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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- 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.

DEPARTMENTS Modern 2 Edit Note Moscow 4 News Updates 22 Aeroflot and AirBridge 42 People Cargo are out to show that Russian airlines can compete 44 Events in the modern cargo business. 45 Classifieds 46 Bottom Line 48 Forwarders Forum

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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

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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. selling off its $4 billion logistics business this “Generally speaking, logistics ser- year. The Netherlands-based operator says its ex- vices is a low-margin business and dri- press and mail units offer better returns. ving profitable growth is becoming Logistics is a big revenue producer for the company, but TNT raised new increasingly difficult,” said Adrian questions about the whole move toward expansive “one-stop shop” services Gonzalez, director of ARC Advisory that cross traditional business borders by pointing to the low profit margins in Group’s Logistics Executive Council. the logistics trade. The logistics business produces about a third TNT’s overall revenue but made up only about 5 percent of its operating profit in the 2005 Merging Ops third quarter. The TNT announcement was part of a year-ending tremor of activity in the eutsche Post World Net is mov- seismic changes underway in the logistics market that reach deep into the air Ding quickly on the largest merg- transport field. er integration ever in the logistics Deutsche Post World Net ended the year by completing its $6.7 billion pur- business and already warning that chase of Exel, turning the parent of DHL into an umbrella for $65 billion in pushing together the former Exel mail, express, freight transport and logistics business. And Deutsche Bahn was operation and DHL Danzas will take preparing to complete its buy of BAX Global, which included the sale of BAX’s two to three years. certificated airline business. With a combined $20 billion in TNT itself was the subject of takeover rumors in November, when German revenue and 150,000 employees investor Cornelius Geber said he was considering buying the express transport worldwide, it will be the largest for- power. TNT dismissed the speculation, but there were suggestions across Eu- warding and logistics business on

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the globe, and part of a $65 billion Ordering Boeing Meanwhile, the Taikoo Aircraft En- Deutsche Post transport and logis- oeing capped a strong 2005 by gineering Company in Xiamen is tics empire. Bdelivering its first 747-400 con- building up capacity to do more Boe- DPWN says the logistics business verted freighter to Cathay Pacific last ing conversion work. Taeco has four will operate under the DHL brand, month, unveiling a plane aimed at hangars able to accommodate eight using DHL’s red and yellow colors, maintaining the aircraft manufactur- wide-bodied aircraft at a time, and a and will be divided into two sub- er’s leading role in international all- fifth hangar is slated for completion brands: DHL Exel Supply Chain and cargo operations. by 2007. Taeco is now doing only DHL Global Forwarding. But it will The delivery in Xiamen, China, 747-400 conversions but plans to also have a decidedly Exel hue, with came as Boeing totaled more than 30 start converting 767-300s once Boe- Exel CEO John Allan running the firm orders for the converted version ing reaches agreements with airlines combined division out of Exel’s of the jumbo aircraft with options for for converted freighter orders for home base near London. 30 more. The manufacturer has also those aircraft. “Strategically, this acquisition is a received more than 30 firm orders good fit as both organizations were and options for its new 747-8 Striking Korean looking to increase their geographi- freighter, and recently won the cal footprint to meet the challenges largest order ever for the 777 aircraft orwarders and shippers in South of globalization and growth in out- from Emirates. FKorea withstood their second sourcing,” says Allen. “Now we will Overall, the manufacturer had 827 strike in a matter of months when be able to provide customers with aircraft orders through the first 11 Korean Air pilots walked off their an even wider range of products and months of 2005, giving it a 140 air- jobs last month in a pay dispute. value-added services.” craft order lead over rival Airbus. The The four-day strike at the world’s Deutsche Post CEO Klaus European manufacturer had surpassed largest combination hit Zumwinkel says the DHL and Exel Boeing in aircraft orders for the first large parts of KAL’s freighter sched- management teams will be able to time in recent years but appears set ule and affected some 9,700 tonnes merge “in a rapid and efficient man- for a second place finish for 2005. of cargo, according to the airline. Ko- ner.” Industry sources say the com- Emirates, a leading A380 customer, rean Air said it lost about $65.5 mil- bination of organizations has already gave Boeing a big boost by ordering lion in cargo business because of the pushed some executives out, and 42 777s, including eight freighter ver- walkout. competitors have been openly cir- sions. Even with the Airbus super Pilots returned to the job only after cling the business to pick off talent jumbo on the way, Boeing aircraft ap- the government intervened, invoking and customers. pear firmly rooted in airlines’ future emergency powers to get the coun- BAX Global, meanwhile, is busy cargo plans. try’s trade-dependent economy back selling off its Air Transportation In- Industry sources say Airbus officials on track. Seoul had used the same ternational subsidiary to meet U.S. are considering conversion programs powers last summer to end a walk- regulatory requirements and clear for its longer-haul aircraft, with most out by pilots at Korea’s No. 2 carrier the way for its purchase by Deutsche of the interest focused on the A330. Asiana Airlines pilots after 25 days. Bahn. ATI, which operates 18 aircraft The twin-engine has the range, flexi- In last month’s strike, Korean Air to support BAX’s North American bility in operations and cubic capaci- kept some operations moving by heavyfreight network, will be sold to ty to make it an attractive freighter consolidating traffic from various Cargo Holdings International. but it was launched in the mid-1990s flights. But the airline canceled at CHI will operate DC-8 and 727 and so remains a young aircraft in least half its freighter flights a day freighter aircraft for BAX/Deutsche many passenger fleets. A freighter before the government acted. Bahn on a contract basis. BAX says conversion is likely several years not owning its own aircraft will give away. Engineering work has not start- Bumpy World it more flexibility and that its for- ed yet on a conversion program, ac- warder network will not be affected cording to aircraft industry officials he financial turnaround at World by the change. familiar with the discussions. TAirways is hitting some turbulence.

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The airline’s parent World Air can. It will also reduce depreciation “Businesses are increasingly reluc- Holdings says it will have to restate expense at World Airways. The com- tant to pay a premium for overnight its financial results for the second pany originally reported a $4.2 mil- air service, and continue to build quarter because of problems in the lion net profit in the second quarter. their inventory and distribution way it accounted for the expenses of World also delayed the release of models around more economical, its new North sub- its third quarter financial report to re- time-definite deliveries moving in sidiary. World says the problems in- view its financial accounting. ground parcel, LTL and truckload,” cluded the way expenses were allocat- he said. ed to the financial periods, as well as Ground Grows changes in accounting for a profit- EGL Charges sharing plan and for fuel expenses at he United States’ expedited wet-lease carrier World Airways. Ttransport market should see a agle Global Logistics repaid the World bought North American in boost in 2006 but don’t expect it to EUnited States Department of De- April in a bid to diversify an airline come in the air. fense $1.14 million in overcharges the business that had been hit hard by The Colography Group research company billed the government for the impact of September 11. and consulting firm is forecasting ex- logistics work in the Middle East and Freighter operations have helped pedited business in the country is trying to limit damage that could turn things around but the company should grow 7.6 percent this year to run to millions more in penalties. also faces new trouble on other fronts. just short of $98 billion. But domes- The -based forwarder says Its unionized pilots recently rejected a tic air cargo growth will be “muted,” the overcharges were for war risk sur- contract offer, the second rejection in with truckers that have been push- charges that EGL claimed in bills to as many years by flight crews repre- ing more overnight and second-day defense contractor Kellogg Brown & sented by the Teamsters union. services on longer routes getting Root, a Halliburton subsidiary that is World asked the U.S. National Me- most of the growth. a major contractor to the U.S. mili- diation Board to get involved in talks, “The secular factors driving traffic tary in Iraq. which have been ongoing for two-and- off airplanes and onto trucks will re- EGL says it also fired two employ- a-half years but have not produced a main intact in 2006,” said Cologra- ees it says breached the company new contract. In a sign of growing acri- phy Group President Ted Scherck. code of conduct. mony between the sides, World pilots Scherck predicts overnight enve- The announcement was a setback began picketing last month outside lope traffic, hit hard by electronic for an important line of shipping the airline’s headquarters. funds transfers and e-mail growth, business for EGL, which stressed it World says the reclassification of to fall 0.6 percent next year and the cooperated fully in the investigation. financial results should reduce ex- greatest growth in air to come in Government investigators said they penses and revenue at North Ameri- the deferred categories. “will make no recommendation to Iraq Neutral air cargo services 4xweekly2Iraq coyne Airways Limited Gateways worldwide x Coyne Airways Limited Full details: Dubai Tel: +97 1508 482362 www.coyneair.com Email: [email protected] London Tel: +44 (0) 207 605 6884 4 Email: [email protected]

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the DOT for debarment of EGL from DHL International appears to be tremendous potential for growth future DOD contracts” as part of a preparing for an even greater role in and we have a bright future ahead settlement, EGL said. European air shipping. of us,” Kuijpers said in a statement. Industry observers say EGL will Kuijpers this month became “I’m looking forward to working have to do more than settle the case, non-executive chairman of leading with (the) management team on the however, to maintain its U.S. military European ground handler Aviapart- further expansion of the Aviapart- business. ner Group, quickly jumping back ner Group.” “While the proposed settlement into the industry after a bumpy Kuijpers, 67, was chairman of does not preclude (EGL) from future ending last year to his tenure as startup SN Brussels Airlines before government work, it does represent head of passenger carrier SN Brus- leaving in a board shakeup in Sep- another mark against (EGL’s) credibil- sels Airlines. tember. He was also a leader of ity and internal controls,” said Jon He immediately signalled he is ea- DHL during the 1990s, and headed Langenfeld, an investment analyst ger to make the business bigger, Brussels-based DHL International in with Baird Equity Research. suggesting that the consolidation, the period leading up to Deutsche expansion and service extensions Post World Net’s takeover of DHL. Kuijpers Handles that have marked operations on the Aviapartner has plenty of backing ramp will accelerate. for any expansion plans — the com- ob Kuijpers is back in the cargo “In the current passenger and pany is owned by 3i, a private equi- Rbusiness and the former head of cargo handling market, there is a ty firm focused on buyouts. ■ The2006 ACI-NA Air Cargo Symposium Air Cargo’s Role in Supply Chain Management March 29-31, 2006 • Claremont Resort & Spa, Oakland, CA

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NORTH AMERICA Hubbing Losses DHL is sticking with its United States profit forecast but the real focus is on recovery from its hub integration troubles

in which even DHL officials conced- ed that their promises to the market outpaced their capabilities. Service Disruption The company report presented to Wall Street showed service levels falling to as low as 67.7 percent in mid-September before getting con- sistently back above 90 percent by early October. One representative of a large phar- maceutical shipper, speaking on con- dition of anonymity, said on-time de- livery of its critical medical ship- ments fell below 50 percent as the company struggled to blend the air- HL is looking to raise its returns on United States oper- lines, containers, packages, workers ations that are bleeding red ink but customers are and information systems from two making clear that the carrier will also have to raise its hubs. The problems came as DHL Dservice levels after some dramatic missteps in its moved its operations at growth plan. /Northern Kentucky Inter- At a meeting with investors in New York, DHL disclosed plans to raise rates national Airport into the former Air- for some of its customers in North America even as the express carrier revealed borne Express hub in Wilmington. the extent of the financial damage from severe problems the company had in The troubles came at a critical time the integration of its U.S. hub operations at Wilmington, Ohio. for DHL, with new mass market ad- Delays and disruptions that cascaded across the DHL network cost the com- vertising stressing service reliability pany some $280 million worth of annual business volume as customers, in- following a push last year that, as cluding several large package shippers, abandoned the company. company officials have By Paul Page DHL told analysts it won back about 48 percent of the lost vol- conceded, brought in ume after the September foul-ups, with only about 10 percent of that business more business than the company’s recovered with discounts. still-building infrastructure could But it was a sharp blow to an operation that has lost hundreds of millions readily handle. of dollars in the United States since buying Airborne Express and a black eye “DHL is really in a defensive pos- for a company that has promoted itself as a high service provider after a year ture right now,” said Tim Sailor of

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Navigo Consulting, a consultant to but aligned with the market.” gross revenue, a 9.4 percent increase shippers. “The service disruptions According to industry analysts, over the same period a year ago. The with the hub integration have really DHL has sought rate hikes from up to -based company says it has hut them.” 90 large customers and seen almost a $14.2 million in cash and available Still, DHL officials, including third of them leave. credit that it can use for “strategic ac- North America chief John Mullen, But the company now faces the quisitions in a fragmented market- also insisted to Wall Street that the challenge of winning lost customers place.” … Atlanta-based courier ACD company remains in sight of the back even as it tries to raise prices Logistics agreed to acquire a con- profitability that it has promised by generally and improve the yield on trolling interest in Telesis Express the end of 2006. accounts long accustomed to the and will make that operation part of “Despite inevitable temporary set- bargain basement rates of Airborne a new company, ACD Logistics backs, the progress being made in the Express. Southwest. … ABX Air and Innova- U.S. leaves us confident that our over- “It shows that there are a lot of tive Solutions & Support won all strategy and direction are correct, very high barriers to entry to the U.S. certification for a flat panel display and that long-term objectives can be domestic air express market,” said retrofit they will offer operators of met,” Deutsche Post said in a state- Satish Jindel, a parcel industry con- 757s and 767s. … Pakistan Inter- ment released at the presentation. sultant. “It certainly helps explain asked for the “Trading conditions remain competi- why a company like TNT has chosen right to add a third weekly passenger tively tough but relatively stable.” to stay out of the market. While the flight between and Pakistan. DHL would not comment specifi- U.S. is a large market it is not an easy … An immigration court in cally at the event on its earlier fore- one to establish yourself in. You have granted asylum to a Cuban woman cast to break even, however, citing se- to have a longer time horizon. FedEx who entered the United States by curities rules relating to Deutsche and UPS have infrastructure that is so stowing away in a DHL crate flown Post’s takeover of British logistics much larger than what DHL has, on a freighter from the Bahamas to firm Exel. Deutsche Post has forecast even with the expansion they are un- Miami. … King County, Wash., a $350 million loss in the United dertaking.” turned down requests from South- States in 2005 after losing more than west Airlines and Alaska Air- $600 million here in 2004. … Briefly lines to move their operations from -Tacoma International Raising Rates ABX Air, the sub-service freighter Airport to Boeing Field, where cargo operator for DHL in the United carriers and others are seeking to op- Wall Street analysts at the New States, saw revenue grow 27.6 percent erate because of high fees and con- York presentation said DHL planned in the third quarter to $369.9 mil- gestion at Sea-Tac. … United Air- to raise rates between 2 and 8 percent lion, including a 31.9 percent in- lines, and others in 2006, but a spokesman said the in- crease in revenue from non-DHL cus- applied for new new authority to add crease would be more targeted even tomers to $9 million. Bankruptcy fil- flights to Mexico starting in February. as DHL seeks to improve its yield. ings from two non-DHL customers … Cincinnati/Northern Ken- “We will look to increase pricing by cut profits in that category to $1.5 tucky International Airport some 2 to 8 percent over the coming million, however, while the overall opened a 8,000-foot runway. … months for some DHL customers who net profit grew 4.1 percent to $7.4 will start ser- have been historically priced at a million. … Cathay Pacific Air- vice to . … Cargo traffic at loss as part of a focus on establishing ways named ASIG as its cargo han- International Air- margins in line with the enhanced dler for new three-times-weekly port grew 7.3 percent in the first services DHL is providing,” said flights to Hartsfield-Jackson At- nine months of 2005, with domestic spokesman Jonathan Baker. “This is lanta International Airport. … traffic up 14.7 percent. International not a statement of our planned rates Target Logistics nearly doubled its cargo traffic was down 13.5 percent for 2006, however. Our general pric- profit in the quarter ending Sept. 30, at SFO in September, including an ing policy is to remain competitive, earning $477,078 on $36.1 million in 18.1 percent slide in exports. ■

