 UPS
Store Launches India
Cashing in on the boom in the Indian economy is international
logistics major, UPS.
Its subsidiary, Mail Boxes Etc. Inc. (MBE), has named Jetair Business
Solutions Pvt Ltd., the exclusive Master Licensee to sell franchised locations
of the UPS Store within India.
In the first phase close to 150 franchisee stores will be opened over
a period of three to five years and the aim is to increase it to 5,000
stores across India over a 10-year period.
An initial flagship store is scheduled to open this year at Mumbai.
The UPS Store will be India’s first full-service network of retail
outlets that combines packaging, shipping and other business products
with Jet Airways ticketing services.
The retail network will primarily serve small and medium size business,
mobile workers, and private consumers.
The main reason for UPS to enter this business is because of the service-based
nature of the Indian economy.
The types of services available at UPS Store are required more often than
not in the Indian market. According to Ken Torok, president, UPS Asia
Pacific Region:
"The economic climate of India has created strong demand for convenient
business services to move product and synchronize global commerce.” |
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fireworks set to spark over increased pressure from international carriers
to establish more air links to and from Australia.
These routes especially to the USA for years have virtually given government
carrier Qantas a license to print its own money.
But all of that will change if the Australian Federal Government deregulates
aviation and allows Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Virgin Blue more
of the market.
The dereg plan that goes to the full Australian cabinet this December,
would for example grant Singapore Airlines the ability to fly Qantas's
lucrative Sydney-Los Angeles route, and open up the Sydney-Perth route
to more foreign airlines.
Qantas's chief executive Geoff Dixon is apoplectic at that possibility
claiming that further deregulation of the industry will cost Qantas jobs
and unprofitable routes and move much of the airline's operations overseas.
Other carriers say opening up the market will mean lower air fares.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline said that it costs economy passengers 45
percent more a kilometer to fly from Sydney to Los Angeles than from Sydney
to London, a route on which about 30 airlines compete.
Emirates wants to double its flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Perth.
"When Qantas argues against competition from Emirates, they are arguing
for higher prices," Emirates President, Maurice Flanagan said.
"It is time they were challenged on this."
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KLM Cargo B747F now flies
four times weekly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen
International Airport (SAW) enroute to Hong
Kong.
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is named after the first
female combat pilot of the Turkish Republic, Sabiha Gökçen
and is located at Pendik-Kurtköy
on the Anatolian side of Istanbul.
Sabiha International has room to grow situated about 40 km. from the city
center, with easy access to main highways of Istanbul and to the main
industrial centers of the Marmara region.
With an annual capacity of 3 million passengers via a single floor terminal,
Sabiha International that had served ad-hoc charters and some Turkish
Airlines flights to Ankara
on a relief basis, is now getting increasing interest on world cargo and
passenger routes.
More Info: Sabiha Gökçen Havaalan?, Pendik – Kurtköy
Tel: (216) 585 50 00/Fax: (216) 585 51 14.
Chapman Freeborn Charter appointed Michael Roth as Director of Asian
Operations.
Roth has worked with Chapman Freeborn since 1998 having previously
run offices in Stockholm and Dubai.
Chapman’s interest in India, according to Michael Roth, stems
"basically because of the huge development in extra capacity."
He estimates that the increase in volumes could range up to 3,500
tons per month from India.
Roth, who has worked in aviation for many years, starting with freight
forwarding at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, has a clear target to
achieve. Presently based in Dubai, he was in Delhi recently, to
look for charter opportunities, “where scheduled air carriers
are not offering solutions.”
(TG)
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  Cargo
2000 adds visibility in Scandinavia following Cargo Center Sweden's (CCS)
decision to join the group as an Industry Associate member.
Cargo Center Sweden operates a multi-tenant cargo terminal at Stockholm's
Arlanda Airport.
Lars Keding, Managing Director of Cargo Center Sweden, said:
"The goals of Cargo 2000 mirror our own earlier commitments to establish
seamless processes and communications related to cargo flows from the
point of manufacture all the way to the end user. We welcome the opportunity
to align our systems to the industry standards being developed and adopted,
as well as the quality measurement tools that will demonstrate not only
our strengths but also any weaknesses to remedy.”
www.cargocenter.se/
 The
new Beaujolais Primeur part of more than 400 tons of the new wine
was shipped from Frankfurt and Cologne to Japan aboard Lufthansa Charter
The number represents a 25 percent increase in demand year-on-year
and underlines a trend that has been continuing for several years
now to utilize air speed and smart logistics every step of the way
to deliver this splendid, youthful wine
Due to strict EU regulations governing the export of Beaujolais Nouveau,
the wine has to be shipped within a very tight time frame. Once the
wine has been produced, only a few days remain to transport it to
its worldwide destinations.
Before arriving in Osaka, the bottled wine is palletized in Lyon and
transported by truck to Germany where two B747 freighters, each carrying
100 tons of Beaujolais, will depart from Cologne for Osaka.
Two MD 11 freighters will follow from Frankfurt.
The rating given to the wine by connoisseurs is being awaited with
great excitement.
This year’s ideal growing conditions – long dry spells
and plenty of sun – have enabled the grapes to ripen optimally
and be harvested under the best possible weather conditions.
Ein Prosit! and Kampai! We say… |
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