India’s Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel recently promised a blueprint for the air industry’s expansion by 2020, including plans for a series of airport upgrades by 2010. A prime project is a cargo centre at Nagpur due for completion next year, which Patel hopes will boost India’s nascent air cargo market.“We hope to see that Nagpur becomes...something like Memphis, a major hubfor cargo in India,” Patel said Tax incentivesare one tool the Indian governmentis … [Read more...] about Lack of infrastructure hampers India’s air cargo growth
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Lack of infrastructure hampers India's air cargo growth
India’s Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel recently promised a blueprint for the air industry’s expansion by 2020, including plans for a series of airport upgrades by 2010. A prime project is a cargo centre at Nagpur due for completion next year, which Patel hopes will boost India’s nascent air cargo market.“We hope to see that Nagpur becomes...something like Memphis, a major hubfor cargo in India,” Patel said Tax incentivesare one tool the Indian governmentis … [Read more...] about Lack of infrastructure hampers India's air cargo growth
Incheon sees massive transhipment rise
A growth in imports and in particular transhipment cargo helped Seoul’s Incheon airport counteract a decline in export volumes in 2006, enabling it to clock up an 8.7 percent increase in cargo volumes to 2,336,571 tonnes for the year and a 9.7 percent yearon year rise in March. The weakness in exports from Korea was caused by the strength of the won and a fall in demand for air cargo due to high fuel prices, according to Zeno Yoon, manager of the airport’s hub strategy team. … [Read more...] about Incheon sees massive transhipment rise
DLC gears up to woo carriers
Dubai Logistics City, the cargo complex for the new Dubai World Central airport, is gearing up to make its pitch to freighter operators, and to this end is currently “refi ning its value proposition” and starting to make contacts, accordingto its CEO Michael Proffitt. The timing of any pitches is a critical factor, as DLC does not want to get carriers excited too far ahead of the actual airport opening, which is expected to be sometime in the middle of 2008. That is when the … [Read more...] about DLC gears up to woo carriers
Cathay one of several bidders at Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific is just one of several companies bidding to become the third cargo handler at Hong Kong International Airport, and has competition from other third party handlers, according to the airport’s head of internationalmarketing, Dora Kay. She said it was hoped to have the new terminal operational by 2011, but could not give a more detailed timetable, as she was not personally involved in the tender process. Hong Kong’s second handler, AAT opened its second terminal … [Read more...] about Cathay one of several bidders at Hong Kong
Transmile
Malaysian cargo airline Transmile has announced the appointment of Robert Hyslop as group chief operating offi cer with effect from May 2, 2007. Hyslop joins Transmile from DHL Express where he spent 18 years, primarily in the Asia Pacifi c region. His last post at DHL was as vicepresident Aviation Development with responsibility for developing and expanding air network services in the Asia Pacifi c region on the Express side. … [Read more...] about Transmile