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EUROPE Heavy Lifting New versions of AN-124 freighters will add capacity to a growing outsize air cargo market

expected to generate aircraft sales on the order of $6 billion. The new ver- sions are to be built over the next two decades at a list price of around $100 million to $110 million apiece. “We as a specialist operator of this type of aircraft need this level pro- duction and the market in general needs this level of production if we are to meet expected demand,” says Pivovarov. “The market for outsize and heavyweight cargo has grown some 28 percent a year for each of the last four years and growth is forecast to continue at a rate of at least 15 to 20 percent between now and 2010.” Market Share he AN-124-100 freighter remains a species of comparative rarity, much discussed but seldom seen. That is all about Volga-Dnepr controls a 54 percent to change with the start of an intensive production pro- share of the global outsize market, Tgram that could see more than 60 new versions of the air- operating a fleet of 10 AN-124-100 craft built. Far from living out its dog days as an ex-Soviet military aircraft. It took delivery last year of air-lifter, the faithful AN-124 is to be rejuvenated, reborn and re- its tenth, a new-build providing a 30 launched as a modern commercial freighter. percent increase in payload that A joint Russian and Ukrainian initiative will see a modernized By Roger Turney takes the aircraft’s lift ca- version of the hulking aircraft enter into serial production at the pability up to 150 tonnes. Aviastar aircraft manufacturing plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia. The key co-leaders A separate business project signed in the project will be the aircraft’s Ukrainian originator, Antonov Design Bu- between the Russian and Ukrainian reau, and Russian cargo power Volga-Dnepr. governments has been put in place to In the initial stages, an upgraded version, the AN-124-100M-150, will be upgrade the rest of the Volga-Dnepr produced in Ulyanovsk, with the first aircraft to be rolled out in 2008. Serial AN-124 fleet to a 150 tonne capabili- production will commence in 2010, although with only three aircraft expect- ty over the next five years. The new ed to be produced each year, it will hardly be conveyor belt stuff. AN-124-100M-150, as the aircraft’s But according to Gennady Pivovarov, director operations for Volga-Dnepr moniker suggests, also feature a 150- Airlines, an investment of $407 million in the Ulyanovsk production line is tonne payload offering.

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But with this sudden avalanche of two states are not exactly on the best in that direction,” says Bauckham. new build capacity coming on of terms. But Pivovarov dismisses The carrier expects to sign a con- stream, will Volga-Dnepr not effec- such talk. “Let me confirm to you tract with Boeing to fly parts be- tively be killing its own goose by in- that this project has been sanctioned tween Japan and Seattle for produc- creasing availability, lowering rates at the highest levels and has got the tion of the new 787 aircraft. The pro- and even encouraging new outsized personal backing and assurances of duction run could use the resources operators? “It will not work like both the presidents of Russia and of up to four of Volga-Dnepr’s AN- that,” says Pivovarov. “We believe Ukraine,” he says. 124s. If Airbus sets up offshore pro- the existing outsize operators, in- In fact, such is the confidence of duction in China, Bauckham sug- cluding ourselves, will quickly swal- project backers that even before the gests a similar contract could be set low-up this new capacity as it comes AN-124-100M-150 has flown its first up with the European aircraft manu- on stream. air mile plans have already been initi- facturer. And the delay in producing “We are also confident that the ated for a next generation. a new European military heavy huge barriers to entry to this special- The follow-up AN-124-300 is set freighter is also expected to mean the ized market will preclude any new- to be rolled out in 2018, with serial breach will be filled with ex-Soviet comers.” production slated to begin in 2020 military capacity. He confirms Volga-Dnepr will be at a rate of three aircraft a year. This “You can see now where our ca- in line to order at least five of the ultimate version of the aircraft, it is pacity is beginning to be eaten-up,” new AN-124s, with options for five envisioned, will for the first time fea- says Bauckham. “This is why we need more. Fellow outsize operator Polet ture an aircraft fully-loaded with reassure the commercial market that Cargo Airlines has indicated it Western engines and avionics, al- we can meet the expected growth de- would place orders for three of the though it is likely the payload will mand from all business sectors.“ new AN-124 aircraft. As well as not reach much above the current breathing a new life into the AN- 150 tonnes. … Briefly 124, Pivovarov also expects to breathe new commercial potential Big Logistics Cargo traffic for European air car- into the aircraft. “We are discussing riers grew 2.1 percent in October the potential of building a fire-en- Besides getting into serial produc- and for the first 10 months of 2005. gine version of the aircraft and tion of the AN-124, Volga-Dnepr also But almost all the growth came on NATO wants us to look at the possi- wants to get into serial contracting of Far East routes, where the Associa- bility of producing a field-hospital the aircraft. tion of European Airlines said version of the aircraft,” he says. According to Tony Bauckham, freight traffic grew 5.4 percent in Pivovarov also notes the original managing director of Volga-Dnepr October and 5.2 percent in the Janu- fleet of AN-124s will soon begin to Airlines UK, the outsize market re- ary-October period. … TNT Ex- reach retirement age and will need to mains firmly fixed in the ad hoc state press is opening a station at Al Ain be progressively replaced. “The exist- of mind. “We want to shift that per- in the United Arab Emirates and ex- ing AN-124 fleet has been designed ception and build up a more regular panding facilities in Abu Dhabi in a with a lifespan of about 24,000 flying flow of long term contract work,” says $810,000 investment in larger opera- hours, which at an average rate of Bauckham. “We no longer see our- tions in the Gulf region. The expan- 1,200 to 2,000 hours a year, will soon selves as just an airport-to-airport op- sion includes new connections for be reached for many of these air- erator, but more as an integrated lo- TNT’s Middle East Road Network. … craft,” he says. gistics solutions provider.” Cargo tonnage on freighters at Ams- The project to re-launch the AN- Volga-Dnepr claims a 30 percent terdam Airport Schiphol fell 4.1 124 into serial production may be share of the existing long-term percent in October, the second based on sound commercial judge- heavylift and outsize contract mar- straight monthly decline in the all- ment, but some question the long- ket. “We are now beginning to see cargo business at the key European term political efficacy of a joint Russ- the first effects of a more concerted gateway. Schiphol’s overall volume ian-Ukrainian venture. After all, the effort on our part to drive the market was down 0.7 percent for the month

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but up 2.5 percent in the first 10 based Atrax International Logis- said it planned to upgrade capacity months of the year. … Cargolux tics joined the Bellville Rodair from a 757 to a 767. … General sales took delivery of its 14th 747-400 group of forwarders. Marc Stroosma representative Aviareps says its freighter. … Virgin Atlantic Car- remained head of the business, re- turnover in the six months ending go appointed GSA International named Bellville Rodair Interna- Sept. 30 grew 65 percent over the as its general sales agent in the Re- tional. ... Cargo traffic at British same period the year before. … Nor- public of Ireland. … Cargo traffic at Airways fell 1.9 percent in Novem- way Post bought temperature-con- Brussels International Airport ber and was down 1.9 percent in the trolled logistics specialist Frigoscan- grew 11.9 percent in October, period from April to November. ... dia. … General sales agent IAM han- sharply up from previous months, Kuehne + Nagel won a contract to dled more than a million kilos of and tonnage was up 5.7 percent in handle global export logistics from freight in September, the first time it the first 10 months of 2005. … Eti- Europe for United Biscuits. … Royal has broken that figure in a single had Crystal Cargo named Air- Jordanian Airlines started twice- month. … Eastern Air Cargo, a re- line Cargo Resources as its sales weekly service between Amman and gional freight service owned by the agent in South Africa for new Milan. … Ghana International Central German Airports Group, freighter flights to Johannesburg and Airlines appointed Macair Cargo named Sky-XS Aircargo Net- said it is considering expanding the as its cargo general sales agent for work as its general sales agent in twice-weekly service. ... Amsterdam- London-Accra passenger service and Austria and Eastern Europe. ■

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s air cargo network helps speed Harvé Benard fashions from airport runways to fashion runways.

For more than 38 years Bernard Holtzman has maintained the success of his Harvé Benard collections with vision, passion — and the help of air cargo services. Harvé Benard designs are crafted in New York and produced abroad in Asia and Europe. And, with industry specialists on hand to expedite shipping worldwide, easy access to a vast highway and trucking network and reach to over 100 million consumers within one day, Bernard can deliver fashion that’s in demand.

Finished Harvé Benard clothing is just part of the 310,000 tons of textiles and apparel flown through our airports every year. For Bernard, shipping by air means that when a look takes off, his designs are ready to wear. For your business, it could mean becoming the next big thing.

For tailor-made air cargo services, contact air cargo manager Michael Bednarz toll free in the US at 866.353.1031, at 212.435.3772 or email [email protected]

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PACIFIC Australian Standstill Australia’s customs overhaul has been a model for the world, but hardly the model forwarders had in mind

system seven days before it came into action, he noted. Nor was it helpful that the system was unleashed during the peak season, leaving little slack in supply chains to adjust. According to McNamara, customs had been deaf to all suggestions and warnings from the industry when the system was devised and introduced, making it what the logistics industry says is a model for how not to roll out new systems and what is certainly an example of the gap between govern- ment action and commercial execu- tion. “The whole thing was put to- gether by bureaucrats more interested in building a monument to their egos than developing a working system,” he said. “It’s about five times more ustralia has some world-famous, awe-inspiring sights – complicated than what we had be- natural phenomena like the Great Barrier Reef and Ulu- fore, and it doesn’t do any more.” ru (or Ayer’s Rock, as the monolith in the Outback used Ato be called) as well as man-made wonders like Syd- Clearing Backlogs ney’s opera house. And then there is the the Australian Customs Service’s new Integrated Cargo System, which may not be quite as The shiny new set-up, whose well known outside the world of cargo but certainly has packed a price tag ballooned from the origi- lot more punch in its young life than Sydney’s tem- nal $26 million bud- ple to Verdi and Wagner. By Ian Putzger get tabled four years Against the urgings Australia’s international trading indus- ago to $165 million try, which had pleaded for a phased introduction to weed out the bugs, cus- at implementation, takes in and toms rolled out its gleaming new set-up in one fell swoop Oct. 12 and nearly matches data from the various links brought imports to a complete standstill. Sydney’s container port was likely in the transportation chain (for- one day away from grinding to a halt because it couldn’t take any more warder, carrier, customs broker, freight, and the airport fared not much better, said Peter McNamara, manag- etc.), each having to complete some ing director of air freight wholesaler AMI and chairman of the Australian Fed- 28 to 30 data fields. eration of International Forwarders until last year. Any discrepancy – even by one digit It did not help that customs released the software requirements for the new – between those entries causes the sys-

