Cathay Pacific Airways, which resumed work on its new Cargo Terminal in June after a two years postponement due to the global recession, recently staged an event at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to highlight the state-of-the-art features of the new facility. In March 2008, the Airport Authority awarded Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the airline, the 20-year franchise to invest in, design, construct and operate the new air cargo terminal with a … [Read more...] about HONG KONG: Cathay begins work on new cargo terminal

Air Charter Service’s Hong Kong office is predicting another strong peak season this year based on forward bookings todate. “Last year October and November were extremely busy charter-wise with large freighters mainly to supplement scheduled capacity to Europe and the US,” said Stephen Fernandez, cargo manager ACS Hong Kong. “In early October last year there was a sudden lack of availability on scheduled service B747s, which caused many forwarders to look at … [Read more...] about HONG KONG: Air Charter HK predicts strong peak season

Korean Air Cargo’s surging volumes are attributed to the increasing exports of IT products, such as LCDs, semi-conductors and cell phones. Korean Air has posted record operating revenues in its second quarter 2010 ended 30 June 2010, thanks to the global economic recovery which spurred demand for both cargo and passenger traffic. The airline posted an operating revenue of 2.8 trillion KRW (US$2.4 billion) in the second quarter of 2010, a year-on-year increase of 36.7 per cent, the … [Read more...] about SOUTH KOREA: Korean flying high on IT exports

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has announced that Mark Whitehead has been approved by the Board of Directors to be the next managing director of Hactl with effect from 1 September 2010. Over the last 23 years Whitehead has held numerous management positions within the Jardine Matheson Group and most recently as executive director of Hongkong Land. Whitehead is replacing Anthony Wong who joined Hactl in 1999 as managing director and is now retiring, but remaining as advisor to … [Read more...] about Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited

Security Administration John S. Pistole has been confirmed as the US Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) fifth Administrator in July. As TSA Administrator, he oversees management of a 60,000-strong workforce, the security operations of more than 450 federalised airports throughout the US, the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), and the security for highways, railroads, ports, mass transit systems and pipelines. Pistole came to TSA as a 26-year veteran of the FBI with … [Read more...] about US Transportation

Oliver Neerfeld has been appointed head of Competence Centres at Traxon Europe, the international e-communications services provider for the airfreight industry. He brings more than ten years’ experience in the airline industry to his new job and replaces Wolfgang Michler who has retired. Previously Neerfeld has held the position of director Marketing & Sales, as well as senior management consultant at Lufthansa Systems. Prior to this he had worked as SAP consultant at Schmidt, … [Read more...] about Traxon Europe