EVA Air is expecting only moderate growth in its cargo business in 2007, citing high fuel prices, overcapacity and competition from sea freight as factors dampening down demand. However Clay Sun, senior vice president, cargo management department, says good growth is expected from selected markets, including Indonesia, India andVietnam. The main focus for the carrier during the year will continue to be its re-fl eeting programme, which is seeing a gradual shift away from MD-11 freighters and … [Read more...] about ASIAN AIR CARGO SUPPLEMENT – EVA expects only moderate growth
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ASIAN AIR CARGO SUPPLEMENT – China’s civil aviation industry to face ‘small’ recession in 2009
CCID Consulting, a leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider in China, said in a report that revenues from the main operations of China's entire civil aviation industry surpassed 200 billion Yuan in 2006 and total profi ts reached nearly 10 billionyuan. CCID Consulting analyst Liu Xu said that the civil aviation industry will maintain an overall relatively high-speed growth from 2006 through 2009. During this time the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and other factors will … [Read more...] about ASIAN AIR CARGO SUPPLEMENT – China’s civil aviation industry to face ‘small’ recession in 2009
ASIAN AIR CARGOS SUPPLEMENT – Falling rates put pressure on SAS in Asia
Falling rates out of Asia are putting pressure on SAS Cargo's freighter cooperationsin the region. Ulrik Marschall, the carrier's head of corporate communications, admits that it is fi nding it harder to profitably fi ll the capacity it takes on Air China's thrice weekly B747F from Shanghai and Beijing to Copenhagen, which was launchedlast September. "We had a very good start to the service, and there was defi - nitely a real need for it," he says. "But while there is still plenty of … [Read more...] about ASIAN AIR CARGOS SUPPLEMENT – Falling rates put pressure on SAS in Asia
FLUSH BEFORE YOU GO
We hear that China Southern Airlines has calculated that it takes a litre of fuel to fl ush the toilet at 30,000 feet so it now is urging passengers to go to the toilet before they board. China Southern’s latest strategy is to encourage passengers “to spend their pennies before boarding the aircraft”, a report by Xinhua news agency said. “The energy used in one fl ush is enough for an economical car to run at least 10 kilometres,” Captain Liu Zhiyuan was quoted as … [Read more...] about FLUSH BEFORE YOU GO
DUMB BUREAUCRATS
Still on contentious issues, we hear that the European Aviation Safety Agency has approved the use of mobile phones on board commercial aircraft, just months after the FAA in the US announced that it would continue its ban on cellphones. Previous condemnations of the use of cell phones on board aircraft by yours truly have apparently not reached the desks of the EASA folks, or perhaps the bureaucrats are too dumb to listen to ordinary long-distance travellers, who are already agonising over the … [Read more...] about DUMB BUREAUCRATS
BELLY ACHE
Aramex, the active Middle East logistics and express provider headed by one of the nicest guys in the industry, Fadi Ghandour, recently held its 25th anniversary conference for its worldwide senior managers at the Dead Sea Convention Centre in Jordan. The event was inaugurated by Jordan’s King Abdullah II while Queen Rania Al-Abdullah participated as a session moderator. Picture shows the senior managers all dressed in the company’s house colour red. Here’s to the next 25 … [Read more...] about BELLY ACHE