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tem to reject the consignment, which resentatives from industry and cus- 5.5 percent in October and 2.4 per- means the shipment is held at the air- toms with a mandate to identify cent for the first 10 months of 2005. port or port until the mistake has problems and find solutions for … DHL will spend $110 million to been corrected, which can take days. them. Customs has even indicated it double the capacity of its express Predictably, handling facilities will consider claims for compensa- hub at Hong Kong International filled up rapidly with stranded ship- tion for overtime storage while ship- Airport. … Japan Airlines joined ments waiting for clearance. ments are held up, provided the Oneworld passenger airline al- By some estimates, it may take un- claimants can show that the agency liance. … Hong Kong Interna- til January or even February to clear was the source of the delay. tional Airport began airfield en- the backlogs, although McNamara McNamara is not inclined to hancements to accommodate the believes many forwarders were on spend time on such efforts, figuring A380 aircraft. … Varig Brazilian top of their import traffic by early that the time and cost involved Airways is ending its service from December. Cargo agents and customs would probably exceed the amount Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo through Los brokers regularly clocked up 65-hour AMI might recover. Which is not to Angeles. … Singapore-based Maple- working weeks since mid-October. say that the costs for forwarders have tree Logistics Trust Manage- Richard Dexter, a director of Mel- been negligible. ment will buy the Ouluo Logistics bourne-based forwarder Bluefreight, “Our direct cost from this is getting Center near Shanghai Pudong In- reported his company had to hire close to ($75,000), and we’re not a ternational Airport for US$14.8 additional staff and work longer huge company. For some bigger com- million. … DGX, sister company to hours to keep up with traffic. “It panies, this is a huge disaster,” he said. DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Ex- takes four hours to do what we Importers see no reason why they press, opened its first full-service of- could do in 10 minutes for customs should pay for the extra work, he said. fice in China, a Shanghai station that clearance,” he said. will be run by Simon Su. … Drago- “Customs brokers were left out on … Briefly nair’s cargo traffic measured in a limb when the system crashed but tonne-kilometers performed grew only following the disaster did Cus- Freight traffic for Asian airlines 15.2 percent in October but tonnage toms boost the system’s capacity,” grew 1.9 percent in October, accord- fell 0.1 percent as intra-Asia business, the company said in a statement. ing to the Association of Asia-Pa- particularly trade with Japan, lagged “So what should have been a big cific Airlines, and was up 3.2 per- behind expectations. … The Centre jump forward for customs clearance cent in the first 10 months of 2005 for Asia-Pacific Aviation consul- procedures in Australia has sent lo- on a 5.3 percent gain in capacity. … tancy named Dragonair its cargo gistics companies back to manual China and Singapore signed a new airline of the year for the region, cit- clearances, a huge step in the wrong air services treaty that lifts restric- ing the Hong Kong carrier’s “prudent direction.” tions on capacity, routing and air- network capacity decisions,” and craft type. … Singapore’s industrial Emirates the overall airline of the ‘Beat-Up’ production jumped 17.6 percent in year. … Yangtze River Express October … The Chinese government Airlines became the first cargo air- Customs top brass have not dis- approved applications of Shanghai line from China to launch scheduled cussed the issue with the press, hav- Airlines and Yangtze River Ex- services at Singapore’s Changi Airport ing earlier characterized the whole af- press to start freighter services be- when it commenced 12 weekly flights fair as a “media beat-up.” tween Shanghai and from Shanghai via Nanning. … IJS A statement the authority released through Anchorage. … Japan-based Global’s new Hong Kong-based air in November was cited in local reports Kintetsu World Express said it and ocean forwarding subsidiary, IJS as blaming users for the problems. will expand its network in Vietnam Global China, plans to establish na- Combined pressure on the govern- further after opening an office in tionwide operations across China af- ment from logistics companies and Hanoi last month, its third in the ter receiving a “Class A” freight for- importers has since led to the estab- country. … Freight tonnage at Sin- warding license from the Beijing gov- lishment of a joint committee of rep- gapore Changi Airport was up ernment. ■

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Feature Focus: Ground Handling Handling er Delta to prevent a migration of air freight from Hong Kong to other air- ports in the region. From the moment the first truck rolled across the border, HACTL management has never looked back. by Ian Putzger This past year, its wholly-owned subsidiary Hong Kong Air Cargo In- Change dustry Services launched a scheduled irlines for years have looked at ground handlers as road service to Dongguan, which levers to squeeze cost out of their cargo opera- marked the seventh point in China tions. The handlers themselves, however, have that the outfit serves by truck. other plans. Increasingly looking to spread their Like handlers around the world, services in new directions, the operators at air- HACTL is looking to protect its busi- ports are breaking through the fence and redefin- ness and even grow. But the impact ing their role in the expedited supply chain. of such moves are rippling across the Some are doing it by going global and many are finding industry as forwarders and airlines new business paths by becoming virtual transportation are finding that the stopping point companies themselves, forging new possibilities for ship- at the airport, once seemingly a hur- pers and forwarders and allowing airlines to push their own services beyond dle to be overcome, can become a Athe airport-to-airport world. seamless part of a service chain.

Handling companies don’t usually Commanding some 80 percent of rucking has also become part of run trucks inside their warehouses, the cargo volume that moves Tthe menu offered by a growing after all, but Hong Kong Air Cargo through Hong Kong International number of handling agents around Terminal did not let that get in the Airport, it is not surprising that the world. way of offering trucking services as HACTL felt compelled to establish Outfits such as Swissport and part of its service portfolio. links to the markets in the Pearl Riv- Servisair have been operating sched-

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about getting into customs clearance other than for personal effects, which is done at most Swissport sta- New strategies at cargo handlers are tions. He does not want to encroach on the domain of forwarders, whom taking services beyond the fence, he regards as customers. Increasingly, Swissport has been ap- turning a chokepoint for freight into proached by cargo agents to provide warehousing. Harman notes in France an integral part of the supply chain and Germany groups of forwarders are seeking to reduce costs by farm- uled trucking networks in Europe for ly for import distribution. Exports ing out their on-airport warehousing. some time now. In the United seems to be more in the hands of States, companies such as Aircraft GSAs,” Harman said. he broadening scope of activi- Service International Group or Swissport is looking to expand its Tties that handlers are prepared Aeroground have well-established trucking activities. Eastern Europe to take on is reflected in their infor- trucking networks in place. and Scandinavia are likely targets, mation technology investments in For Swissport, the main focus of Harman revealed. “Pan-European dis- systems that extend well beyond this activity so far has been on Ger- tribution would be a logical step, pro- core warehouse and build-up/break- many, France and the United King- vided you get critical mass,” he said. bulk functions. dom, chiefly for Asian carriers. But for HACTL, the service does- In the main, this is driven by air- “If you want to offer handling n’t end with trucking. lines’ desire to draw handling into there (in some European markets), The handler also advises clients their performance measurement and you need to offer trucking,” ob- that its staff can break down incom- service level initiatives and the need served David Harman, vice president ing cargo and re-label the individual to ensure seamless data flow for op- of cargo for Europe, the Middle East shipments for collection. And it of- erational as well as regulatory re- and Africa of Swissport. This is typi- fers customs clearance as part of its quirements, such as security regula- cally done through subcontracting transborder trucking activities, an tions and customs links. with scheduled truck operators. activity that is normally covered by Servisair is rolling out a freight “More and more customers are forwarders or customs brokers. management system in North Amer- asking for seamless service, especial- However, Harman has reservations ica that interfaces with customs to

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planning,” Harman said. This allows the handler to treat trucks as flights and provide a seamless service. “It saves the airlines cost. They don’t have to open a bond.”

ust as they reach down the sup- Jply chain toward the consignee, meet government security require- lines approach, alerts are triggered handlers can also extend their activi- ments and has an alert function for automatically to alert staff that it ties in the opposite direction. cargo from unknown or infrequent may be necessary to allocate addi- Servisair’s portfolio includes cargo shippers. Equipped with a host of tional resources to the task in ques- sales. “We can manage the cargo functions, such as a billing module, tion in order to avoid delays. product for a carrier to the point the set-up can be tailored to fit indi- “The idea is to alert staff of an where we become a virtual cargo di- vidual service level agreements, said event before you run into a poten- vision for them,” said Galegher. Kerry Galegher, vice president of car- tial failure,” said Christian Saaner, Although legacy carriers are inter- go for the Americas. regional operations manager for Eu- ested in outsourcing a greater He hopes to have the rollout rope, the Middle East and Africa. amount of activities than in the past, across North America completed by Last year Swissport introduced an the prime airline candidates for such the summer. Servisair now provides Internet-based tracking tool fed by an approach would be budget pas- freight handling at six American air- EDI messages to enable airline cus- senger airlines, he said. To date, bud- ports and is looking to expand its tomers to track traffic through the get airlines in North America have North American footprint. Vancou- handler’s system. not embraced this philosophy, but ver, Toronto and New York’s EDI messages are also used for some of their European counterparts Kennedy Airport are under consider- tracing shipments that move by have farmed out their entire cargo ation, as are airports in Mexico. truck between Swissport stations at operations and he believes U.S. play- After launching its new cargo sys- different airports. This type of traffic ers will eventually follow suit. tem in Canada and Europe, Swiss- constitutes the bulk of the handler’s “The time has come to look at an port is rolling it out in the U.S., trucking activities in Europe, but in- all-inclusive product. We’re willing starting with . creasingly Swissport is asked to de- to listen to anything that a customer In line with carrier requirements, liver the cargo to the final con- would bring to the table. If we don’t the system is Cargo 2000 compliant signee, provided the consignee has a take a hard look at this, we might and allows airlines to pick between bonded warehouse. miss some opportunities,” he said. four and eight measuring points in “We’re also taking over classical Servisair is not likely to rush at any the process. As defined event dead- functions like booking, loading, such opening, however. Mindful of

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The time has come to look at an ‘‘all-inclusive product. We’re willing to listen to anything that ter these matters,” Harman said. The alignment at head office level is also reflected in the growing num- a customer would bring ber of multi-station or corporate handling agreements. Besides leveraging an airline’s vol- to the table. umes, this can open the door to more forward-looking undertakings. Swiss- possible concerns from airline cus- more energy on quality levels than port recently signed a joint venture tomers that their handler could com- had been anticipated. deal with AirBridge Cargo and KrasAir pete with them, Galegher said, “It has’’ to develop a cargo hub in Krasno- to be the right opportunity and the oday, the airlines are still facing yarsk. Air Bridge is using the Siberian right carrier; there has to be confiden- Theavy financial pressure, but the airport as a transfer point for cargo tiality, and there has to be trust.” way they eye their handling agents from Europe and China to Sakhalin For the legacy carriers, cost con- has shifted from cost reduction to a and intends to mount freighter ser- siderations have been the chief en- mix of lower spending and addition- vice from Krasnoyarsk to the US. gine driving their move to outsource al services which can attain better “We committed to supporting Air- more work to handling agents. But quality levels. Bridge and KrasAir to develop a hub that also can carry peril. “I believe the legacy carriers are to international standards. Everything Faced with an inexorable rise of coming to the realization that if — from EDI messaging to loading red ink, the idea of farming out its they want profitability, they have to times and security aspects — will be cargo handling looked vastly appeal- pay for product quality,” said Dave the same as in Anchorage, or ing to Cargo back in Summers, director of cargo opera- Heathrow or wherever,” said Harman. 2003. Management figured that giv- tions for the Americas of Servisair. In the initial phase, the handler ing the handling at its major sta- All of this is a far cry from the supports the existing infrastructure, tions to third-party operators could days when the local or regional provides equipment and improves reduce its costs by $100 million. The manager of an airline would pick processes and IT. airline ultimately reached that goal, handling agents for individual sta- At the same time, it is involved in but the road proved rockier than ex- tions. “We do see a trend towards the design and development of a hub pected. Initial performance prob- more professional procurement new facility that will replace the exist- lems caused an exodus of customers, processes at the airlines. Increasingly ing structure used by KrasAir and be so UAL was forced to spend a lot they have buying teams that look af- able to handle AirBridge’s 747s. ■

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Aeroflot and AirBridge aim to carry Russia’s air cargo operations into the future

vidence that Russia is becoming a force in scheduled air Oleg Korolev, the carrier’s region- cargo services comes from the expedited growth of rivals al cargo manager Europe, admits Aeroflot and AirBridge Cargo. Both carriers are developing there was an uncomfortable hiatus operations that aim to conform to the highest Western stan- in freighter activities for the airline. dards and freight is at the heart of the effort. Aeroflot has “It was not as easy as it might upgraded its freighter fleet and established a European hub, sound to go out and suddenly re- while start-up AirBridge is preparing to launch freighter place an entire freighter fleet, partic- flights between the U.S. and China via Russia. ularly when you knew what sort of Both carriers are taking great efforts to demonstrate that Russian air- capacity you were looking for,” he lines can operate with modern efficiency in air freight sectors beyond says. Aeroflot was looking, for the the outsize arena for which the country is so well known in the cargo world. first time, at Western built capacity E and, in particular, for DC-10 Aeroflot Cargo’s freighter activi- tion Organization’s new Chapter freighters. ties suffered a serious setback three 111 noise restrictions. Even though With no ready-made options years ago when its fleet of eight IL- the Russian carrier had been served available, the airline went the con- 76 freighters became unwelcome in due notice of the impending fate of version route and brought in ex-pas- Europe and the rest of the Western its entire freighter fleet, it was un- senger capacity with four DC-10-40 world. The older planes became vic- able to find immediate replacement converted freighters. Today, those tims of the International Civil Avia- capacity. planes provide the backbone of

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Aeroflot’s rejuvenated freighter fleet, which has also served as the driver to bring the airline’s entire cargo op- eration up to Western standards. One of the most significant moves in that endeavor was to shift the fo- cus of the carrier’s cargo business can also work its DC-10 freighters all away from the “old practices” of Mos- “Hahn has proved ideal for us,” the harder. “We can implement a cow and create a new hub in Western says Korolev. “There are no night- much more intensive operation with Europe. After a brief stopover in Lux- time restrictions so we have complete the aircraft, achieving an average of embourg, that hub has now firmly freedom of operation, which is im- more than 12 hours flying time a been established at Frankfurt-Hahn, portant to us. Before we would have day,” he explains. the ex-U.S. military base on the freighters sitting in Moscow waiting The airline operates 14 freighter doorstep of mighty Frankfurt Airport, for the European airports to open.” flights a week out of Hahn, first to give or take an hour’s trucking. Korolev says it means the airline its “secondary” hub of Moscow

