Singapore's Changi Airports andIndia's conglomerate Tata Group haveset up a joint venture to bid for contractsto run the fast-growing airportsin Kolkata and Chennai. Changi Airports International, astate-owned airport developer, said ina statement that Tata would hold 51percent of the company, while ChangiAirports would own the rest. It did notgive financial details. The Tata group's interests span automotives,commodities, energy, hotels,retail, financial services, broadcast,software and … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: Changi Airport, Tata ink joint venture
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Air Atlanta's freighter dilemma
Not so long ago it seemed as ACMIoperator Air Atlanta Icelandic wouldneed to make a rapid transition fromB747-200Fs to more modern freighters.Now, however, the picture is lessclear. True, the carrier is looking carefullyat the 12 -200Fs that form the bulk ofits fleet, and looks almost certain to sellthe two of them it actually owns whentheir leases expire in the middle of thisyear. But the future of the remainingten ¨C dry leased from their owners, andthen wet-leased to airlines ¨C remains … [Read more...] about Air Atlanta's freighter dilemma
Partnership is the key for US Postal Service
"We don't want to replicate theDeutsche Post model in believing thatpurchasing and controlling all thenetwork assets will make us successful,"says Paul Vogel, managing director ofthe US Postal Service's Global Businessunit. "We instead believe that finding as many partners around the world as possible is a much better model for us." This the USPS has set out to workwith post offices in the Asian region,rather than pushing them to liberalisetheir markets. One example is … [Read more...] about Partnership is the key for US Postal Service
How a liberalised mail market works
What does a liberalised mail marketlook like? What might an Asian countryexpect if it allowed competitors to itsnational post office? For an answer, one might look at theUK, which is one of the most liberalisedmarkets in the European Unionat present. True, its national postaloperator, Royal Mail, is still government-owned, when other Europeancountries – most notably Germanyand the Netherlands – have privatisedtheirs, but Royal Mail is under pressureon its home patch as never … [Read more...] about How a liberalised mail market works
American Airlines Cargo
Mark Najarian, vice president ofglobal cargo sales and marketing atAmerican Airlines Cargo, has replacedKevin Diamonti as vice president ofcargo operations. Diamonti led thecargo operations team since 2001, andhas been selected to run American'scorporate safety programme.Najarian will be succeeded by JoeReedy, who is currently vice presidentcargo finance and E-commerce. Reedyhas a broad background, includingleadership positions in sales and operationsat AMR-affiliated companiesprior to joining … [Read more...] about American Airlines Cargo
Carbon-free parcel first for Parcelforce
UK-based Parcelforce Worldwide isoffering its customers a first in the UKexpress parcels market - the option todeliver their parcel carbon-free. Customers booking online can nowchoose to donate 5p per parcel for UKand 10p per parcel for internationaldeliveries. Having calculated the averageamount of carbon emitted for eachparcel, Parcelforce Worldwide willmatch all donations and, through theirassociation with The Woodland Trust,invest it in an approved programmeto offset greenhouse gases … [Read more...] about Carbon-free parcel first for Parcelforce
