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We are adding an array of new features and upgrades to make our site more user-friendly and information-laden. These include: • A poll on the homepage where users can offer their opinions about developments in air cargo. • Content from the magazine, including opinion pieces and regional reports, on the homepage. John W. McCurry • An improved commenting system for articles. Editor • A listing of our most popular stories. • Graphs of airfreight data that will change monthly. • An improved search function and navigation. Later on, we will roll out free user registration, which will be needed to receive premium content on the website. As always, we will have the latest industry in- formation, updated daily. Improvement is a constant at Air Cargo World. During 2013, we added a new column, Legal Ledger, which examines the law as it pertains to air cargo. Our two industry legal experts, Ruwantissa Abeyratne and Daniel Raab, will continue to offer their valuable insight on industry issues in 2014. We also added a second page to our Bottom Line department, including up- dates from Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight and air cargo market data from WorldACD. Our social media presence was also expanded with greater use of Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook and a new Pinterest page. We believe you will enjoy our new online look, and we look forward to your feedback on the new aircargoworld.com. 4 DECEMBER 2013/JANUARY 2014 ACW More capacity to move your cargo around the globe. www.thaicargo.com EUROPwoE r ld ASIAn e w MIDDLsE EAST AFRICA AMERICAS dnata opens cargo facilities at UK airports nata announced the opening of three new facilities at Gatwick, dBirmingham and Glasgow airports, expanding the company’s cargo capabilities to five of the UK’s key regional airports including Heathrow and Manchester. Development at the three additional regional airports complements the ap- proaching opening of dnata City, Heath- Air Cargo Germany didn’t survive a turbulent 2013, a surprise since Volga-Dnepr row’s newest cargo hub. The cargo stepped into to acquire a 48-percent stake in the company. facilities at Birmingham, Gatwick and Glasgow will add a combined 57,000 sq. feet (5,296 sq. meters) to dnata City’s 206,000 sq. feet (19,138 sq. meters) of cargo capacity. How to reflect on a year “Adding cargo capacity at Birming- ham, Gatwick and Glasgow airports best to forget supports the smooth flow of shipments throughout the UK,” Gary Morgan, CEO of dnata’s UK operations, said. “With these new facilities, our customers have nother year over and a new now maybe, almost, certainly, going full UK coverage through the dnata UK one just begun…well, nearly. to open in 2014. At least, they have network.” In the latter annals of air kept the lights on at the glitch-ridden cargo, it will likely be re- gateway during all that time — be- Amembered that 2013 was the year it cause they can’t work out how to turn didn’t happen. them off. Let’s start at the beginning of this Something that certainly didn’t get misbegotten year, when it will now forgotten in the early part of the year be distantly recalled that UPS failed was Ram Menen’s immeasurable con- miserably in its bid to acquire TNT tribution to the industry. The retiring and thereby a sizeable chunk of the (and that was seldom said previously) European express market. “Foul” was senior vice president of Emirates Sky- the cry that went up from the Euro- Cargo still leaves a vacuum unlikely to The expansion to three of the UK’s key pean Commission at what it saw as be filled anytime soon. regional airports provides customers the monopolistic capitalism in all its vain As to the ongoing on/off saga of the opportunity to expand their import and glory, and which others viewed as in- year, carrier Cargolux surely walks export reach into the country. evitable market shake-out. away with this prize. Its seemingly “Cargo volumes coming in and out of The saving grace of this interven- eternal effort to offload the 35-per- the UK need to easily make it to the far tion? TNT was forced to ax 4,000 jobs cent stake ditched by Qatar Airways reaches of the country,” Morgan said. “By just three month later. Well, that’s the looks set to run and run. adding cargo services at these regional way it goes. As the year drew to a close, the airports, on top of our existing capabilities What else didn’t happen in 2013? Chinese conglomerate of Henan Civ- at Heathrow and Manchester, dnata cus- Well, Berlin’s prestigious Branden- il Aviation Development and Invest- tomers can rest easy knowing that there burg Airport didn’t open — again. ment Company (HNCA) was listed as will be a seamless service across the UK Originally completed and slated to the most likely new stakeholder. But network.” ACW start operations in March 2010, af- that was not withstanding last minute ter repeated postponements it is wrangling by the airline’s unions, seri- 6 DECEMBER 2013/JANUARY 2014 ACW THY CARGO ILAC ING AIR CARGO WORLD203X275.pdf 1 18.09.2013 15:28 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K We carry health all around the world.