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Sheremetyevo, but more important- a further delay in order to negotiate deal with Russian aircraft manufac- ly, beyond to China and Japan, with conversion slots with Boeing.” turer Aviastar-Tu to make use of Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and But Aeroflot believes it has solved these freighters during the day.” Tokyo the key points served. the problem, and Korolev says the According to Korolev, the 27- Not that Moscow is by any means carrier will take delivery of its first tonne capacity freighters will be a tech stop. “We have a trucking op- MD-11 freighter conversion in the used mainly to serve the Siberian oil eration which feeds into Hahn from next few months. “From that point field business. across Europe,” says Korolev. “This is on we plan to progressively replace But those Russian planes notwith- all traffic destined for Moscow and the entire DC-10F fleet to the extent standing, Aeroflot Airlines is increas- the Russian market.” that by 2008 we will be operating ingly taking a more global approach. Such is the strength of Aeroflot eight MD-11Fs,” he says. The passenger side of the airline will Cargo on the route that it can now Not that the airline has complete- formerly join the SkyTeam alliance claim a 72 percent share of all traffic ly turned its back on the use of home later this year. However, that does moving between Germany and Rus- grown lift. not necessarily mean Aeroflot Cargo sia. Much of Aeroflot Cargo’s capaci- Becoming more wily in its West- will also walk up the alliance aisle at ty is sold on the basis of block space ern ways, the airline has spotted that the same time. agreements. DHL is using three TU-204 freighters “We are not so sure that we need “We have some very strong agree- on nightly rotations between Brus- to join the SkyTeam Cargo alliance ments in place with major service sels and Moscow. “These aircraft are and are certainly not obliged to just providers such as Schenker, Kuehne flown at night and then sit around because the mother airline is join- & Nagel and Nippon Express, which all day doing nothing,” says Korolev. ing,” says Korolev. “At Aeroflot I believe reflects the high standard “We have now negotiated a separate Cargo we would rather look at bi- of service we are now able to provide lateral agreements and from that our customers,” says Korolev. point of view carriers such as British Airways World Cargo might eroflot Cargo has managed to “We have some very be the preferred choice.” recover and rejuvenate its busi- Besides, he adds, why try and fix Aness to Western standards in strong agreements in something which is pretty much very short order, but now faces the fixed. SkyTeam Cargo leading player dilemma of where to go from here. Air France Cargo has a major truck- “In some respects we have been too place with major service ing hub at Hahn and as such neigh- successful,” says Korolev. “We are bors Aeroflot Cargo at the airport. quickly running out of lift and the providers such as “We have developed quite a close ability to provide our customers working relationship with Air France with the capacity they want.” Cargo at Hahn,“ says Korolev. “They That means Aeroflot Cargo finds Schenker,Kuehne & Nagel truck a lot of North American and itself back where it was four years other traffic from Paris to Hahn to ago, urgently in need of suitable and Nippon Express, connect with our Moscow services. freighter capacity. In this case it is a So who needs an alliance to do what matter of upgrading from DC-10 which I believe reflects the we are already doing very well?” freighters to MD-11 freighters. Growing proof that Aeroflot Car- “Again, we know exactly what we go is very much in charge of its own are looking for in terms of specifica- high standard of service destiny comes with the confirma- tions,” says Korolev. “But unfortu- tion that the airline’s cargo division nately you cannot turn on the tap we are now able to has recently been granted indepen- just like that. We have had to look dence from the parent airline. at converting passenger aircraft “We will not become a separate again, so even after purchase there is provide our customers.” company, but we will be a recog-

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“There is plenty of cash nized self-controlled subsidiary of Wraight is expecting a strong flow of Aeroflot Airlines,” says Korolev. and the Russian American goods into the Russian “This will enable us to make our market. On the return sector, Air- own decisions regarding product de- Bridge will probably look to bring velopment, aircraft operations and consumers not only back traffic from Europe. He says he in general become much more flexi- already has a deal penciled in with a ble and responsive in our approach want to buy the latest major forwarder to take up most of to the air freight market.” the U.S.-bound space. The airline, with its third 747-200 ut, unlike just a couple of years Western goods,they also freighter in place, operates daily ago, Aeroflot Cargo faces com- flights out of Frankfurt and four Bpetition in its home market. want the other trappings times a week from Amsterdam with AirBridge Cargo, Russia’s first sched- nine flights operating to Shanghai uled all-cargo carrier, has grown in of Western consumerism and three to Beijing. strides in just its first 18 months of AirBridge adopts a policy of selling operation. by block space agreements out of Having just taken delivery of its like fruit,vegetables China, but out of Europe tends to third 747 freighter, AirBridge is hot work on general tonnage agree- on the trail of a fourth aircraft and and fresh flowers flown in ments.“We have established strong has even bigger fleet plans on the relationships with the major service horizon. providers in the market,” says Stan Wraight, in his role of vice year round.” Wraight. “We are happy to work the president of scheduled services for market anyway they want to play it.” Volga-Dnepr, the parent of the Russ- Certainly, the airline appears to be ian start-up, is confident he has a a long haul,” says Wraight. “But it winning general market approval for deal in the bag. does mean that at that time we will its business approach. “I just heard “We expect to take delivery of the be able to offer the quickest route that we are among the top three car- fourth aircraft in March at which between the U.S. and China, with riers into Europe out of Beijing and time it will enable us to start service typically a timing of just 14 hours in the top five out of Shanghai,” says between the U.S.-Russia-China for between Shanghai and New York.” Wraight. “That is not bad for an air- the first time,” says the Canadian- At about the same time, AirBridge line that is just 18 months old. And born executive. “The aircraft will op- will take delivery of its first Russian more to the point, it looks like we erate across the North Atlantic to a new builds in the form of two IL-96 are going to end this year in profit. combination of Atlanta and/or freighters — an aircraft akin to the That is not bad going for a start-up.” Houston to service the oil market, MD-11, with an equivalent tonnage A number of the China flights op- with additional service to New to fill in long-haul routes. The air- erate via AirBridge’s chosen second York,” he confirms. line is also considering options on Russian hub of Krasnoyarsk. Wraight Ideally, AirBridge would want to another Russian aircraft — the describes the Siberian port of call as a serve the United States via the quick- freighter version of the TU-204, oth- step towards establishing a system of est route possible over the North erwise known as the 757 look-alike. hubs across the Russian Federation. Pole, but that will not happen until In the meantime, Wraight is not Importantly, Krasnoyarsk is only October 2007 at the earliest. That is overly concerned about services about two hours flying time from when the airline will take delivery of across the North Atlantic. “These will secondary points in China. AirBridge, the first of two new-build 747-400ER dovetail neatly with our current oper- working with ground handling part- freighters, with a second coming in ations out of Frankfurt, for which we ner Swissport International and local February 2008. will have full traffic rights on the carrier Kras Air, is building a 21,600- “Only at that time will we have North Atlantic,“ he says. square-foot cargo handling facility at the range capability to take on such As well as oil-related traffic, Krasnoyarsk

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Region Focus: Russia

eroflot Cargo is making great strides in its efforts to modernize and has expanded its reach by es- “We are now exam- tablishing a hub at a former U.S. military air base hubs, after a short-lived ining the potential of in Germany. The airline speaks glowingly of tryst with Luxembourg, operating regional Frankfurt-Hahn Airport and plans to expand its Wraight says the plan freighter services into operations there. now is to add a third China from Krasno- There is, however, one fly in the ointment. Or, origin and destination yarsk,” says Wraight. as it were, one small bat in the ointment. point in Europe this To that end, he has AHahn has proved an ideal European location for the year, although this will added an Airbus A300- carrier in every respect, except for the amount of con- not become a third hub B4 freighter to his crete the U.S. military poured when it first built the air- for the carrier. shopping list for pur- field. The runway length of just over 9,900 feet puts a re- In the meantime, the chase any time soon. striction on Aeroflot flying out with a fully loaded DC- only real difficulty Air- 10 freighter. Runway length could be even more limiting Bridge continues to ex- ountiful though when the airline launches planned MD-11 freighter perience is in its own the China market flights at the airport. backyard at its home Bmay be to Air- Aeroflot wants all the concrete it can get at Hahn or base of Moscow’s Bridge, the carrier is its moves at ramping up capacity will be pointless. Sheremetyevo airport. keenly aware of the Originally, the airline danger of becoming a started operating out of one-trick pony. Batty Expansion Moscow’s other airport, “What happens when Dormodedovo, but for- we hit Chinese New Year?” Aeroflot Cargo is Hahn’s most important cargo cus- warder pressure per- says Wraight. “There is tomer so the airport was eager to add runway length. In- suaded the airline to sure not a lot going to be deed, it is now adding an extra 800 meters to the air- shift across town to happening.“ port’s main runway, which is expected be ready in plen- Sheremetyevo To diversify its port- ty of time for the arrival of Aeroflot Cargo’s first MD-11 “There are still han- folio, the Russian freighter. dling issues at Shreme- freight carrier recently The final hurdle preventing runway expansion was tyevo which do not signed an agreement cleared recently with an out-of-court settlement between make conditions ideal,“ with Japan’s Nippon Frankfurt-Hahn Airport and the German nature conser- says Wraight, stepping Cargo Airlines, which vation association NABU, which had opposed lengthen- gingerly. “But we are will jointly market ca- ing the main runway and filed a lawsuit against the air- working round them pacity on two 747 port’s operators. the best we can and the freighter flights a week The organization claimed the expansion would in- situation is improving between Nagoya and fringe upon the habitat of barbastelle bats that make slowly, but surely.” Europe via AirBridge’s their home near the airport. The airport authority has But an ebullient Russ- Krasnoyarsk hub. agreed to take “contingency measures” as part of the ex- ian market helps ease “NCA is a class act. I pansion that the conservation group says will help to the pain. “Right now we have been a close preserve the bats’ habitat. ■ have a consumer market friend of Takuro in Russia which is in full Uchiyama, president of cry,” says Wraight. NCA, for many years now,” says way we want to expand our portfo- “There is plenty of cash and the Wraight, referring back to his to his lio,” he said. Russian consumers not only want to time with KLM Cargo when a simi- At the moment AirBridge also has buy the latest Western goods, they lar deal was struck with the Dutch interline deals over Amsterdam with also want the other trappings of carrier. and Martinair and with Western consumerism like fruit, veg- “We see these kinds of bilateral Air Canada over Frankfurt. With etables and fresh flowers flown in deals with major cargo carriers as the Amsterdam and Frankfurt now firm- year round. We can’t get the stuff to way forward and are certainly the ly established as the key European them quick enough.” ■

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Air Cargo World Corporate Outlook 2006 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION World Airways

Company Mission To meet our customers’ needs, while continually striving to improve our performance.

A Committment to Expansion This past year has been an exciting and profitable one for World Airways and World Air Holdings. World Airways is in the position of having its entire cargo aircraft fleet placed on long-term ACMI contracts with world-class customers. We have also committed to expanding our cargo fleet by one additional MD-11F. This aircraft will join our cargo fleet during the second or third quarter of 2006.

Another milestone that occurred this year was World Air Holdings Inc.’s purchase of North K.M. “Joe” Fralick American Airlines, an operator of B-757 and B-767-300 passenger aircraft. As a result, Vice President, Cargo World Airways and North American Airlines Inc. are now sister companies, each with its World Air Holdings Inc. own chief operating officer, functioning under the general management of World Air Holdings.

We are looking forward to the next year as being just as equally (if not more) challenging and exciting as it was in 2005. We continue our search for new ways to expand our cargo operations with additional aircraft, new and/or repeat customers, new markets and new equipment types.

We feel strongly that the worldwide cargo market will continue to grow, and there will be a continuing demand from carriers and other customers around the world for our services. Looking back on our 58 years-plus history of continuous service is the validation of the high level of customer service World Airways provides its customers, and we are particularly proud of our repeat customers that remain with us each year.

World Airways Inc. Contact 101 World Drive Peachtree City, GA 30269 Info Tel: (770) 632-8316 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.worldairways.com

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ABX AIR South America, Mexico; (Through) Caribbean, E-Mail: [email protected] 145 Hunter Drive, Wilmington, OH 45177. Europe, Pacific Rim. Door-to-Door Service: WWW.afklcargo.com Phone: 937-382-5591; Fax: 937-382-0896 No. Fleet: Freighters: 727-200 (1). U.S.: 618 S. Access Road, O’Hare Interna- E-Mail: [email protected]. Comments: Member SkyTeam Cargo. tional Airport, Chicago, IL 60666. WWW. abxair.com Contact: Beth Huber. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) AIR CANADA Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Sub Conti- North America. Fleet: 767 (23), DC-8 (18), DC- 5100 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, PQ nent, Middle East, North America, Pacific 9 (74). Comments: ABX Air is an FAA-certi- H4A 3T2, Canada. Rim, Russia/CIS, South America, Southeast fied repair station able to provide contract Phone: 514-205-7115; Fax: 514-205-7158 Asia, French Polynesia (domestic) Door-to- maintenance for airlines. Contact: Claude Morin, President & CEO/AC Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Cargo. E-Mail: [email protected] Yes. Cargo Branded Services: Equation, AER LINGUS CARGO WWW. aircanadacargo.com Variation, Dimension, Cohesion. Cargo Terminal 1, Dublin Airport, U.S.: O’Hare Int’l Airport, Building 515B, Total ’04 Tonnage: 14,774 million ATK, 10,078 Dublin, Ireland. Chicago, IL 60666. Phone: 773-686-3622; Fax: million RTK. Fleet: Freighters: Air France - Phone: +353 1-886-2974. Fax: +353 1-886-3876. 773-686-0424 Contact: Steven Gibbs. Boeings (81), Airbus’ (170); KLM – Boeings E-Mail: [email protected] Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) (95), Airbus’ (2), MD-11 (10), Fokker (51). WWW.aerlinguscargo.com Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Sub- Comments: Member Skyteam Cargo. Contact: Robert Bullock, Cargo Manager continent-Del, Middle East, North & South U.S.: 538 Broadhollow Road, Melville, America, Pacific Rim. AIR FRANCE CARGO NY 11747. Door-to-Door Service: Yes, Canada, U.S. & Batimenk Jupiter/Roissy Pole, 1 Place de Phone: 631-577-5675. Fax: 631-577-5683. FRA. Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes. Londres, BP 11201, Tremblay-en-France, E-Mail: [email protected] Cargo Branded Services: AC Priority, AC Roissy CDG, France. WWW.aerlinguscargo.com Airfreight & AC Express Int’l. Phone: +33 1 74379166. Fax: +33 1 48643902. Contact: William Mercado, Cargo Sales Contact: J. C. Raynaud, Press Relations Officer Manager, N/A AIR CHINA CARGO Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) No. 46, Xiaoyun Road, Beijing 100027, Europe, North America. (Through) Europe. People’s Republic of China. Door-to-Door Service: No Phone: +86 10 8448 0053; Fax: +86 10 Non-Scheduled Charter: No 8668 0053 Special Services: One World Alliance Contact: Ms. Zhang Yue, PR Mgr. Fleet: Passenger A320, A321, A330 (Total 32) E-Mail: [email protected]. com.cn. WWW. airchina.com.cn AEROFLOT - RUSSIAN INT’L AIRLINES U.S.: 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 427, 37/9, Leningradsky Prospect., Moscow South San Francisco, CA 94080. 4411969 Russia. Phone: 650-737-0888. Fax: 650-727-0818 E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: +7 095 578 7940 or +7 095 737 6060 Contact: Stephen Ma, Deputy General WWW.afcargo.com E-Mail: [email protected] Mgr/Cargo Sls Ops. U.S.: JFK International Airport, New York, NY WWW. aeroflot.ru Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Phone: 718-995-5915 Contact: J.Y. Cap, Car- U.S.: 1384 Broadway, New York, NY 10018. Europe, North America, Japan, HKG (China). go Mgr. E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 212-944-2300; Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Routes Served From Home Country:(Direct) Fax: 212-944-5200 Charter Service: Yes. Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Indian Contact: Sergey Gudkov, Cargo Mgr . Total ’04 Tonnage: 64,200,000. RTK: 2.03 RBM. Subcontinent, Middle East, North America, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Fleet: Freighters: 747-400, 767-200 (Total 5); Russia/CIS, South America, Southeast Asia. Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Subconti- combis: 767-400 (8). (Through) Australia, Pacific Rim. nent, Middle East, North America, Russia/ Comments: Carriers with which cargo bilat- Door-to-Door Service: Yes Worldwide (on CIS, Southeast Asia (Through) Europe, eral interline agreements are in effect are: request). Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes (on Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No AC, AI, BR, ER, EX, KA, NX, PK, SQ, LM, RG, request). Cargo Branded Services: Equa- Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes AA, LX, FI, AY, JU, EK, JS, CU, BU,TX, LA, tion, Cohesion, Variation, Dimension. Fleet: Freighters: IL-76 & DC-10 (total 14). KN, KU, SA, FM, JL, JD, KE, NH, OZ. Total ’04 Tonnage: 5,452,74 tonnes. Passenger: IL-86, IL-96, 767, A319, A320, TU- Fleet: Freighters & Passenger: Total 250. 154 (total 67). Comments: Member Skyteam Cargo.

