Ground Handling & Cargo Terminals

AUSTRALIA: Cargo helps Qantas strong profit

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Freight gave a strong lift to Qantas¡¯ increased profit for the half-year ended December 31, 2006. Freight revenue increased by 6.7% on the previous comparable half-year, through additional wet-leased freight capacity and stronger yields, the company said. Qantas said it achieved a before tax result of $523m, an increase of 8.3 percent on the same period in 2005, despite higher fuel costs and take-over talks. Total revenue for the half-year was $7.7bn, an increase of 12.7 percent on … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: Cargo helps Qantas strong profit

How a liberalised mail market works

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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

SECURITY

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We received a spontaneousreport from an old friend in theUK, who relayed the following storyto show that nobody messes with UKsecurity staff. 'Last summer at Manchester airportI witnessed an incident in which a turban-wearing gent, who claimed not tospeak any English, attempted to get a'religious kettle' through security. Bad enough, but it was sealed andobviously full of liquid! Through aninterpreter he said it was for a religiousevent he was attending and it 'mustnot' be opened. Sorry … [Read more...] about SECURITY

Kerry, Citic in Macau logistics project

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Kerry Logistics and Citic Pacific'strading arm Dah Chong Hong havebeen invited by the Macau governmentto participate in the building andoperating of the former Portugueseenclave's largest logistics centre, accordingto a South China Morning Postreport. The report cited an unnamed sourceas saying that the facility, to be built onreclaimed land near the city's airportand designed mainly for the logisticsinvolved in replenishing Macau's hotelsand casinos, was scheduled to becompleted in … [Read more...] about Kerry, Citic in Macau logistics project

Menzies buys Gearey’s Aircraft Services

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Menzies Aviation has acquiredGearey's Aircraft Services, a providerof cargo handling services at CalgaryInternational Airport. The private-held family business beganoperations in warehouse handlingalmost ten years ago. Their major customers are Westjet,America West and Continental, togetherwith Air North Yukon AirlinesFCS truck dock facilitates quick transfer of aircraft pallets and ULDs.and Central Mountain Air. This acquisition is in line with Menzies'plans for strategic expansion, … [Read more...] about Menzies buys Gearey’s Aircraft Services