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Frontline Communications Partners 1880 Century Park East, Suite 1011, Los Angeles, CA 90067 Client - Frontline Job # - 137139 Ver. - AD01A Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Contents Volume 18 • Number 11 • Dec. 2015/Jan. 2016 EXECUTIVES FEDEX CORP’S DAVID BRONCZEK & FRED SMITH p22 News Inside: 8 UpFront 200 years of DHL; Emirates supports United for WATERS Wildlife; Tiffany travels first-class 3 CARGO LEADERS TO 12 Asia WATCH IN 2016 Cathay Pacific reins in expansion, expects peak season to fall off after the first week of December 16 Americas Miami charges forward with CEIV certification, establishing itself as a leader in U.S. pharma handling 18 Europe 26 A tongue-in-cheek look at what may or may not happen in 2016 WORLDWIDE 20 Africa & Middle East Qatar continues meteoric rise as a cargo carrier AIRFREIGHT Departments 6 Editor’s Note DIRECTORY 10 Cargo Chat: Joost van Doesburg, EVO, European Shippers Council 21 People & Places OUR ANNUAL GLOBAL GUIDE FOR 42 Marketplace AIRLINES, AIRPORTS, FORWARDERS 44 Bottom Line AND OTHER AIRFREIGHT PROFESSIONALS 30 45 Events/Advertiser’s Index 46 Forwarders’ Forum Air Cargo World (USPS 364-590) (ISSN 1933-1614) is published monthly (except December and January are combined) and owned by Royal Media. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Air Cargo World, 80 Broad Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY 10004. 4 DECEMBER 2015/JANUARY 2016 | AIRCARGOWORLD.COM | @AIRCARGOWORLD Editor’s Note An overnight success for 45 years THE SOURCE FOR AIRFREIGHT LOGISTICS SENIOR EDITOR David Harris It’s not often one gets a chance to meet with a Steve [email protected] Jobs or a Thomas Edison or an Alexander Graham Bell at EDITOR the height of their game – but that’s a little like what it felt Randy Woods [email protected] • (206)-801-8478 like a few weeks ago when I sat down and had a chat with ASSOCIATE EDITOR Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express and, for all intents Linda Ball and purposes, inventor of the air express industry. In that [email protected] • (206)-237-0799 one phone call, I probably learned more about the express CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Roger Turney, Ian Putzger business from Smith than I’ve gleaned in the 12 months COLUMNISTS that I’ve been editor of this publication. The man is a living, Doug Brittin breathing air cargo museum, and I wanted to stick around Brandon Fried after closing hours. Ned Laird More importantly, though, Fred Smith is still innovating PUBLISHER in his role as president, CEO and chairman of the FedEx JJ Hornblass Randy Woods [email protected] empire he founded nearly 45 years ago. In a year that VP OPERATIONS opened with inflated volumes from the U.S. West Coast Molly Stewart port crisis and ended with a stagnant market, labor unrest and fears about a decline in CREATIVE DIRECTOR world trade, FedEx reported a record quarterly rise in operating income, reduced ex- Alex Kwanten penses significantly, made key strategic e-commerce moves, made a 50-aircraft order [email protected] from Boeing for new 767 freighters, and locked its pilots into a six-year contract that won praise from all parties concerned. MARKETING Breanna Punzone Smith is also smart enough to know that he, alone, is not responsible for every- [email protected] thing that happens at FedEx and gave most of the credit for the stellar year to David CIRCULATION Bronczek, CEO of the FedEx Express division, and considered him the true master- [email protected] mind behind the purchase of Dutch logistics firm TNT Express, which is expected AIR CARGO WORLD HEADQUARTERS to be completed in January 2016. For these reasons, Air Cargo World has named 80 Broad St., Suite 1701, New York, NY 10004 (646) 837-5945 • Fax: (646) 304-7987 Smith and Bronczek as Air Cargo Co-Executives of the Year for 2015 (see page 22). WORLDWIDE SALES Together, the team has guided an already wildly successful business toward an even U.S. Sales & Emerging Markets more profitable future. Sales Director Tim Lord Of course, Smith and Bronczek aren’t the only top air cargo leaders. In our “Un- [email protected] • +1 678 775-3565 charted Waters” feature (see page 26), we also look at the leadership behind three Europe, United Kingdom, Middle East other successful air cargo companies that will have a huge impact on air logistics in David Collison [email protected] • +44 192-381-7731 2016. These executives are Denis Ilin, who keeps the industry guessing at high-flying Hong Kong, Singapore, China, AirBridgeCargo; Dirk Reich, who has reversed Cargolux’s fortunes in dramatic fashion; Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, India and Jeffrey Musser, the new CEO of forwarding phenom Expeditors International. Michelle Li [email protected] • +852 2516 1510 Also this month, we have published our bigger and better Worldwide Airfreight Japan Directory on page 30.