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ACW october 2012 3 editorial Transition, adaptation and staying ahead of the game e’re now, officially, entering the home stretch toward the end of the year. What better way to celebrate than a ranking of the top airports in the world? Yes, when you look at the list compiled by Airports Council International (p. 32), you’d likely first see some depressing figures. In the year-over-year column, there Jon Ross Ware a lot of negative numbers. Don’t be depressed! Editor Despite the sluggish year-over-year results and the slow first half of 2012, airport operators have said that, on the whole, cargo operations are becom- ing busier. That’s good news for officials at Hong Kong International Airport, Incheon International Airport and Memphis International Airport, all of whom contributed to the article this month, and all of whom saw either flat growth or declines in their tonnage numbers between 2010 and 2011. The airports that did see boosts were the smaller players in emerging markets. These airports in Af- rica and Latin America will be even more important in the coming months. We should all watch to see how quickly they keep growing. In addition to airports, carriers are also on my mind, as we wait for the ap- proval of UPS and TNT Express’ merger, and watch, from a distance, the results from the EU’s inquiry into a proposed Ryanair-Aer Lingus deal. Closer to home, rumors are swirling about US Airways’ pursuit of American Airlines, a carrier that just welcomed a new cargo head a few short months ago. Another new of- ficial tasked with boosting up a sometimes troubled airline is Richard Forson, who recently became interim CEO of Cargolux. He provides some interesting comments about transition and strengthening business processes on page 62. Yes, transition is in the air, as it turns colder here in the Southern U.S. Merg- ers, while diminishing the number of carriers in the market, are not a bad thing. New vitality can be derived from joining forces, just as better direction can be given to an adrift company when a new perspective takes over. Hopefully, these developments will help exhilarate the industry, turning what has been a so-so 2012 into a booming 2013. 4 october 2012 ACW MIA Air Cargo world Jan16.pdf 2012/2/3 5:59:44 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Europwoe r ld Asian e w middlse east africa americas americas africa middle east Asia Europe Air Cargo Germany to acquire two 747-400ERs irBridgeCargo Airlines will hand over two Boeing 747-400 Aextended-range freighters to Air Cargo Germany, of which ABC holds a 49-percent stake. ACG is slated to acquire the jumbo freighters once certification from the German Aviation Authority Luftfahrt-Bundesamt is granted. The 747- 400ERFs will complement the four 747- 400SFs currently in the German cargo carrier’s fleet. The 747-400ERFs, which can transport a maximum payload of 120 tonnes and fly 9,120 kilometers nonstop, will be a game- Vienna now Lufthansa changer for ACG, company CEO Michael Bock said. “The aircraft enhance our reach and market options substantially, Cargo’s ‘third’ hub due to their improved range capabilities, compared to the B-400SFs, and their nose- loading door,” he said in a statement. opes of Austrian Airlines re- “Vienna will become a central Euro- ACG will return two of its 747-400SFs taining any semblance of an pean hub for Lufthansa Cargo, compa- to lessor Martinair next year, but will independent cargo product rable to our German hubs at Frankfurt replace the aircraft with newer-model have finally been dissipated. and Munich,” Carsten Spohr, CEO and 747-400Fs or 747-400ERFs, Bock said. HThe quick-fix solution of Austrian chairman of Lufthansa Cargo, said at Now that ACG has adequate Lufthansa Cargo, following the acqui- the time of the announcement. capacity, the carrier is launching new sition of the ailing Austrian carrier by It quickly became apparent that routes. Next month, ACG will commence neighboring Lufthansa, has been con- Austrian Lufthansa Cargo was a very three-times-weekly service to Beijing signed to the trash can, a little more Vienna-centric setup, with Lufthansa Capital International Airport, a route than a year after its creation. Cargo retaining its own sales organi- complementing the carrier’s current Under that scenario, it was dictated zation throughout the rest of Austria. service to Shanghai. ACG also has plans that Lufthansa Cargo would hold a Now, it would appear, Austrian Cargo to up frequencies to Mexico City and 74-percent stake (Austrian Airlines is set to be airbrushed out of existence. Chicago, with services growing from one got the remaining 26 percent) in the A new Lufthansa Cargo subsid- to two weekly flights and two to three newly created Austrian/Lufthansa iary will assume responsibility for all weekly flights, respectively.