Claim USA Air Cargo Security Gap
Just as the USA Transportation Security Administration (TSA) unveiled new cargo regulations, critics of the current security environment were also out in force:
     "It's the fox guarding the henhouse in many cases," William McReynolds, Airline Pilots Association said speaking of air cargo security to Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) News. More Click Here

UK Air Cargo Security Humdinger
In UK, website 24dash.com reports that major security flaws n the air cargo industry have been revealed by an investigation on BBC . . . More Click Here.
DHL/Polar Will Impact Asia Rates
San Francisco – Now that DHL will be guaranteed freight capacity on Polar cargo aircraft for the next two decades, U.S. West Coast shippers are anticipating a softening of freight rates soon.
“When you have more players operating in any trade lane . . . More Click Here.

Silver Ghost
At Frankfurt
A DOX 24 one of more than 200 built between 1931 and the mid 1940’s stopped at Frankfurt to recall the landing of the famous 12-engine Dornier DOX on October 04, 1932 on the nearby Main River. More Click Here.

Tesis Lands At LEJ
In the picture is Leipzig Airport Managing Director Eric Malitzke (left) with Alexander Weiss, Deputy Director General Tesis Air - welcoming the first scheduled freighter of Tesis Cargo at LEJ. More Click Here

Dole Fresh Flowers Cuts 3,500 Jobs
Dole the pineapple and fresh flower mega multi-national likes to cut things as a natural part of doing business, but now the giant has decided to cut workers saying increased global. . . More Click Here.

Empowering Africa
 Business Malawi reports Women Empowerment Network (WEN) has secured free export services to Dubai from Air Cargo Limited, a subsidiary of the national flag-carrier Air Malawi.
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A-380 Development Delays Change Everything
Price of changing everything has gone up according to Airbus that said the A380 aircraft will reach the break-even point with the delivery of the 420th aircraft, compared . . . More Click Here

Boeing opened and closed the swing tail for the 747-400

Proving that a bolt of lightening is not the only thing to watch

Finnair management isn’t stupid, so when the gambit to run
October 16-October 22

Air Cargo Needs Attitude
   U.S. airlines contain an almost hidden treasure. Yet, through indifference, disinterest and even disdain, the treasure never will reveal its true worth unless and until senior airline management undergoes a genuine revelation. That revelation is the airlines' freight operations.
   Yes, the passenger side of the airline industry is doing comparatively well five ...More Click Here
TSA Hot Today No Chili Tamale
As a 100,000 plus miles per year frequent flyer and having been responsible for the safety and security of passengers and employees at two major international airports and a major international airline, I am just a tad more aware of what is going on around me whilst traveling in . . . More Click Here
 

More Hot Air Cargo News

• Dragonair relaunches services to Phuket

• Atlanta Air Cargo Association Golf Meet November 2

• Serbian airline Centavia starts regular services

• Despite Southwest Airlines reporting a drop in third

 

AIR CARGO BRIEFS
Korean Air Orders New Freighters
Korean Air Cargo will order 10 freighters by year’s end. "We need them by 2010," Ken Choi, president. .More Click Here

ACI Europe & AEA
Security Initiative
 The two main industry bodies representing Europe's airports. . . More Click Here
Nice looking Airline Logistic Center ready for business at Jinnah International Airport . . More ClickHere
DHL Buys Stake
In Polar Air Cargo
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings having an interesting year still operating...More Click Here
Swiss International Adds More Services
Swiss International Air Lines will operate more intercontinental flights as of the new winter timetable, the . . . More Click Here

Guangzhou Baiyun A China Beauty
  Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport came into service on August 5th, 2004.
  Located in the Huadu District of Guangzhou More Click Here

Straight Shooting Air Freight Forwarder
   And then there is Jo Frigger, CEO of EMO Trans.
  If this guy isn't the poster boy for the self-made, straight shooting air freight forwarder in the world today, he will have to do until the real thing comes along!
But Jo didn't drop out of the sky.
   He has worked and thought about what it takes to be successful since he was a little boy more . . . More Click Here 		 

In a land of few recent commercial setbacks, word that Federal Express and TNT have decided not to operate at the mega project Dubai Logistics City (DLC) has to be a bit of a downer. More Click Here
Northwest joins the list of USA flags including Delta, that are ramping up international flights although NWA choice of equipment (B757) on some transatlantic flights offer almost no cargo lift. . . More Click Here
  Aviapartner Cargo doubled its cargo handling capacity in Paris-CDG and has added some new clients.
    Aviapartner now provides Aeroflot with warehousing services for their export and import freight and trucking More Click Here
  Delta that said last week it is not going to merge or be sold to anyone also announced that on May 2, the airline launches service from Atlanta to
Prague and from ATL to Vienna. More Click Here

SHORTS

Emirates Airline will acquire five aircraft to ease itself through delivery

Qatar Airways added Dar es Salaam, Tanzania via four flights a week

Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 20.6% compared to 2005.

Lufthansa inked a pact for 35 new aircraft from Airbus, confirming an

Leave it to the Germans. While in America, the place Columbus

Cable business channel CNBC will present a two-hour documentary, "Inside American Airlines: A Week in the Life" on Wednesday, Oct. 18th at 9 p.m.
   It's a rare behind-the-scenes look at the operation of the world's biggest airline. Clips are posted at www.aweekinthelife.cnbc.com.
October 7-October 15


China's First Fifth
Traffic Rights Flight
 Taking off from Dubai, an all-cargo freighter of China Southern Airline, Flight CZ458, landed in its base airport, Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport on September 6th.
Seemingly a routine flight, ... More Click Here
East Star Airlines
Rises From Hubei
 East Star Airlines, China’s fourth registered private airline, and also the first one in middle China, has been the focus of attention in many business circles here during the past several months.
    Established in June 2005, the airline, a subsidiary of China East Star Group Co. Ltd. More Click Here.
New Carry On Baggage
Proposal Will Hurt Cargo
Anyone following security lately should wake up to the following.
     This is what happens when the industry does not take a leadership position. More Click Here.
Joint Cargo Aircraft For U.S. Army & Air Force
In USA a red-hot competition is underway to provide Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) to U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. More Click Here
Korean/Sinotrans China Joint Air Cargo Venture
No doubt about it, 2006 is stacking up as a special year for China’s air cargo industry. Following the successful takeoff of Lufthansa-invested Jade Airlines, Korean Air, the world's largest international commercial cargo carrier, has scored for itself a milestone in China’s air cargo market.


