In this month’s edition of Editor’s Note I would like to take the time to remind everyone of the upcoming third annual Payload Asia Awards & Conference 2014 to be held once again in Singapore on 29 October. The annual event has seen two highly successful instalments which kicked off in 2012 and have grown substantially in that short time frame. This year we’ve got another exciting line-up for the one day conference and of course the Cocktail and Gala Awards Dinner in the … [Read more...] about Celebrating excellence!
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Droning on..
Droning on...The topic of air cargo drones has been much in the news lately what with Amazon’s CEO saying that the Internet retailing giant is aiming to use the unmanned devices to deliver packages in the near future. And more recently the CEO for air cargo drone company, Matternet, caused a stir at the IATA World Cargo Symposium when he flew a drone in front of the audience in the ballroom of the Hyatt hotel in Los Angeles this past March. But the idea faces numerous hurdles, not … [Read more...] about Droning on..
“All options” on the table for AF-KLM group
Speaking at a press conference at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in mid-April, executive VP Cargo, Eric Varwijk, said that “times have radically changed” in the air cargo sector. He believes these changes are structural requiring not short term fixes, but a long term strategic view as a result of the ongoing flood of widebody passenger belly capacity in the industry that is rendering maindeck capacity not just surplus, but highly unprofitable. “What we see that this moment is … [Read more...] about “All options” on the table for AF-KLM group
Cathay’s billion dollar terminal gambit
The cargo carrier – with its Dragonair arm, 60 per cent share in Air Hong Kong and 40 per cent stake in Air China Cargo – is now the proud owner/operator of a very large (2.6 million tonnes annual capacity), very innovative and technologically advanced cargo terminal that has been phased, near flawlessly, into full operations from last October. With the intention of not only boosting the carrier’s value proposition, but attracting other carrier customers, the increasingly firm … [Read more...] about Cathay’s billion dollar terminal gambit
Scene 1, Act 1
Fade in: Birds chirping, a beautiful pristine blue sky and blazing April sunshine fail to soften the chill in the air around Schiphol Airport on a Thursday afternoon in mid-April. A Spring day pretty much like any other, except for the anticipation that was building outside an otherwise pretty uninteresting hotel conference room. The assembled cargo journalists had gathered for a press conference by the Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo group. On the agenda was something like the group’s … [Read more...] about Scene 1, Act 1
“All options” on the table for AF-KLM group
Speaking at a press conference at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in mid-April, executive VP Cargo, Eric Varwijk, said that “times have radically changed” in the air cargo sector. He believes these changes are structural requiring not short term fixes, but a long term strategic view as a result of the ongoing flood of widebody passenger belly capacity in the industry that is rendering maindeck capacity not just surplus, but highly unprofitable. “What we see that this moment is … [Read more...] about “All options” on the table for AF-KLM group
