Although these are clearly troubling times for the air cargo industry, if there is a positive element to it, the crisis has forced every carrier to closely examine its operations and strategic direction. For some, like Thai Cargo, the downturn has provided a useful opportunity to refocus and revitalise the division’s strategic direction. Thai’s new managing director Cargo & Mail Commercial Department, Pruet Boobphakam, is clearly determined to not simply restore the … [Read more...] about Thai Cargo readies new business plan
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Name that plane contest!
Congratulations to all the winners of Payload’s first-ever plane naming contest. We had so much fun with this one we reckon we’ll do it again... All the winning entries will receive a confirmation via email and will shortly be receiving a copy of ‘Air Travel Survival’ – the fine tome that it is! And what you’ve all been dying to know... the plane is a...drum roll please...Xian MA 60 and not an Antonov AN 26 as some guessed. The Xian … [Read more...] about Name that plane contest!
A prime candidate for the Darwin Awards
In an apparent rush to get to his destination, an impatient airline passenger decided to de-plane while the aircraft was still taxiing! American Airlines Flight 1343 had landed safely at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and was parked on the ramp while taxiing to the gate when a man hopped out of his seat, ran into fi rst class and then opened the right-handgalley door. When the door opened, the 26-yearold poster boy for the disease known as ‘stupidity’, deployed the … [Read more...] about A prime candidate for the Darwin Awards
Just when you thought it was still safe to have dinner…
Economists, eager to demonstrate they’re worth every penny of their not insubstantial salaries, are all hotly debating when and how the global economy will recover. Will it be a V-, U-, L-, or W-shaped recovery? Everyone has their own theory and oddly enough, they’re all different. Bellyache has its own economic guru, who when asked the other day for his thoughts said it would be none of the above…instead, it will be a ‘dinner plate’ shaped recovery. … [Read more...] about Just when you thought it was still safe to have dinner…
Sheesh, give mother nature a break!
Perhaps driven by an exhaustion of the doom and gloom thesaurus, a spokesperson for BAA – which operates seven UK airports, including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Edinburgh and Glasgow - has clearly run out of people to blame for the group’s 21.4 per cent decline in cargo volumes during February, which included an 18 per cent drop at Heathrow, the UK’s biggest air cargo hub. BAA said the steep declines were a result of the current economic environment with the … [Read more...] about Sheesh, give mother nature a break!
The late Sir Adam Thomson
Founder of British Caledonian, the airline British Airways bought shortly after its privatisation in 1987 - may not have known at the time, but he was a bit of a prophet. “A recession,†he once explained, “is when you have to tighten your belt. Depression is when you have no belt to tighten. When you’ve lost your trousers – you’re in the airline business.†… [Read more...] about The late Sir Adam Thomson