AEROMEXPRESS AIR HONG KONG Av. Texcoco S/N Esq Av. Tahel, Col. Penon 4/F South Tower, Cathay Pacific City, 8 de los Banos, Mexico City, DF 15620, Mexico Scenic Road, Hong Kong Int’l Airport, Lan- Phone: +5 133 0265; Fax: +5 133 0232 Contact: tau, Hong Kong. Ing. Alberto Gomez Obregon, President. Phone: +852 2761-8444; Fax: +852 2761-8428 U.S.: 222 N. Sepulveda, Suite 1755, El Se- AIR FRANCE/KLM CARGO Contact: Terence Tsui, Mgr/Airline Planning. gundo, CA 90245. Phone: 310-662-1960; Fax: PO Box 7700, NL-1117 ZL Schiphol, The E-Mail: [email protected]. 310-662-1964 Contact: Steve Connolly, Vice Netherlands. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) President, Cargo. Phone: +31 20 649 4688; Fax: +31 20 648 8310 Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Contact: Communication Mgr. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.

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Total ’04 Tonnage: 62,239 tons WWW. airnz.com/cargo RTK: 152,740,713. Total ’05 Estimated Ton- U.S.: 1960 E. Grand Avenue, Level 9, El Se- nage: 81,472 tons RTK: 193,253,642. gundo, CA 90256. Fleet: Freighters: A300-600 (7). Phone: 310-648-7006; Fax: 310-648-7019 Contact: Sal Sanfilippo, Reg Mgr-Cargo. AIR INDIA Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Cargo Division Terminal 1, Mumbai Airport, Australia, Europe, North America, Pacific ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS Mumbai Rim, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands. 36th Floor, Shiodome City Center, 1-5-2, Hi- Phone: +91 22 615 7777; Fax: +91 22 615 6730. Door-to-Door Service: No. gashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105- Contact: A. Shinde, Dy Commercial Mgr. Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes 7133, Japan. U.S.: Cargo Bldg 86, JFK Int’l Airport, Ja- Cargo Branded Services: Express, Express Phone: +81 3 6735 1920; Fax: +81 3 6735 1905 maica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-632-0132; Fax: Plus, Exclusive, Export. Contact: Yuji Hirose, Asst Mgr. 718-244-0847 Contact: H. Rana, Cargo Mgr. Fleet: Freighters: MD-11 (3 leased); Passen- E-Mail: [email protected] Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) ger: 747-400 (8), 767-300 (9), 767-200 (3), A320 WWW. ana.co.jp Africa, Europe, Middle East, North America, (10), 737-300 (19). U.S.: Bldg 79 North Boundry Road, JFK Int’l Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. Door-to-Door Service: No. Phone: 718-632-6470; Fax: 718-632-6459 Fleet: Combi: 747-300 (2); Passenger: 747- Contact: Ichiro Yamauchi, Mgr. 400, 747-200, A310, A300, (total 23). Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, East Asia (Korea, China, Taiwan). Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Cargo Branded Services: PRIO Express, PRIO Freight, PRIO Cool, PRIO Sensitive. Total ’04 Tonnage: 227,341 RTK: 1,068,700,689. Fleet: Freighters: 767-300ER (1), Passenger: 16 types of aircraft (Total 185). PO Box 68900, Seattle, WA 98168. Comments: Member Star Alliance. Adding Phone: 800-225-2752; Fax: 206-392-2641 three 767-300ER freighters 2005-2006, for AIR JAMAICA E-Mail: Matt Yerbic, Mng Dir/Cargo. planned destinations in North America, East Norman Manley International Airport, E-Mail: [email protected] and Southeast Asia. Will establish freighter Kingston, Jamaica WWW.Alaskacargo.com operation company with Japan Post. Phone: +876 924-8796; Fax: +876 924- 8400 Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Contact: Simone Barnes-Loi, Mgr. Jamaica North America. Door-to-Door Service: Yes. AMERICA WEST & the Caribbean. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Special Ser- 4000 E. Sky Harbor Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85034. E-Mail: [email protected] vices: Goldstreak, Priority, General Freight. Phone: 480-693-8888 WWW. airjamaica.com Total ’04 Tonnage: 99,737; RTK 117,348,800. E-Mail: [email protected] U.S.: 1701 NW 66th Ave,, Bldg. 709, Miami, Total ’05 Estimated Tonnage: 104,723; RTK: WWW. hpcargo.com FL 33122. 124,975,620. Fleet: Freighters, Combis, Con- Contact: Ron Cook, Director Cargo Sales. Phone: 305-526-2390/91; Fax: 305-871-0093 vertibles: 737 (18); Passenger: 737/MD80 (107). Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Contact: Orville Hart, Sales Mgr. North America. Routes Served From Home Country: ALITALIA CARGO Door-to-Door Service: No. (Direct ): Caribbean, Europe, North America. Via Alessandro Marchetti 111, Rome 00148, Fleet: Passenger: A320, A319, 757, 737. (Through): Africa, Australia, Indian/Subcon- Italy. tinent, Middle East, South America, Pacific Phone: +39 6-6562-6604; Fax: +39 6-6562-2280 Rim, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. Contact: Grotti Francesco, Mktg. Mgr. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled E-Mail: [email protected] Charter Service: Yes. WWW. alitaliacargo.com Cargo Branded Services: Fast Pak. U.S.: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103. Fleet: Freighters: 767 (1). Passenger: A340, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) A320, A321 (15 total). Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle Comments: Operates logistics support, reg- East, North America, Russia/CIS, South ular ground handling service for freighters America, Southeast Asia. AMERICAN AIRLINES and ad hoc charters. Door-to-Door Service: Yes. 4255 Amon Carter Blvd., MD 4431, Dallas Ft Special Services: A member of the Worth Airport, TX 75165. AIR NEW ZEALAND SkyTeam Cargo Alliance. Phone: 817-967-2421; Fax: 817-931-1159 21st Floor, Quay Towers, 29 Customs Street Cargo Branded Services: Equation, Varia- WWW. aacargo.com West, Auckland, New Zealand. tion, Dimension, Cohesion. Fleet: Freighters: Contact: Mark Najarian, VP/sls & mktg. Phone: +64 9-336-2168; Fax: +64 9 336-2982 747-200 (3); Combis: MD-11 (5); Passenger: Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Contact: Paul Reid, GM-Cargo. 777 (6), MD-11 (3), M1M (5), 767 (13), A321 North America, Caribbean, Europe, Pacific E-Mail: [email protected] (23), A320 (11), A319 (9), MD-80 (89). Rim, South America, Southeast Asia;

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(Through) Africa, Australia, Middle East, ’04 Tonnage: 170,000. Cargo Branded Ser- Russia/CIS, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle vices: Australia and Aust Region. East. Door-to-Door Service: AA Cargo Plus Fleet: Freighters: 727-200 (5), BAE-146 (3), in Domestic U.S. only. MetroIII (4); Passenger: 767-300 (21), 767-200 Cargo Branded Services: Priority Parcel (7), 727-400 (22), 727-300 (16), BAE-146-200 (6). Service Expedite fs, Confirmed fs. Comments: Joint Ownership by: Qantas Air- Fleet: Passenger: 777 (43), 767 (70), 737 (113), ways Ltd and Australia Post. 757 (115), A300 (34), MD-80 (352). AUSTRIAN CARGO World Trade Center, 4th Floor, A-1300 Vien- 2800 S. Andrews Avenue, Ft Lauderdale, FL na Airport, Vienna, Austria. 33323. Country: (Direct) Australia, Europe, Indian/In- Phone: +43 1 7007-65500 Phone: 305-593-5500 dian Subcontinent, North America, Russia/ Contact: Franz Zoechbauer, VP Cargo. E-Mail: [email protected] CIS, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. Door-to- E-Mail: [email protected] WWW. amerijet.com Door Service: Yes to Korea & North America. WWW. auacargo.com Contact: Carlos Gonzalez, Dir of Sales. Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes. U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Area B, Cargo Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Fleet: Freighters: 747 (5), 767 (1); Combis: 747 Bldg 21, Jamaica, NY 11430. Caribbean, North & South America; (6); Passenger: 747 (2); 777 (5), A330 (1), 767 Phone: 718-995-2274; Fax: 718-995-5007 (Through) Europe. Door-to-Door Service: Yes. (10), A321 (15), A320 (2), 737 (16). Contact: Peter Schleinzer, Area Mgr Fleet: Freighters: 727-200 (6). Cargo/the Americas. ATA CARGO Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) ANTONOV AIRLINES 7337 W. Washington Street, , IN Europe, North America, Africa, Australia, 1, Tupolev Street, Kiev 03062, Ukraine. 46231. Europe, Caribbean, Indian/Subcontinent, Phone: +380 4444 30018; Fax: +380 4444 Phone: 317-282-7567; Fax: 317-282-4227. Middle East, Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, South- 26124 Contact: Valeriy Kulbaka, Commercial Contact: Nick Whalen, Director/Cargo. east Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Director. E-Mail: [email protected]. Non-Scheduled Charter Service: No. E-Mail: [email protected] WWW. atacargo.com. Cargo Branded Services: XPS Priority, WWW. antonovaircargo.com Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Cool/Medical, Standard, Mail. U.S.: 1633 South Eagle Ridge Drive, Renton, Caribbean, North America, Europe, Middle Total ’04 Tonnage: 65,129. Total ’05 Estimat- WA 98055. East. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. ed Tonnage: 75,000 + Phone: 425-227-8075; Fax: 425-227-8076 Cargo Branded Services: Express, General, Fleet: Freighters: Antonov 12 (1); Passenger: Contact: Jim Minty, Business Dev. Dir. Deferred, Charter. Airbus A340, A320, A330, A319, 777, 767, 737, Routes Served From Home Country: World- Fleet: Passenger: L-1011 (5), 767 (1), 757 (6), Dash/CRJ/Fokker (total 16 wide body, 82 wide Charter. 737 (20). narrow body). Door-to-Door Service: No. Fleet: Freighters: AN-124-100 (8), AN-12 (3), AN-22 (1). AVIATECA AIRLINES 2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY Ave. Incaple 12-22, Zone 13, Guatemala City ARROW AIR 10577. Phone: 914-701-8400 Guatemala. PO Box 026062, Miami, FL 33102. WWW. atlasair.com Phone: +502 360 5813; Fax: +502 360 5843 Phone: 305-871-3200; Fax: 305-871-4232 Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Contact: Emilio Barrios, Cargo Dir. E-Mail: [email protected] Europe, North & South America, Pacific E-Mail: [email protected] WWW. arrowair.com Rim; (Through) Africa, Indian/ Subcontinent, U.S.: 1751 BW 68th Avenue, Bldg 706, Mia- Contact: John Long, VP Mktg. Sls & Svc. Middle East, Southeast Asia. mi, FL 33132. Phone: 305-871-8222; Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Door-to-Door Service: No. Contact: Jaime Silva, Cargo Mgr. Africa, Caribbean, Europe, North & South Cargo Branded Services: Partnership Pro- Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) America, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. gram. Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 and 747-400. Caribbean, North & South America, Pacific Door-to-Door Service: No. Rim; (Through) Africa, Indian Sub-Continent. Fleet: Freighters: DC-8-62 (8), DC-8-63 (8), L- AUSTRALIAN AIR EXPRESS Door-to-Door Service: No. 1011 (2). Cnr Grant & Service Road, Melbourne Air- Fleet: DC-8, 747, DC-10. port, Victoria 3043, Australia. ASIANA AIRLINES Phone: +61 3 9241 6559; Fax: +61 3 9241 6603 BLUEBIRD CARGO Asiana Town Gang Seo, PO Box 98, Seoul Contact: Wayne Dunne, GM. Building 10, Keflavik Airport PO Box 40, IS- 157-600, Korea E-Mail: [email protected] 232 Keflavik, Iceland. Phone: +82 2 2669 5131; Fax: +82 2 2669 5130 WWW. aae.com.au Phone: +354 535 4100; Fax: +354 535 4101. Contact: Chul Kee, General Mgr. Cargo U.S.: 401 N. Oak Street, Inglewood, CA Contact: Skuli Skulason, Commercial Direc- Sales Planning. 90302. Phone: 310-674-8429; Fax: 310-674- tor. E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] 9749 Contact: Ray A. Vidal, Mgr. WWW. bluebirdcargo.com . WWW. asianacargo.com Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) U.S.: 5758 W. Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA Australia. Europe. (Through) North America. 90045. Phone: 310-642-0310; Fax: 310-642-0319 Door-to-Door Service: Yes between Aus- Door-to-Door Service: No. Contact: Kevin Cummisky, General Mgr. Car- tralia/USA and within Australia. Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes. go Sls/Mktg. Routes Served From Home Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes. Total Fleet: Freighters: 737-300 (5), 757-200 (1).

