As China Southern Airlines' potential partners waltzthrough their joint-venture negotiations, what hadbeen a keen sense of anticipation among spectatorsis becoming somewhat jaded, if you'll excuse the pun.Michael Westlake checks out who is leading who. Germany's Lufthansa, developmentbank DEG and Shenzhen Airlines havetheir Jade Cargo International jointventure up and running from Shenzhen,only about 30 miles away fromChina Southern's massive Guangzhoubase. China Southern's two major … [Read more...] about Mixed Messages from China Southern
Air Freight Asia
India welcomes Finnair's fourfold capacity increase
Finnair's decision to quadruple itsflights to India has been welcomedby its cargo GSSA, Global AviationGroup. Global represented Finnair as anoffline carrier for many years, beforethe airline began direct services fromDelhi in October 2006. Since then, Globalhas been virtually filling all flights,and recently went on record to say thatit could fill as much space as Finnaircould give it. Now Global's wish has come true,with four more flights per week fromDelhi starting in mid-May. At the … [Read more...] about India welcomes Finnair's fourfold capacity increase
Chris Foyle enters TIACA's Hall of Fame
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has honoured Chris Foyle, chairman and founder of Air Foyle, with entry into the TIACA Hall of Fame in recognition of his innovative and professional leadership in the air cargo industry. Foyle will officially receive the 2007 Hall of Fame award at TIACA's executive conference and AGM in Cologne next month. Air Foyle was founded in 1978 with one second-hand Piper Aztec for cargo, passenger and aerial survey charters. One of the company's … [Read more...] about Chris Foyle enters TIACA's Hall of Fame
Pos M'sia to invest on efficiency improvement
Pos Malaysia Bhd plans to invest as much as M$230 million to boost its efficiency and the bulk will be spent on a new mail processing centre. Managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Ikmal Hijaz Hashim said Pos Malaysia, whose mail and parcel delivery services makes up about 70 percent of group revenue, will spend M$69 million to buy a building, sprawled over 10ha in Kuala Lumpur's district of Shah Alam, from MT Picture Display (M) Sdn Bhd. The building will house Pos … [Read more...] about Pos M'sia to invest on efficiency improvement
Black & Decker inks deal with K+N Thailand
Kuehne + Nagel in Thailand has been awarded a three-year contract by Black & Decker (Thailand) Ltd. Under the new agreement, K+N is responsible for the receipt of inbound shipments, warehousing and national distribution. In addition, a wide range of value-added services, including spares part management, are provided. To meet the sophisticated logistics requirements of Black & Decker, K+N has taken a new 4,200 sqm warehousing facility in Bangkok into operation. "Kuehne + … [Read more...] about Black & Decker inks deal with K+N Thailand
Air Atlanta's freighter dilemma
Not so long ago it seemed as ACMIoperator Air Atlanta Icelandic wouldneed to make a rapid transition fromB747-200Fs to more modern freighters.Now, however, the picture is lessclear. True, the carrier is looking carefullyat the 12 -200Fs that form the bulk ofits fleet, and looks almost certain to sellthe two of them it actually owns whentheir leases expire in the middle of thisyear. But the future of the remainingten ¨C dry leased from their owners, andthen wet-leased to airlines ¨C remains … [Read more...] about Air Atlanta's freighter dilemma