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Boeing Co. suffered a huge reversal of fortune that probably erases all the business they did at the Paris Show, as a $6 billion Air Canada order for 18 B777s and 14B 787s is cancelled.

Lessons Learned And Lives Saved
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently celebrated its thirtieth anniversary by issuing a report (Lessons Learned and Lives Saved) highlighting the Board’s achievements in improving safety in all modes of transportation. The report illustrates the NTSB-inspired safety advances that have been made in all phases of transportation and also lists the NTSB’s “most wanted” safety improvements

A Long Way From Everywhere
Qantas Cargo has added non-stop freighter service from Australia to Johannesburg, South Africa.
     “That is a long flight,” a reporter exclaims.
     Denis Adams looks up from his desk and smiles:
     “Australia is a long way from everywhere.”

Paris Air Show Opens
At Paris Air Show despite all the bells and whistles from the Boeing camp about a big comeback, Airbus A380 on the ground and in the air arriving had jaws dropping.
   Also with the Qatar Airways order for up to 60 A350’s Airbus looks to exit the six-day event with about 100 orders for its head to head rival for the Boeing B787.

One Cool Customer
It’s beyond hectic for Dave Gould, Vice President Cargo Global Operations at the Emirates SkyCargo facility at Dubai International Airport.
     In fact the big facility is so busy that Dave admits “we have had to dumb up a little.”

Munich Transport Logistics
The recent Transport Logistic Munich was a blast.
     But like all good times and worthwhile adventures what were really great at TLM, were the people.
     So here are some more scenes of the runaway best air cargo encounter of the year so far, and a perfect preamble to Super Summer ’05.

Emirates Is The New German Airlift
After only some minutes in the conversation with Reinhard Coldewe you know right away that this executive knows what he is talking about when it comes to cargo sales & services.
     Herr Coldewe is “Mr. Air Cargo” for Emirates SkyCargo in Frankfurt.

Ring A Ding Ding
Bells are ringing at Dnata. The Dubai-based air cargo handler said April 2004-March 2005 call center activity was above 70,000 calls a month adding up to a 15% up-tick over the previous year.