Air Cargo Security Needs Enlightened Approach
The former President of American Airlines Cargo recalls a fateful day nearly 19 years ago that changed . For More Click Here

 
Patel Acts As India Losses Mount
(New Delhi)—After word that as an industry the go-go airlines of India will report heavy
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Wolfgang Retires And Endures
 There are a few people in this air cargo industry who take good care of any job assigned to them by the company.
You know the type.
     When another of that ilk decides to pack it in, it is reassuring to many that he or she decides to fade but not disappear. For More Click Here		    
Louis Gallois Named
Airbus CEO
EADS co-CEO Louis Gallois, pictured here, former Snecma chairman and CEO, was named Airbus CEO . . More Click Here
Problems Plague Suvarnabhumi Airport

New ICAO Code For Don Muang
New ICAO code for venerable Don Muang is DMK.
   Easy on the tongue Don Muang didn’t have much in 2006, except familiarity and an easy to . . . More Click Here
James Hogan
Moves To
Etihad Airways
 Apparently all is not well in Abu Dhabi Etihad Airways land. 		 
• Emirates signed up for 10 Boeing 747-8F's worth US$2.8 billion, and entered into a

• LTU adds two nonstop flights from Düsseldorf to Las Vegas

• Elsewhere at Toulouse, ATR keeps rolling along recording its 57th sale in 2006 with Cape

• bmi cargo launched its first express cargo product, 236xps (by the way 236 is the number for bmi’s

• While duffers add up their scores marking a return of sorts, it looks like another annual sportive highlight

October 1-October 7

• Pétur J. Eiríksson, Icelandair Cargo Managing Director told FlyingTypers

• Eckhardt Fechtner, managing director of Otto International Logistics addresses Frankfurt

• Ryanair launched a takeover bid for rival Aer Lingus yesterday with a hostile €1.48 billion ($1.88 billion) bid

• Austrian Airlines adds non-stop service roundtrip from Chicago to Vienna in April 2007, the carrier’s

• Not unaware of the heavily trafficked export market from Africa, and a host of other carriers—ready,

• Fraport AG’s Dr. Stefan Schulte, the company’s executive board member for finance (CFO) and

• Finally some good news about the A380. Remember the concern that the big bird ,

• ATR sold four new ATR 72-500s to NAYSA, a regional operator based in the Canary Islands

• Talk about neat pinstriping … NetJets Europe delivered an order to Dassault Aviation for 24 Falcon 7X



(San Francisco) The two Alaska Air Group (AAG) carriers Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are introducing a new management system promising to simplify cargo reservations and document handling.
     Most major shippers in the Pacific Northwest have been told that the system-wide implementation of CargoSPOT is More Click Here

At Pad Thai Yesterday Is Today
Yesterday is today as air cargo companies that could not clear their goods transported by Bangkok Flight Services (BFS) from the just opened Suvarnabhumi Airport went back to the future with paper documents when as the airport debuted, the company computer system could not be connected to Customs. For More Click Here

Transport Logistics China Scores A Hit
The Shanghai-held Transport Logistics China (TLC) came hard on the heels of TIACA Calgary causing more than a few people an extended travel schedule earlier this month.
     But by all measure, the work and living out of a suitcase across several time zones paid off.
     TLC, people told FT, proved to be Asia's point number one meeting for logistics in 2006.More Click Here
Better Numbers For USA Flags
 “Airlines are flying with a strong tailwind,” says Barron’s, the USA money paper October 2 issue, also advising:
     “Airline stocks historically have made money only for agile traders.
But as the carriers cut costs, shrink capacity and look forward to lower fuel prices, they may be flying friendlier skies . . .” For More Click Here
Bad Day At Toulouse
Airbus President and CEO Christian Streiff said yesterday that A380 launch customer Singapore Airlines will not receive its first by year end, but instead delivery is now slated for October 2007.
Blockbuster announcement may redraw the market for the big plane now, more than 18 months behind the original delivery schedule and 10 months behind a schedule unveiled just four . . . For More Click Here
LAX Celebrates 60 Years
Bogart and Bergman may be long gone, along with the old passenger terminal that once served as backdrop for the famous airport scene in the movie Casablanca, but elsewhere the “usual suspects” will be in evidence as historic aircraft
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Best Bet Early 2007
  Sometimes good things come times three.
     AirCargo in USA late this winter combines some essential action while also serving as a first-class meeting ground venue for USA based Air and Expedited Motor Carriers Association (AEMCA), Airforwarders Association (AFA), and the Express Delivery & Logistics Association (XLA).

 
Fall Trade Show Calendar

October 15-18
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference.
San Antonio, Texas Gonzalez Convention Center.
Contact: (630) 645-3487
www.cscmp.org More Click Here

Best Is Last At India 2006
  Saving the best for last is a good thing.
     Air Cargo India 2006 set to take off in Mumbai is the first ever International Air Cargo event in the new millennium in India, a market that for air cargo is white hot. For More Click Here