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CoverINT 12/20/05 2:44 PM Page 1 WWW.AIRCARGOWORLD.COM The2006 Air Carr ers Directory Handling Cargo • Russia Builds • TNT Sells 01TOCINT 12/20/05 2:59 PM Page 1 INTERNATIONAL EDITION January 2006 CONTENTS Volume 9, Number 1 REGIONS Air Carrier 10 North America Directory What, where and when DHL looks to recover from 29 in the 2006 Air Cargo World the troubled integration of its guide to the world’s air car- United States air hub go carriers. 12 Europe New versions of the AN-124 freighter are expected to lift the outsize cargo sector 16 Pacific Australia’s new customs clearance systems had a huge impact on shipments, but not quite what was planned Ground Handling 18 Ground handlers are moving beyond traditional roles, offering more and more value-added services. 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POSTMASTER and subscriber services: Call or write to Air Cargo World, Customer Care Department, 400 Windsor Corporate Park, 50 Millstone Rd., Suite 200, East Windsor, NJ 08520-1415 USA; telephone (888) 215-6084 January 2006 AirCargoWorld 1 02EditorialINT 12/20/05 2:43 PM Page 2 Editor’s Note International Edition Editor Paul Page • [email protected] Managing Editor Aaron Karp • [email protected] Contributing Editors Roger Turney, Ian Putzger Mike Seemuth Art & Production Director Jay Sevidal • [email protected] Planned Editorial Offices t is a Tuesday during the peak shipping season, just hours be- 1270 National Press Bldg., Washington, DC 20045, U.S. +01 (202) 355-1170 • Fax: (202) 355-1171 fore a fleet of UPS aircraft begin descending to Louisville Inter- national Airport for the nightly 11:30 pm to 3:30 am sort, and PUBLISHER I Steve Prince • +01 (770) 642-9170 • [email protected] the talk in the UPS Global Operations Center focuses on a bird in U.S. Business and Advertising Philadelphia and freezing rain in Rockford, Illinois. 1080 Holcomb Bridge Rd. • Roswell Summit Building 200, Suite 255 • Roswell, GA 30076 A UPS aircraft landing in Philadelphia earlier in the day took a birdstrike. +01 (770) 642-9170 • Fax: +01 (770) 642-9982 Maintenance workers are assessing the damage. 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Japan “This is continuous, rolling 24/7,” says Bowman. “The story Masami Shimazaki • +81-3-6418-0580 [email protected] never really starts and never really ends.” Thailand Bowman and his staff manage the movements of 260 UPS Chower Narula • +66-2-641-2695 [email protected] planes flying around the world. “Picture a large chess board,” Taiwan Ye Chang • +886 2-2378-2471 he says. “Move this here, that there, this necessitates that [email protected] move. The essence of the job is to make these kinds of Korea Mr. Jung-won Suh • +82-2-3275-5969 changes and customers don’t realize anything went on.” [email protected] There is something of a Wizard of Oz element to expedited Classified Advertising and Reprints freight transport. Air cargo is defined by fast movement and Tamara Rodrigues • [email protected] +01 (770) 642-8036 rapid change. But those getting the packages on the doorstep Display Advertising are largely oblivious to the planning and coordination behind the curtain. Traffic Coordinator Tracey Fiuza • [email protected] As 2006 dawns, the air cargo industry finds itself at a critical juncture. Busi- (973) 848-7106 Electronic Rights nesses and consumers expect seamless, overnight delivery of any and all man- and Syndication ner of goods from anywhere in the world. The click of a computer mouse on Barbara Ross • [email protected] (973) 848-7186 Monday leads to the delivery of a package on Tuesday. CUSTOMER SERVICE OR TO SUBSCRIBE: +01 888-215-6084 But such expectations for express shipping in all quarters of the world also means growing challenges for infrastructure and for regulators. Are airports in China and India, for example, up to handling skyrocketing 400 Windsor Corporate Center, volumes of cargo? Are customs regulations consistent and clear enough 50 Millstone Rd., #200, East Windsor, NJ 08520-1415, U.S. around the world to allow for the ever-faster movement of goods? And how +01 609-371-7700 will security rules in the United States and elsewhere affect the flow of cargo? Chairman, President and CEO Alan Glass Senior Vice President, CFO Dana Price All the high-tech, behind-the-scenes planning is impressive. But it’s fair to Senior Vice President, ask whether it will be enough to keep expedited cargo moving in a trading Strategy & Operations Betsy Sherer Vice President, Magazine Group Peter Tirschwell world impeded by crushing red tape and overcrowded airports. President, PIERS Brendan McCahill Air cargo players need to explain to the pubic and government officials Vice President, Directories Group Amy Middlebrook that, despite appearances, packages just don’t show up magically. A failure to Vice President, Human Resources Kenneth P. Slivken Vice President, keep pace with growing demand through the modernization of infrastructure Production & Manufacturing Meg Palladino and regulatory reform could prove far more problematic than birds and freez- Director of Circulation John Wengler POSTMASTER: Send address change to: Air Cargo World, 400 ing rain. Windsor Corporate Park, 50 Millstone Road, Suite 200, East Windsor, NJ 08520-1415. © 2006 Commonwealth Business Media Inc. — All Rights Reserved For more information visit our website at www.aircargoworld.com 2 AirCargoWorld January 2006 acw_003 12/20/05 4:57 AM Page 1 www.boeing.com Boeing is proud to announce the launch of the new Boeing 747-8 Freighter. And proud to announce both Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines as launch cus- tomers. With its expanded capacity, and the most fuel- efficient commercial airplane engines in the world, the new 747-8 F carries more volume on every flight while significantly reducing costs. An enormous advantage for freight operators no matter where the route or what the load. 04NewsUpdateINT 12/20/05 2:32 PM Page 4 UpdatesNews rope that FedEx was interested in tak- ing in TNT and its strong European express network. In a move to make any potential buyout more expensive, TNT bought back millions of its own stock and canceled the shares. FedEx long ago made its decision that transportation, not logistics, was its destiny and TNT CEO Peter Bakker said industry consolidation was a fac- tor in the decision to jettison the lo- gistics unit, making the competition tougher and the returns harder to come by. Logistics “will no longer fit with our strategic focus going forward,” said Bakker. “The exit of logistics will allow simplification of our organiza- tion. ... We are focused on creating value for our shareholders both in Shifting Logistics Priorities the short and in the long term.” TNT Logistics revenue was up 14.8 he changing landscape of global logistics percent year-over-year to $1.3 billion is shifting yet again, this time with a new in the 2005 third quarter. But TNT’s twist. Rather than joining its peers in the logistics operating income was just Trecent trend toward consolidation among $15.3 million, compared with $113 logistics giants, TNT is looking to get leaner and million from express, and $173 mil- focus more closely on its delivery services by lion from mail.