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U.S.: Mercury Air Cargo, Bldg 77, JFK Int’l door, Website Booking. Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430. Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 and 747-400 (12) Phone: 954-205-9099; Contact: Zack Passenger: 777-200, A340-300, 777-300, 747- Vernikovski, GSA. 400, A330-300, A340-600 (68). Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Europe, North America, Africa. CHINA AIRLINES Door-to-Door Service: No. 7F, No. 131, Nanking East Road, Sec 3, Special Services: Trucking, Own ware- Taipei, Taiwan. house in Belgium. Phone: +886 2 2514 5666; Fax: +886 2 2514 Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 (2). 5664 Contact: Mike Lee, VP Cargo Sales & bmi BRITISH MIDLAND Mktg. E-Mail: [email protected]. Donington Hall, Castle Donington, Derby, CARGOJET AIRWAYS WWW. china-airlines.com East Midlands DE74 2SB, United Kingdom. 350 Britannia Road East, Unit 5, Missis- Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct): Phone: +44 208 990 7979; Fax: +44 208 990 sauga, ON L4Z 1X9, Canada. Australia, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, 7965 Phone: 905-501-7373; Fax: 901-501-9494 North America, Southeast Asia. Contact: Neil Vernon, Cargo Sales Mgr. Contact: Pauline Dhillon, VP Mktg & PR; Door-to-Door Service: No. E-Mail: [email protected] Ralph Zilipin Payne, Sr Dir/Flight Ops. Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes. WWW. bmicargo.com E-Mail: [email protected] or rzilipin- Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (15), MD11 (1); U.S.: 3 Colby Road, Port Washington, NY [email protected] Passenger: 747-400 (13), A340 (7), A330 (2), 11050. Phone: 516-883-9382; Fax: 516-883-9595. WWW. cargojet.com. 737-800 (12). Contact: John Ryan, Cargo Mgr-Americas. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct E-Mail: [email protected] WWW.bmi- & Through) North America & Canada. CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES cargo.com. Routes Served From Home Door-to-Door Service: No. Hongqiao Airport, 2550 Hongqiao Road, Country: (Direct) Caribbean, Europe, Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Shanghai 200335, China. Indian/Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and Fleet: Freighters: 727-200AF (10). Phone: +86 21 6255 8899; Fax: +86 21 6268 North America. Door-to-Door Service: No. Comments: Interline agreements with: BA, 9895 Contact: Yuan Dong Fa, Mktg. Non-Scheduled Charter Service: No. Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, Varig, Air Cana- WWW. 206.170.104.72/ Cargo Branded Services: 236 Cargo, 236 da, Swiss, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, U.S.: 618 S, Access Road, PO Box 66608, Courier, 236 Pers and 236 Mail. Eva Air, Korean Air. O’Hare Int’l Airport, Chicago, IL 60666. Total ’04 Tonnage: 32,000. Phone: 312-686-0207; Fax: 312-686-0125 Fleet: Passenger: A330 (3), A321 (8), A320 CARGOLUX AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL Contact: Sidney Chan. (11), A319 (6), ER4 (13). Luxembourg Airport, Luxembourg L-2990, Routes Served From Home Country: Asia. Comments: Star Alliance Member, Cool Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Door-to-Door Service: No. Special Ser- Chain Member. Phone: +352 4211-3925; Fax: +352 4211-3692 vices: Livestock, perishables. Contact: Domenico Ceci, director capacity Fleet: Freighters: MD-11 (1); Passenger: BRITISH AIRWAYS WORLD CARGO mgmt. E-Mail: [email protected] A340 (5), A300 (10), F-100 (5), MD-11 (5), MD- London Heathrow Airport, Carrus Cargo Ctr WWW. cargolux.com 82 (13), MD-90 (6). PO Box 99, Hounslow Middlesex TW6 2JS, U.S.: 1900 NW Corporate Blvd #W105, Boca United Kingdom. Raton, FL 33431. Phone: +44 208 610 597. Fax: +44 208 738 4076. Phone: 561-988-1868; Fax: 561-988-1012 Contact: Andy Warwick, Sr Mgr Global Mktg. E-Mail: [email protected]. Con- WWW. baworldcargo.com tact: Pier Curci, Mgr Route Dev. Routes U.S.: 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights, Served From Home Country: (Direct) Africa, NY 11370. Phone: 347-418-4980; Fax: 347- Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle East, 418-4919 Contact: Robert Kujala, Sr VP The North & South America, Southeast Asia, Pa- CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES Americas. cific Rim. (Through) Australia. 278 Airport Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Door-to-Door Service: Yes (Europe). P.R. China 510405 Phone: +86 773 601 880; Africa, Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Indian Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes Fax: +86 773 601 8866 Sub-Continent, Middle East, North & South Fleet: Freighters: Boeing 747-400 (14). Contact: Huining Li, GM-Chicago office. America, Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, Southeast WWW. cs-air.com/en Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. CATHAY PACIFIC CARGO U.S.: PO Box 66208, Chicago, IL 60666-0208 Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes. 9/F South Tower, CX City, 8 Chun Wan Road, Cargo Building 517 A.M.F., O’Hare Int’l Airport. Fleet: Freighters: Various (leased as re- The Lantau, Hong Kong. Phone: 773-601-8800; Fax: 773-601-8866 quired); Passenger: 747, 777, 767, 757, A319, Phone: +852 2747 7228; Fax: +852 2753 5751 Contact: Susanna Lam, Sales Mgr. A320, 737. Contact: Tom Wong, Mgr Cargo Sls Dev. E-Mail: [email protected]. WWW. cathaypacificcargo.com. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) CARGO AIRLINES (CAL) Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Australia, Europe, Middle East, North Ameri- 11 Galgale Haplada Street, Herzliya 46722. Africa, Australia, Europe, Indian/Subconti- ca, Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. Israel. nent, Middle East, North America, Northeast Door-to-Door Service: Yes. Phone: +972-9-9526666; Fax: +972-9-9513232 & Southeast Asia. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Contact: Michael Gat, VP/Commercial. Door-to-Door Service: No. Cargo Branded Services: Airport-to-Airport E-Mail: [email protected] WWW. cal.co.il Cargo Branded Services: AAX, Airport-to- Express, Express Handling, Road Feeder.

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Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (2). Convertibles: Proirity Cargo, Consolidated Cargo, Integrat- First, Equation, Dimension, Variation, Cohe- 737 (5). Passenger: 737-200, 300, 500, 700, ed Cargo. Fleet: Passenger: 737-700/800. sion. Fleet: Passenger: 737, 767, 777, MD-88, 800, 747-200, 757-200, 777-200, A320. CR5, 757 (total 838). COYNE AIRWAYS Comments: Member Skyteam Cargo alliance. Roberts House, 103 Hammersmith Road, London W14 0QM, United Kingdom. DHL EUROPEAN AIR TRANSPORT Phone: +44 207 6056881. Fax: +44 207 Building 4-5, Brussels National Airport, B- 6029474. Contact: Larry Coyne, CEO. 1930, Zaventem, Belgium. E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: +32 2 718 1430. Fax: +32 2 718 1555. WWW.coyneair.com E-Mail: [email protected] Contact: Stan U.S.-East: Ray Wach Phone: 703-822-5872 Wilski, Mgr Charter & Contract Svcs. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES U.S.-West: Terry Coyne Phone: 281-812-7200 Door-to-Door Services: No. 1600 Smith Street, Houston, TX 77002. Routes Served From Home Country: Europe, Non-Scheduled Charter Services: Yes Phone: (800) 421-2456 or (281) 553-5050. Fax: Middle East, Russia/CIS. Fleet: Freighters: 757, A300-B4-203 (total 46) 713-324-7601 E-Mail: [email protected]. Door-to-Door Service: Yes. WWW. cocargo.com Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. DRAGONAIR Contact: Jack Boisen, VP; Jim McKeon, Traffic: Total ’04 142 million RTKs. Dragonair House 11 Tuog Fai Road, Hong mng. dir., global sales and marketing. Fleet: Freighters: AN-12, IL-76 (Leased and Kong Int’l Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) chartered as required) Phone: +852-3193-2888; Fax: +852-3193-2889 Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Indian Sub- Contact: Albert Yau, GM-Cargo. Continent, Pacific Rim, North & South Amer- CSA-CZECH AIRLINES CARGO E-Mail: cargoservice.common@ ica, Southeast Asia, Middle East (Tel Aviv). Letiste Ruzyne - Terminal Cargo, 16008 Pra- dragonair.com WWW. dragonair.com. Door-to-Door Service: No. hag 160 08, Czech Republic. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Special Services: Human remains, danger- Phone: +420 2 20113512; Fax: +420 2 2428 1035 Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, China, ous goods, live animals, high value ship- Contact: Kamil Slavik, Dir/Cargo. Japan, Taiwan. ments, climate secure service. E-Mail: [email protected] Door-to-Door Service: No. Cargo Branded Services: QUICKPAK, CMR, WWW. csacargo.com. Fleet: Freighters: 747-300 (3); Passenger: 2ndDay8am, lnternational General Freight. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) A330 (8), A321 (4), A320 (8). Total ’04 Tonnage: 260,016 tonnes FTK: 1,333 Africa, Europe, Indian/Indian Subcontinent, million. Total ‘05 Tonnage Estimated: 262,500 North America, Middle East, Russia/CIS. EGYPTAIR tonnes FTK: 1,335 million. Door-to-Door Service: No. Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt. Fleet: Passenger: 777-200ER (18), 767-400ER Cargo Branded Services: Equation, Dimen- U.S.: 159-11 Rockaway Blvd, Jamaica, (16), 767-200ER (10), 757-300 (10), 757-200 sion, Variation, Cohesion. NY 11424. (41), 737-900 (12), 737-800 (96), 737-700 (36), Fleet: Passenger: (35). Contact: Joseph Scumaci, Cargo Sls Mgr. 737-300 (48), 737-500 (63). Comments: Member of Skyteam Cargo. E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 718-656-8627; Fax: 718-949-6410 DAS AIR CARGO Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) U.S.: 2466 W. Sandlake Road, Orlando, FL North America, Africa (Through) Europe, In- 32809. dian/Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, Pa- Phone: 407-240-7787; Fax: 407-240-3963. cific Rim, Southeast Asia. WWW. dasairusa.com. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Contact: Terry Phipps, President. Charter: Yes Routes Served From Home Country: Total ’04 Tonnage: 1,100 tons. (Through) Africa, Indian/Indian Subconti- Fleet: Freighters: A300-B4 (3); Passenger: nent, Middle East, Russia/CIS. 767, 777, 747, A300-B6, A340, A330, A320, COPA AIRLINES Door-to-Door Service: No. 737. Copa Airlines Building, Costa del Este, Busi- Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes. ness Park, Panama. Total ’04 Tonnage: 4,827,376 kilos. EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES Phone: +507 238 4290; Fax: +507 238 4223 Fleet: Freighters: DC-10 (8) Ben Gurion Airport, Ben Gurion Airport WWW. copacargo.com 70100, Israel U.S.: 6450 NW 22nd Street, Building 710, Mi- DELTA AIR LOGISTICS Phone: +972 3 717 514; Fax: +972 3 717 595 ami, FL 33122. 1600 Aviation Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30320. WWW. elal.co.il/cargo Phone: 305-871-1783; Fax: 305-871-1785 Phone: 404-714-5777; Fax: 404-714-5021 U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Bldg 83, Ja- Contact: Domingo Montalvo, Mellie Barral. WWW. deltacargo.com maica, NY 11430. E-Mail: [email protected]; mbar- Contact: Ben Darnell, Mg. Dir. Phone: 718-244-3167; Fax: 718-244-0500 [email protected]. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Contact: David Kilstein, Cargo Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Caribbean, Europe, North & South America, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Caribbean, North & South America; Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS; (Through) Europe, North America, Southeast Asia; (Through) Europe, Southeast Asia. Indian/Subcontinent, Middle East. (Through) Australia, South America, South- Door-to-Door Service: Yes. Door-to-Door Service: Yes – Domestic & east Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Charter Service: No. Small Packages. Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 (2); Convertibles: Cargo Branded Services: Airport-to-Airport, Cargo Branded Services: Dash, Priority 747-200 (3).

