Interesting times… the reprise I know in the four years I’ve been doing this job as Editor of Payload. I’ve surely worn out the observation that the air cargo industry seems to perpetually ‘live in interesting times’, but having spend a great deal of my journalistic life covering the ocean shipping industry, I can’t help but be driven to that same observation time and time again. The whole drama that is the dispute between Cargolux and Boeing simply … [Read more...] about Interesting times… the reprise
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Maximus oportunitas for Maximus Air Cargo
Maximus, an Abu Dhabi Aviation Group company, was established in 2005 to provide tailored solutions for moving outsized cargo, something that after five years of operations has established it with a solid reputation as a reliable and effective allcargo carrier. With its fleet of eight all-cargo aircraft - one Antonov An-124-100, two Ilyushin IL-76TD and five A300-600RP2F (three will be delivered later this year) - Maximus' operations cover a wide swath of the charter sector including scheduled, … [Read more...] about Maximus oportunitas for Maximus Air Cargo
Japan a small player in global supply chains?
Here's a news flash for you: Japan is not as important to global supply chains as you may think. If you recall, in the immediate aftermath of the Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami there was a major concern around the world that the disaster would have serious impact on global supply chains, particularly those involving the automotive and electronics industries. Now more than two months after the natural disaster and lingering nuclear danger, any remaining effects on industry outside of … [Read more...] about Japan a small player in global supply chains?
Cologne Bonn: Where anything is possible
"Cologne is not a small airport, but people tend to think of it as a small airport and therefore an airport that doesn't get a lot of attention. That's not entirely true - Cologne is a very big European low cost carrier airport in Europe," notes Cologne Bonn Airport's director cargo & sales, Franz J Heuckeroth van Hessen. The problem with this from a cargo perspective is two-fold however. First the flights are almost entirely European with no intercontinental flights and secondly, being … [Read more...] about Cologne Bonn: Where anything is possible
A diamond in the rough?
What happened to the good old days when life was simpler and everybody just happily went about their business and cargo holds were easy to fill and yields were satisfying? Maybe it was just that reacurring dream. Certainly the events of the last couple of months are enough to make even the most rational amongst us wonder what indeed the world is coming to. The continuing cycle of unrest rippling across North Africa and the Middle East, and the potential nuclear disaster unleashed by the … [Read more...] about A diamond in the rough?
Never count your chickens until they¡¯ve hatched
While it has been very tempting and quite justifiably so, to proclaim the crisis of 2009/10 almost a memory as the global air cargo market makes its steady ascent from the chaos of only a short time ago, it may be a premauture assumption. As things inevitably go in this business, just when one bit of turbulence passes by, out of the blue comes a dose of that nasty clear air turbulence. This time its the turbulence in northern Africa, specifically Libya. Although not the world¡¯s biggest oil … [Read more...] about Never count your chickens until they¡¯ve hatched
