According to Lufthansa Consulting, for some countries in Southern America and Africa ¨C like Sudan, for example ¨C more than 80 per cent of their total exports consist of fruit orflowers. Other countries would like to become more engaged in the production of perishable products for export but for now lack adequate, competitively priced air cargo uplift capacities. However, the trend towards such production is, nonetheless, growing. Market trends Ram Menen, Emirates SkyCargo … [Read more...] about ULD & PERISHABLES SUPPLEMENT~ Perishables fast becoming big business
Air Freight Logistics
ULD & PERISHABLES SUPPLEMENT~ ULD management outsourcing gains ground
In the past, airlines were reluctant to outsource this function partly because they considered ULD management to be mission-critical to their operation and hesitated to allow others to handle it. According to Ludwig Bertsch, chairman of the board of directors of Unitpool AG, a company that supplies and manages a global fleet of ULDs, airlines did not outsource ULD management partly because the actual cost of managing the ULD inventory was not transparent within most airlines and hence it was … [Read more...] about ULD & PERISHABLES SUPPLEMENT~ ULD management outsourcing gains ground
ULD & PERISHABLES SUPPLEMENT~ Death penalty for ULD damage
Although used purely for its shock value, senior members of the IATA cargo team at the recent World Cargo Symposium in Rome took the wake-up call and elevated the awareness of the negative impact of ULD damage highon their work agenda for 2008. Rightly so, ULD damage through inadequate handling and storage has reached totally unacceptable levels. Airlines are spending in excess of US$130 million a year repairing ULD damage. At the same time up to 5 per cent of the world's total ULD fleet is … [Read more...] about ULD & PERISHABLES SUPPLEMENT~ Death penalty for ULD damage
Munich adds Mumbai, Shenyang & Singapore
Munich Airport's network sees three new Asian destinations added. From the beginning of May, Lufthansa will fly nonstop to the Indian metropolis of Mumbai for the first time, with three weekly departures, and as of June 8 will also be offering five weekly departures to Singapore. In the summer season a total of 248 destinations in 69 countries around the world will be served from Munich Airport, with 52 long-haul routes, 175 continental destinations and 21 connections within Germany. The … [Read more...] about Munich adds Mumbai, Shenyang & Singapore
Fraport's cargo shows upwards trend
Frankfurt Airport airfreight throughput rose by 4.4 per cent to 513,331 tonnes from January to March 2008. Airmail slipped, by one per cent to 22,846 tonnes. In the first quarter of 2008, the Fraport Group's majority-owned airports (Frankfurt, Frankfurt-Hahn, Antalya, Lima, Buras and Varna) handled 615,915 tonnes of cargo, up 7.3 per cent year-on-year. Th e number of aircraft movements climbed by 2.8 per cent to 160,423 takeoff s and landings. In March 2008, airfreight rose by two per cent … [Read more...] about Fraport's cargo shows upwards trend
Goodman & LinkGlobal form strategic alliance
Australian property investor Goodman and Chinese forwarder LinkGlobal, have penned a new worldwide collaboration. The two have agreed to a work sharing model, in which Zhengzhou-based agent LinkGlobal, provides air cargo traffic to selected airports, while Goodman develops the ground infrastructure. The airports that both enterprises intend to use for the alliance, are Parchim Airport in Germany, Nanjing, Zhengzhou and Yinchuan in China and Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria. To begin the process, … [Read more...] about Goodman & LinkGlobal form strategic alliance
