Is there an Eastern European airport that could challenge the dominance of Frankfurt and Vienna in moving air cargo to and from the region? An ideal location and a €261 million modernisation plan may just be the ticket. Peter Conway looks at the potential. With the exception of Leipzig in the former East Germany – due to become DHL’s main European hub this year - so far no obvious challenger has emerged. The problem has been a lack of modern cargo facilities at many of the … [Read more...] about EASTERN EUROPE AIR CARGO SUPPLEMENT~ Budapest plans a new cargo village
Air Freight Asia
RULES
The recent change that allows airline pilots to continue flying past age 60 has prompted the following rules for 'older' pilots, which have been proposed at several major airlines: 1. All pants must fit and not be up in your armpits. 2. You must walk without shuffling your feet. 3. No Depends on the flight deck. 4. When using a toothpick, you must leave your teeth in your mouth. 5. If you need more than tri-focals, you are DONE! (period!) 6. No pictures of … [Read more...] about RULES
CONFESSION
An elderly Italian man who lived on the outskirts of Rimini went to the local church for confession. When the priest slid open the panel in the confessional, the man said: “Father...during World War II, a beautiful Jewish woman from our neighbourhood urgently knocked on my door and asked me to hide her from the Nazis. So I hid her in my attic.” The priest replied: “That was a wonderful thing you did, my son! And you have no need to confess that.” … [Read more...] about CONFESSION
SMALL ACCIDENT
“To my darling husband, Before you return from your business trip I just want to let you know about the small accident I had with the pick up truck when I turned into the driveway. Fortunately not too bad and I really didn’t get hurt, so please don’t worry too much about me. I was coming home from Wal-Mart, and when I turned into the driveway I accidentally pushed down on the accelerator instead of the brake. The garage door is slightly bent, but the pick up fortunately … [Read more...] about SMALL ACCIDENT
ARTISTICALLY PLEASING
Emirates SkyCargo last month was awarded the coveted “Gold” award in Air Transport World (ATW) AdAward’s Cargo Services category for its creative advertisement promoting Emirates SkyCargo’s new service to Venice. The annual ad awards, which were held in Singapore and precede the well-known Airline of the Year Award (which this year went to Singapore Airlines), were selected by a panel of 200 representatives from the aviation industry. A SkyCargo advertisement, … [Read more...] about ARTISTICALLY PLEASING
Deutsche Post AG
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG in Bonn has appointed Frank Appel aged 46 as chief executive offi cer of Deutsche Post AG, with immediate eff ect. The appointment follows the decision of Klaus Zumwinkel aged 64 to resign from his offi ce as CEO as German authorities widened a probe in tax evasion by hundreds of wealthy Germans suspected of concealing nearly €3.4 billion in assets, in Liechtenstein. German police raided the homes of wealthy Germans in Mid-February including the … [Read more...] about Deutsche Post AG