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EMIRATES All. Serving 215 countries. Emirates Group Headquarters, PO Box 686, Door-to-Door Service: Yes. Room No 7, 3rd Floor, ‘A’ Entrance, Dubai, Special Services: US Domestic, Internation- United Arab Emirates. al Time-Definite, Door-to-Door Express De- Phone: +971 4 203 3436; Fax: +971 4 295 4049 livery Service. Contact: Prakash Nair, Mgr Network Cargo Fleet: Freighters: 727-100 (25), 727-200 (94), Sls Dev. E-Mail: [email protected] DC-10-10 (45), DC-10-30 (17), MD10-10 (22), WWW. skycargo.com MD10-30 (5), MD-11 (42), A330-600 (43), U.S.: c/o NCA Bldg 79, JFK International Air- A310-200/300 (51). port, Jamaica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-533-6900; Fax: 718-533-7326 Con- ETIHAD AIRWAYS FEDEX CUSTOM CRITICAL AIR EXPEDITE tact: Edward Chism, Etihad Crystal Cargo, PO Box 35566, New Air- 1475 Boettler Road, Uniontown, OH 44685. President. Routes Served From Home Coun- port Road, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Phone: 800-468-8029. Fax: 234-310-4118. try: (Direct) Africa, Australia, Europe, Indian Phone: +971 2 509 1177; Fax: +971 2 509 1234. Contact: Carl Haines, Mgr Air Expedite. Sub-Continent, Middle East, North America, Contact: Mohamed Sherief, cargo sales co- E-Mail: [email protected] Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. ordinator worldwide. WWW. customcritical.fedex.com (Through) South America. E-Mail: [email protected] Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Door-to-Door Service: To select destina- WWW. crystalcargo.ae Caribbean, Europe, North & South America. tions (Europe, Africa, Gulf & Middle East, Far U.S.: GSSA Platinum Air Cargo – Houston (Through) Africa, Australia, Indian/Subconti- East, West Asia Pacific Rim, Indian Sub- 19115 Lee Road, Suite 180 Humble, TX 77338. nent, Middle East, Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, continent. Cargo Branded Services: Emi- Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: Yes. rates Priority Plus, Emirates Priority. Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (3), 747-200 (1), East, North America, Russia/CIS, Southeast Comments: Exclusive use cargo charter ser- A310-300 (1); Passenger: A310-300 (1), A330- Asia. vice arrangement. Premium air freight. 200 (29), 777-200 (9), 777-300 (12), A340-300 Door-to-Door Service: No (8), A340-500 (10). Cargo Branded Services: Belly Hold, All Total ’04 Tonnage: 838,400, RTK: 8,649. Cargo, Charters. Total ’04 Tonnage: 20,000. Total ’05 Estimat- ESTAFETA CARGA AEREA ed Tonnage: up to 100,000. Centro de Intercambio Estafeta Fleet: Freighters: A300-600 (2), A310-300 (1). Aeropuerto Internacional de San Luis Poto- Passenger: A330-200 (4), A340-300 (1), A330- sí, 78430 San Luis Potosí, México 200 (4), 767-300 (1). FINNAIR Phone: +52 (444) 834-8000 Comments: Planned Routes: Muscat, Doha, Rahtitie 1, Helsinki Airport, Finland 01053. Fax: +52 (444) 834-8016 Jeddah, Paris, Manila, Jakarta, Manches- Phone: +358 50 3935400; Fax: +358 9 8185408 E-Mail: [email protected]; dna- ter, New York, Shanghai. All Cargo: Almady, Contact: Antero Lahtinen, Sr VP & Mng Dir. [email protected] Dhaka. Planned passenger aircraft (5 777s). E-Mail: [email protected] WWW. estafeta.com.mx WWW.finnaircargo.com Contact: José Villagómez, V.P. - Commer- EVA AIRWAYS U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Bldg 151, East cial. Diana Nájera, Mgr.- Sales Administra- 376 Hsin-Nan Road, Section 1, Luchu, Hangar Road, Cargo Area A, Jamaica, NY tion. Routes Served: Domestic within Mexi- Taoyuan Hsien 338, Taiwan ROC. 11430. Phone: 718-656-7663; Fax: 718-244-7758 co (10 destinations); International Service to Phone: +886 3-351 6246; Fax: +886 3-351 0026 Contact: Anthony LaRusso, Area Dir The Miami and Dallas-Ft. Worth Contact: Angus Chi, Asst Mgr. Americas. Routes Served From Home Coun- Door-to-Door Service: Yes (check availability) WWW. evaair.com try: (Direct) Europe, North America, Rus- Fleet: Freighters: 737-200 (4). U.S.: 6851 W. Imperial Highway, Los Ange- sia/CIS, Southeast Asia. les, CA 90650. Door-to-Door Service: Yes, Finland. ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES Phone: 310-646-5088 x113; Fax: 310-215-5350. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. PO Box 1755, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. E-Mail: [email protected] Cargo Branded Services: 2. Phone: +251 1 178402; Fax: +251 1 615 271 Contact: Simon Liu, Manager. Total ’04 Tonnage: 74,000 tons, RTK: 399 mil- Contact: Mr. Ayenew, Div Cargo Mktg. Or Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) lion. ’05 Estimated Tonnage: 81,000 tons, Mr. Fitsum Abadi DPM Cargo Pricing & Ca- Australia, Europe, Middle East, North Ameri- RTK: 433 million. pacity Mgmt. ca, Pacific Rim. Fleet: Passenger: MD-11, A321, A320, A319, E-Mail: [email protected]. Door-to-Door Service: No. Cargo Branded E70, ATR, B757(total 69). WWW. ethiopianairlines.com Service: Express, Regular. Comments: Member of OneWorld. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (4), MD-11 (12); Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle Combis: 747-400 (9); Passenger: 747 (6), 767- GARUDA INDONESIA AIRLINES East. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non- 300ER (4), 767-200 (4), A330-200 (2), MD-90 (4). Garuda Cargo Center Building, Soekarno- Scheduled Charter: Yes. Hatta Airport, Indonesia. Cargo Branded Services: Perishables, Time FEDEX EXPRESS Phone: +62 21 5500123; Fax: +62 21 5500128 Bound Cargo, General Cargo, Courier. PO Box 727, Memphis, TN 38194. Contact: Bagus Y. Siregar, General Manag- Fleet: Freighters: 757 (1), 707 (1), AN-12 (1), Phone: 901-434-5416; Fax: 901-434-6508 er. E-Mail: [email protected]. DC-8 (1); Passenger: 767-300 (5), 757-200 (4), WWW. fedex.com Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) 737-700 (4), 737-200 (1). Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Australia, Europe, Middle East, Southeast

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Asia; (Through) North America. Guarantee, Hazardous/Live, High Door-to-Door Service: No. Volume/Security. Door-to-Door Service: Yes Fleet: Passenger: 747-400, 727, A330. to all regions. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Total’04 Tonnage: 174 million lbs. GEMINI AIR CARGO Fleet: Freighters: 727 (20) and 737-SF (7). 44965 Aviation Drive, Suite 300, Dulles Int’l Comments: Scheduled air and ground net- Airport, Dulles, VA 20166. work specializing in custom, hazardous, and Phone: 703-260-8360; Fax: 703-260-8267 misson-critical overnight air, second morn- E-Mail: [email protected] ing air and two to five day deferred grounf WWW. geminiaircargo.com Contact: Brian freight services. Daggett, VP; Paul Woolley, VP Asia Pacific. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) KOREAN AIR Europe, Pacific Rim, North & South Ameri- 1370 Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-Gu, Seoul, ca. Door-to-Door Service: No. Korea. Fleet: Freighters: DC-10-30 (11), MD-11 (4). maica, NY 11430. Phone: +82 2 2656 5877; Fax: +82 2 2656 5900 Comments: ACMI specialist. Phone: 718-656-9602; Fax: 718-656-9647 Contact: Soo-Yeon Kim, External Comm Mgr. E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]. GULF AIR WWW. jal.co.jp/jalcargo WWW. cargo.koreanair. com PO Box 138, Mauharrage, Bahrian. Contact: Mr. Satoshi Imamichi, Dir./Cargo. U.S.: 6101 W. Imperial Hwy, Los Angeles, CA Phone: +973 338 218; Fax: +973 338 786 Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) 90045. Contact: Girma Wake, Head of Cargo. Australia, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, Phone: 310-417-5223; Fax: 310-417-3051 E-Mail: [email protected]. North & South America, Pacific Rim, Rus- E-Mail: [email protected]. WWW. gulfairco.com/cargo. sia/CIS, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Ser- Contact: HeeDo Lee, Mktg. Mgr. U.S.: 600 Bayview Avenue, Inwood, NY 11096. vice: No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Phone: 516-371-1241; Fax: 516-371-6431 Cargo Branded Services: WOW, J Products. Australia, Europe, Indian/Sub Continent, Contact: Farouk Salehjee, Cargo Mgr-U.S. Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 (10); Passenger: Middle East, North America, Pacific Rim, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) 747, 767, 777, 737, MD-80, A300 (268). Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. (Through) Africa, Australia, Europe, Indian/Sub Conti- Comments: Member of WOW alliance Africa, Caribbean, South America. nent, Middle East. Door-to-Door Service: No. Door-to-Door Service: No. KALITTA AIR Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Fleet: Passenger: A340, A330, A320, 767 (To- 818 , Ypsilanti, MI 48198. Cargo Branded Services: Equation, Cohe- tal 35). Phone: 734-484-0088; Fax: 734-484-3630 sion, Variation, KAL-SkyBridge. E-Mail: [email protected] Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (15), 747-200 (3), WWW. kalittaair.com MD-11 (3); Passenger: 747, 777, A330, 737, 3375 Koapaka Street, Suite G350, , Contact: D.C. Sanderlin, VP/Gen Mgr. F100. (total 97). HI 96819. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Comments: Member Skyteam Cargo. Phone: 808-838-6765; Fax: 808-838-6746 Europe, Middle East, North America, Pacific E-Mail: [email protected] Rim. Door-to-Door Service: No. L.A.B. FLYING SERVICE WWW. hawaiianair.com Special Services: One nose loader aircraft. 390 Main Street, PO Box 272, Haines, AK Contact: Darcelle Chan, Sr Dir Cargo. Fleet: Freighters: 747-100/200 (11). 99827. Phone: 907-789-9160. Fax: 907-766- Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) 2734. Contact: Peggy Ormasen, Marketing. North America. Door-to-Door Service: No. E-Mail: [email protected] Fleet: Passenger: 717-200 (13), 767-300ER (14). WWW.labflying.com Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) North America. Door-to-Door Services: No. 19521 International Blvd, Seattle, WA 98188. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Fleet: Freighter, Phone: 800-523-1223 x 239; Fax: 206-392-2641 KITTY HAWK AIRCARGO/KITTY HAWK Combis, Convertibles, Passenger (total 27). E-Mail: [email protected] CARGO WWW. alaskaair.com 1515 West 20th Street, PO Box 612787, DFW LAN Contact: Janet Osburn, Cargo Mktg Mgr. Airport, TX 75261. Avda Americo Vespucio 901, Renca, Santiago Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Phone: 800-486-3780 Fax: 972-456-2350, 972- Phone: +562 565-6440; Fax: +562 565-6566 North America. Door-to-Door Service: Yes 456-2227. Contact: Toby Skaar, or Robbie Contact: Roberto Bellinghausen. (North America). Barrow, VP and COO. E-Mail: [email protected]. Cargo Branded Services: Goldstreak, Econ- E-Mail: [email protected]; WWW. lancargo.com omy Air Freight. [email protected]. WWW. khcargo.com U.S.: 6500 NW 22nd Street, Miami, FL 33122. Fleet: Passenger: CR5 (8), Dash 8-400 (17), Routes Served From Home Country: Direct: Phone: 305-874-2777; Fax: 786-265-6215 Dash 8-200 (28). Caribbean, North America; Through: Africa, E-Mail: [email protected]. Contact: Australia, Indian sub-continent, Middle East, Nancy Alvarez, Dir/Mktg & Sales. Routes JAPAN AIRLINES Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, South America, Served From Home Country: (Direct) Aus- 4-11, Higashi-shinagawa 2-chrome, Shina- Southeast Asia. tralia. Caribbean, Europe, North & South gawa-Ku, Tokyo 140-0002, Japan. Cargo Branded Services: Overnight, America. Door-to-Door Service: No. U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Building 151, Ja- Overnight/Two Day Air, Overnight-Five Day Special Services: Alliances; Lufthansa, AA,

