AA Cargo At Hand

Ask American’s Dave Brooks what
he thinks of recent reports on the state of air cargo security, and the
top cargo executive of the biggest airline in the world is direct:
“Too much sloppy and hysterical retail
reporting of air cargo issues have unnecessarily prolonged the debate
over what rational air cargo programs should look like.
“A recent issue of USA Today
with the headline, "Report Blasts Air Cargo Security,"
is a good example.
“The fact is that the level of cargo
screening on passenger aircraft has never been higher.
“TSA inspectors are everywhere, every
day, in cargo facilities, forwarders warehouses, on the ramps, even checking
shippers.
“Non-compliers are shuttered.
“But I wonder, why is there never
any ink on why the security rules are different for cargo aircraft?
“Or for trucks?
“Or trains?
“Or boats?
“But you can’t blame the media
for the incredulous comments made by USA politicians like Congressman
Markey, and the subsequent spin-off editorials and pontificating that
insist that TSA is trying to pull a fast one with a Certified Shipper
Program (CSP).
“Again facts point out that the CSP concept was provided for in
the law that Markey was in the room helping to write, and that hasn’t
even been developed yet.
“In my view CSP is the only part
of the 9/11 legislation on cargo security that made any sense.
“Air cargo must apply multi-layered
screening where it is most efficient and effective in the supply chain.”
Dave Brooks, having cleared the air on that subject, is preparing to greet
some guests inside AA’s big beautiful billion dollar passenger Terminal
8 at JFK International Airport in New York Tuesday night October 16.
Dave Brooks is a big man who at about six
foot four inches stands above the crowd.
He has a clean look about him, well manicured
and trimmed and healthy looking.
He has been tall in the saddle at Texas-based
AA Cargo for about a decade now guiding the big carrier’s cargo
fortunes with a calm and steady hand, and apparently the job and its affiliated
air cargo industry challenges agree with him.
The guy, in a word, looks great.
American Airlines Cargo just made things
easier for shippers that might want to plug “must-go” cargo
into the largest airline in the world.
AA Cargo opened a new Priority Package
Service (PPS) Center located in Terminal 8 at JFK.
“Priority Parcel Service offers a
premium next-flight-out small package service that American Cargo has
in fact offered for more than 35 years.
“PPS is the fastest overall transit
time and shortest tender and fastest recovery.
“There is no advance bookings required
and that means that shippers can look to PPS as an immediate global shipping
solution both here at JFK International and at other major stations in
our system.”
Priority Parcel Service is available worldwide
at AA passenger and freight terminals, including eight dedicated AA Global
Priority Shipping Centers.
“Our extensive line-up of interline
partnerships give us true global reach; allowing us to connect to any
airport in the world served by an IATA carrier.
 AA’s
new JFK Priority Parcel Service facility is located on the arrivals
level of JFK Terminal 8 and offers expanded customer parking.
Shipments can be delivered and picked up between 5:30 a.m. and 10:00
p.m. daily but pick-ups are available between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00
a.m. daily.
AA Priority Parcel Service provides counter-to-counter “Next
Flight Out” service for packages with an individual piece
weight of up to 70 pounds for known shippers, and also other customers
who want expedited handling for small items under 16 ounces, or
pets.
AA Priority Parcel Service is available worldwide through American’s
ticket counters and cargo facilities in most cities, and does not
require an advance booking.
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We fly to more than 250 cities in over
40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights.
“AA Cargo provides over 100 million
pounds of weekly cargo lift capacity to major cities in the United States,
Europe, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America and Asia.
“The combined network fleet numbers
more than 1,000 aircraft.
“Last year American Airlines began
new service to Shanghai from Chicago O'Hare International airport.
“The service is providing the expanding
marketplace in China with access to the industrial and agricultural midsection
of the U.S., as well as many other vital international markets.
“Convenient connections to 65 U.S.
cities located in 31 states are available from Chicago, as well as connections
to Latin America and the Caribbean.
“The growing Asian marketplace is
also served by direct flights to and from the U.S. and Japan, through
Tokyo and Osaka.
“American's interline relationships,
particularly with carriers with strong presence in Shanghai, offer coordinated
services for cargo traffic beyond Shanghai.
“With a decade of experience as an
offline carrier in India, American Airlines Cargo introduced direct service
to India on November 17, 2006 with Delhi-Chicago non-stop daily flights.
“American Airlines targets more than
200 tons of cargo per month from the Indian market and enjoys alliances
with other carriers, so that we can spread our wings across that country.
“American continues expanding wide-body
service on key domestic routes between our U.S. gateways.
“American's flight specific product
mix offers shippers knowledge of exact routing, status and availability
time of shipments.”
American offers booking options through
Global Freight Exchange, (GF-X) and Cargo Portal Services (CPS)
www.AACargo.com
Geoffrey
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