles
For May 28, 2024
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India
Garment Exporters New Normal
Indian Exporters— especially
those in readymade garments – were looking forward to this summer.
But, like the rising summer heat, the air cargo market has seen a
steady rise. The India-Europe air cargo rates, according to freight
forwarders, are “going through the roof”.
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Indian
Widebody Freighter Shortage
The Indian government’s
ambitious drive to boost air cargo to 10 million metric tonnes by
2030 looks good on paper. But will it be possible to achieve that
goal without widebody freighters? That is the question that is being
asked by air cargo stakeholders.
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Memorial
Day 1940
The barbeque was served family
style on plates by the side of the road.
Beef
ribs were almost too big to believe, and bread this size was a wonder.
Later we fished in a stream that was
so clear that you could see right down to the bottom as the fish winked
and laughed at us.
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Vol.
23 No. 24 Tuesday
May 14,
2024 |
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Where
Are They Now?
Pictured on November 15, 2013,
almost 11 years ago at Emirates SkyCargo at JFK, is newly named Nabil
Sultan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President Cargo. Others in
the picture included L to R—Bruce White, Reservations Mgr.;
Edward O'Neill, Cargo Operations Mgr. USA; Brendan Furlong, Cargo
Business Development Mgr. USA; Mr. Sultan, Edward Chism, Cargo Manager
USA and Hiran Perera, Senior Vice President Freighters.
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Chuckles
For May 14, 2024
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Vol.
23 No. 23 Thursday
May 9,
2024 |
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Bob
Arens Is Fondly Recalled
We bid a fond farewell to this
kind gentleman with the wonderful face, Robert Nicholas Arens, who
died Monday, May 6, 2024 at age 82.
We
knew Bob for a number of years as a force for good and a genuine nice
guy when he worked for Icelandair’s Al Shea at JFK.
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Vol.
23 No. 22 Monday
May 6,
2024 |
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Chuckles
for May 6, 2024
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LAACA
Proud Bird Moves Its Tail
Los Angeles Air Cargo Association
(LAACA) Air Cargo Day at the Proud Bird Grand Ballroom just off the
main runways takes off Thursday May 9.
Doors
open at 1100.
The air cargo event
of the year at LAX goes until 15:00 and is free!
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Remembering
Bruce McCaffrey
“The air cargo price fixing saga
of 2005 was a-gas. A mellifluous malodorous episode in the history
of air cargo.”
Bruce McCaffrey
A story without a happy ending is recalled in 2024 as we mark ten
years since Bruce McCaffrey died February 25, 2014 at age 71 in Bradenton,
Florida, from complications of renal failure.
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