DHL Express (Malaysia) aims toincrease its market share by anotherone to two per cent by end of this year,the Business Times reported. The company currently leads thelocal express delivery market withmore than 40 per cent market share.Its plans for the year include doublingthe number of DHL service points tosix by end-2007. With these service points, customerscan easily pick up or drop off packages.The service centre has a built-up costof RM21 million and features, amongothers, a fully … [Read more...] about MALAYSIA: DHL Express aims to increase market share
Gateways
Israel Aerospace Industries¡¯ Bedek Aviation Group has delivered thefirst of four Boeing 747-400 Special Freighter combi to full freighterconversions to Asiana Airlines. The second B747-400 Combi is alreadyundergoing the same conversion at IAI¡¯s facilities and will be deliveredto Asiana in the second quarter of 2007. Two additional aircraft will beconverted and delivery of those aircraft is expected in early 2009. … [Read more...] about Gateways
Biggest beneficiaries of EU-US Open Skies are the US integrators
On the surface, the proposed Open Skies deal between the EuropeanUnion and the United States, which was approved unanimously by Europe'stransport ministers last month, looks like a tremendous agreement withimmediate benefits for almost all parties concerned. The pact, agreed after four years of talks, will allow any EU airline tofly from any city in the 27-nation bloc to any city in the United States andvice versa. The treaty will also facilitate EU airline consolidation by allowing … [Read more...] about Biggest beneficiaries of EU-US Open Skies are the US integrators
Virgin’s Asian agenda
Though it has had routes to Asiasince its earliest days, Virgin Atlantic,the UK's second long-haul carrier, isnot inappropriately named. Even todaythe airline moves two thirds of itscargo tonnage on transatlantic routes– 62.6 percent of it in the ten monthsto January, to be precise. However, that share has decreasedsince 9/11, before which over 70 percentof tonnage was trans-Altantic, anda major beneficiary has been Asia. 29.4percent of tonnage came from Asianroutes in the ten months to … [Read more...] about Virgin’s Asian agenda
Calendar 2007
Apr 11-13 ACMG's 5th Annual Freighter Aircraft Workshop, Grand Hyatt, Seattle WA, USA. [email protected] Apr 15-17 The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Conference and Annual General Meeting, Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany. [email protected] Apr 18-20 4th China Aircargo Summit 2007, Hyatt Regency, Hangzhou, China. www.aircargosummit.org Apr 22-25 AATA's 33rd Int'l Conference, Catamaran Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA, USA. [email protected] Apr … [Read more...] about Calendar 2007
Russia: ABC becomes Cargo 2000 member
Russia's scheduled cargo airline,AirBridge Cargo (ABC) said it hasjoined Cargo 2000 and will use its qualitysystem to underpin its commitmentto the highest levels of customer service.As the scheduled cargo airline ofVolga-Dnepr Group, ABC commencedoperations in 2004. Stan Wraight, vice president ofVolga-Dnepr Group responsible forscheduled cargo operations, said: "Ithas always been our intention to joinCargo 2000 once we had the managementteam and processes in place tosupport the … [Read more...] about Russia: ABC becomes Cargo 2000 member