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Qantas, Positive, Positive FS. general cargo/special charge for Fleet: Freighters: 767-300, 737, DC-10; big, heavy, oversized, charters, Passenger: 737-300, A320/340, 737- animals (specifically horses), 200. perishables such as flowers, plants, foods, dangerous goods, LOT POLISH AIRLINES pharmaceuticals (temperature Cargo & Mail Bureau, 1, Zwirki 1 controlled) and sensitive elec- Wigury Street, 00-906 Warsaw, tronics. None of the convertible Poland. 747 flies passenger, only cargo. Phone: +48 22 606 8406; Fax: +48 22 MD-11 Max 2 in passenger con- 606 9817 WWW.lac.lynden.com figuration during summer. Contact: Iwona Korpalska, Cargo & Mail Routes Served From Home Country: Alaska Bureau Dir. E-Mail: [email protected] (domestic). Door-to-Door Service: No. MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES WWW. lot.com/cargo Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Airport Blvd., PO Box 206, Beirut, Lebanon. U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport-Building 21B, Ja- ’05 Estimated Tonnage: 28K. Phone: +961 1 628 888. Fax: +961 1 629 260. maica, NY 11430. Fleet: Freighters: L-100-30 Hercules (6). Contact: Sami Abisaad, Head of Cargo. Phone: 718-656-2674; Fax: 718-656-6063 Con- MALAYSIA AIRLINES WWW.mea/com.lb tact: Marek Kasiak, Cargo Dir for the Ameri- 33rd Fl., Bangunan MAS, Jalan Sultan Is- U.S.: 362 5th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, cas. E-Mail: [email protected] mail, Kuala Lumpur 50250, Malaysia. NY 10001. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Phone: +60 3 8777 1711; Fax: +60 3 8787 1542 Phone: 212-244-6858; Fax: 212-244-6851 Europe, Middle East, North America, Rus- Contact: Mr. Shahari Sulaiman, GM Busn Contact: Mr. Adib C. Kassis, Mgr USA sia/CIS. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non- Dev & Sls. E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Scheduled Charter: Yes. WWW.maskargo.com Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Cargo Branded Services: Charters, Priority, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Africa, Europe, Middle East. Express. Africa, Australia, Europe, Indian/Subconti- Door-to-Door Service: No. Fleet: Passenger: 767 (6), 737 (13), EMB170 nent, Middle East, North America, Pacific Non-Scheduled Charter: No. (6), EMB145 (14), ATR42 & ATR72 (13). Rim, Southeast Asia. Fleet: Passenger (total 9). Door-to-Door Service: No. LUFTHANSA CARGO Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. NATURE AIR CARGO Flughafen Bereich West, FRA F/CI. Tor 25, Total ’04 Tonnage: 368,326,815 RTK: Hangar 27, Tobias Bolanos Airport, Pavas, Ges. 451, 60546 Frankfurt, Germany. 2,645,915,993. ’05 Estimated Tonnage: Costa Rica. Phone: +49 69 696 91123; Fax: +49 69 696 91185 357,558,024 RTK: 2,620,395,477. Phone: 506-220-3054; Fax: 506-232-2516. Contact: Nils Haupt, Dir Corporate Commu- Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 (leased 6); Passen- E-Mail: [email protected] nications. ger: 747-400 (17), 777-200S (17), A330-200s WWW. natureair.com Contact: Derrek H. E-Mail: [email protected] (6), A330-300 (11), 737-400 (24), 560 (10), Khajavi, Dir of Project Dev. WWW. lufthansa-cargo.de DHC6 Twin Otters (5). Comments: Both scheduled and charter car- U.S.: 3400 Peachtree Road NE, Lenox Tow- go operations in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and ers, Suite 1225, Atlanta, GA 30326. MARTINAIR Panama. We from both improved and unim- Phone: 404-814-5312; Fax: 404-814-5300 PO Box 7507, Havenmeesterweg 201, 1118 proved strips in Central America with our six Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) ZG Schiphol, the Netherlands. aircraft. We are an IATA airline and are the Africa, Europe, Indian Sub-Continent, Middle Phone: +31 20 601 1301; Fax: +31 20 601 1348 National Airline of Costa Rica. East, North America, Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, Contact: Meta Ullings, VP Sls & Mktg. South America, Southeast Asia. (Through) E-Mail: [email protected] NIPPON CARGO AIRLINES Australia, Caribbean. Door-to-Door Service: WWW. martinaircargo.com Shiodome City Center 8F, 1-5-2 Higashi-Shin- No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes U.S.: 5550 Glades Road, Suite 500, Boca Ra- bashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7108, Japan. Total ’04 Tonnage: 1,75 million tons. ton, FL 33431. Phone: +81 3 67355740; Fax: +81 3 67355749 Fleet: Freighters: MD-11 (19); Passenger: all Phone: 561-391-6165; Fax: 561-391-8186 Contact: Yoji Miyabe, Sr VP. others (total 330). Contact: Roy Linkner, VP Cargo Sls. E-Mail: [email protected]. Comments: Member of WOW cargo alliance Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) WWW. nca.aero and several bilateral partnerships. Intercon- Africa, Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Bldg 79, North tinental joint venture with DHL. Founding East, North & South America, Southeast Boundry Road, Jamaica, NY 11430. Phone: partner of Jade Cargo International in Shen- Asia, Pacific Rim; (Through) Indian/Subcon- 718-632-6420; Fax: 718-632-6418 Contact: zhen, China. tinent, Russia/CIS. Door-to-Door Service: Terrence M. McDonald, GM Sls & Mktg. No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. E-Mail: [email protected] Total ’04 Tonnage: 266,875,300 CTK: WWW.nippon-cargo.com 6441 South Airpark Place, Anchorage, AK 3,363,081. ’05 Estimated Tonnage: Routes Served From Hom.e Country: (Direct) 99502. 270,000,000 CTK: 3,385,000. Europe, North America, Pacific Rim, South- Phone: 907-249-4126. Fax: 907-245-0213. Fleet: Freighters: 747 (4), MD-11 (7) Convert- east Asia (Through) Australia, Caribbean, In- Contact: Bob Barndt, Mgr of Sls or Garry ibles: 747 (2), MD-11 (4); Passenger: 767 (76), dian/Sub Continent, Middle East, South White, VP/Charter Ops. MD11 (Max 2) and A320 (3). America. Door-to-Door Service: No. E-Mails: [email protected] or Comments: Alliance majority interest in Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Cargo Brand- [email protected] Tampa Airlines (Colombia). We specialize in ed Services: PRIO Express, PRIO Freight,

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PRIO Sensitive, PRIO Super Sensitive, PRIO al, Stand-By, P.A.C. Pack. Level 6, Mascot, NSW 2020, Australia. Space, PRIO Cool, PRIO Art, PRIO Vehicle. Fleet: Freighters: 747-100/747-200 (1). WWW. qantasfreight.com Total ’04 Tonnage: 362,900 RTK: 2,469,000. U.S.: 6555 W. Imperial Hwy, Los Angeles, Fleet: Freighters: 747 (10). PAKISTAN INT’L AIRLINES CA 90045. Comments: Oversized cargo, dangerous PIA Building, Jinnah Int’l Airport, Karachi, Phone: 310-665-2212; Fax: 310-665-2219 goods, temperature controlled, live animals, Pakistan. E-Mail: lschneider@qantas. com.au. priority shipments, extensive through ser- Contact: Sean Hayat, sales executive. Contact: Larry Schneider, Mgr Mktg. vice to China. E-Mail: [email protected]. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) WWW.pia.com.pk. Australia, Pacific Rim, South America, NORTHWEST AIRLINES CARGO U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Bldg 77, Ja- Southeast Asia. 7500 Airline Drive,, MN 55450. maica, NY 11430. Door-to-Door Service: No. Phone: 612-726-4132 Contact: Douglas Rose, Contact: Doveen Davine, sales executive. Cargo Branded Services: Air Freight, Ex Dir Sls Strategy & Admin. Phone: 718-656-4040 x224; Fax: 718-656-4703 Plus Freight, Express Small Package. E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Fleet: Freighters: 747-100, MD-11; Passen- WWW. nwacargo.com Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) ger: 747, 767, 737 (total 117). Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Africa, Europe, Indian Sub-continent, Mid- Comments: Member OneWorld Alliance. Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, dle East, North America, Russia/CIS, South- North America, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia; east Asia. ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES (Through) Africa, Middle East, Russia/CIS. Total ’04 Tonnage: 1,958,192 tonnes. Total Housing Bank Commercial Complex, Queen Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Estimated ‘05 Tonnage: 2 million tonnes. Noor Street, PO Box 302 Amman, Jordan. Charter: Yes. Cargo Branded Services: Fleet: Combis: 747-200 (2); Passenger: 747- Phone: +962 6567 8336. Fax: +962 656 2902. Equation, Select 100, Select 300, Select 500. 300 (6), 777-200ER (3), A310 (12), 737-300 (7). Contact: Fathi Hamoud, Head of Cargo Sls. ’04 RTK: 3.4 billion. Comments: Maindeck service to Pakistan, E-Mail: [email protected]. Fleet: Freighters: 12 747-200s, expanding to Delhi, Mumbai, Manchester. 132 FTK 7,143. WWW.rja.com 14 in 2006; Passenger: More than 600. U.S.: Cargo Sales JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Comments: Member of SkyTeam Cargo. Bldg 67, Room 3251, Jamaica, NY 11430. 2000 Westchester Ave. Purchase, NY, 10577 Phone: 718-632-4740; Fax: 718-632-5285 OCEAN AIRLINES Phone: 914-701-8000; Fax: 914-701-8001. E-Mail: [email protected] Via dell’Aeroporto 34, 25018 Montichiari WWW. polaraircargo.com (BS) Italy. E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 30 9657379. Fax: +39 30 9657145. Contact: Richard Nuttall, VP of Sales/The Contact: Michele Useli, Commercial. Americas. E-Mail: [email protected] Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) WWW.oceanairlines.com Australia, Europe, North & South America, Routes Served From Home Country: Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia, Indian/Sub (Through) Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Continent, Middle East. (Through) Service: No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Caribbean. Door-to-Door Service: No. Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 (2) Special Services: Dangerous goods, perish- ables, live animals (horses), jet engines, pri- OLYMPIC AIRWAYS ority services, Polar X & Polar Priority serv- WWW.rja.com.jo. GA 96 Siggiou Avenue, Athens ing worldwide locations. Many interline Contact: Daniel Durso, Cargo Sls Mgr. Phone: +30 210-936-5546; Fax: +30 210-936- agreements connecting South America to Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) 5444 Contact: Mike Psaroudis, Cargo Opera- the rest of the world. Africa, Europe, Indian/Sub Continent, Middle tion Services. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (8), 747-200 (2), East, North America, Russia/CIS. E-Mail: [email protected]. 747-100 (2). Door-to-Door Service: No. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Africa, Europe, Middle East, North America, POLET CARGO AIRLINE Fleet: Freighter: A310 (2), Passenger: A340 Russia/CIS; (Through) Southeast Asia. 123, Prospekt Truda, 394019 Voronezh, Russia. (4), A310 (4), A320 (5), A321 (2), DH8 (3). Door-to-Door Service: No. Cargo Branded Ser- U.S.: 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2805, New York, vices: XPS Cargo, Cargo Terminal Services. NY 10118. SANTA BARBARA AIRLINES CARGO Phone: 212-279-3707; Fax: 212-279-6499 U.S.: 2461 NW 66th Avenue, Bldg 702, Suite PACIFIC AIR CARGO E-Mail: [email protected] 204, Miami, FL 33122. 5761 W. Imperial Hwy, Los Angeles, CA 90245. WWW.poletairlines.com Phone: 305-871-7777; Fax: 305-871-0100 Phone: 310-645-2178; Fax: 310-645-4876 Contact: Alexey Ozerov, VP. E-Mail: [email protected] Contact: Tabitha Carnow, Dir/Sales. Door-to-Door Service: No. WWW.sbairlinescargo.com. E-Mail: tabitha.carnow@pacificaircargo. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Contact: Adolfo Moreno, President com. WWW. pacificaircargo.com. Special Services: Specializing in transport Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) of oversized and heavy cargo. Carribean, Europe, North America, South North America, (Through) Pacific Rim (Oth- Fleet: Freighters: AN-124-100 (6). America. (Through) Southeast Asia er) Guam, Pago Pago Am Samo. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Door-to-Door Service: No. QANTAS Charter: Yes. Fleet: Passenger: 757, 727, Cargo Branded Services: Must Ride, Gener- 203 Coward Street, Qantas Centre, Bldg C, 767, ATR-42 (total 17).

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SAS CARGO WWW. swacargo.com Contact: Pedro Pulido. Routes Served From Postbox 151, DK-2770 Kastrup, Denmark. Contact: Cargo Sales & Service Center. Home Country: (Direct) Caribbean, North & Phone: +45 32 32633; Fax: +45 32 324942 Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) South America; (Through) Europe. Contact: Mette Vaabengaard. North America. Door-to-Door Service: No. WWW. sascargo.com Door-to-Door Service: Yes, available upon Cargo Branded Services: T-Cargo, T- U.S.: International Air Cargo Center, Build- request. Non-Scheduled Charter: No Charters, T-Express. ing 340, Brewster Road, Newark, NJ 07114. Cargo Branded Services: NFG (Next Flight Fleet: Freighters: DC-8-71 (3), DC-10 (1). Phone: 973-849-3301; Fax: 973-849-3365 Guaranteed); RUSH Priority Freight, FREIGHT. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Fleet: Passenger: 737-300 (194), 737-500 (25) Europe, North America, Baltic’s, Scandi- 737-700 (219). navia, Finland; (Through) Europe, Russia/CIS, South America. Door-to-Door Service: Yes. Fleet: 767, MD-80, 727, DC-9, Q400 (total 188); Freighters: MD-11 (1).

SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES Saudia City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL Phone: +966 2 686 4374; Fax: +966 2 686 2791 2800 Executive Way, Miramar, FL, 33025. 89 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Bangkok 10900, Contact: Hatem M. Zarea, VP Cargo Sales & Phone: 800-438-3071; Fax: 954-447-7875 Thailand. Services. Contact: Bill Jones, Cargo Dir. Phone: +662 535 4727; Fax: +662 535 4728 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]. Contact: Mr. Chanchai Singtoroj, Mng Dir. WWW. saudiairlines.com WWW. spiritair.com E-Mail: [email protected]. U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Bldg #78, Cargo Ter- Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) WWW. thaicargo.com minal, Jamaica, NY 11430. Caribbean, North America. U.S.: 6501 W. Imperial Hwy, Los Angeles, Phone: 718-995-9033; Fax: 718-915-4370 Door-to-Door Service: Yes all regions. CA 90045. Contact: Barry Lennihan, Reg. Mgr Cargo Non-Scheduled Charter: No. Phone: 310-670-8591; Fax: 310-670-1057 Sls & Svc. Fleet: Passenger: Airbus/MD-80 (32). E-Mail: [email protected] Contact: Geof- Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Comments: New Airbus equipment will ex- frey Gilbert, Cargo Mgr USA. Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle pand destinations to Nassau, Puerto Rico, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) East, North America, Southeast Asia. Santo Domingo, Punto Cana, St. Thomas, Australia, Europe, Indian Sub-Continent, Door-to-Door Service: No. Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos. Middle East, North America, Southeast Special Services: New weekly cargo flight Asia, Russia/CIS. (Through) Africa, between Saudi Arabia and HKG, DAC, ADD. SWISS WORLD CARGO Caribbean, Pacific Rim, South America. Fleet: Freighters: 747-268 (1), MD-11 (4); Pas- SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES Door-to-Door Service: Only domestic ship- senger: 747-400 (5), B743 (9), 747-100 (7), 777 PO Box 8058, Zurich Airport ments. Non-Scheduled Charter: No. (23), A300-600 (11), MD-90 (29), 727 (1). Phone: +41 1 564 5050; Fax: +41 1 564 5001 Cargo Branded Services: TGForce (TGX), Contact: Bernd Maresch, GM-Mktg. TGFresh (TGF), ThAIpac. SINGAPORE AIRLINES CARGO E-Mail: [email protected] Total ’04 Tonnage: 432,000 RTK: 1,839 (mil). 05-J, SATS Airfreight Terminal 5 (Superhub WWW. swissworldcargo.com. Fleet: Passenger: 737-400 (7), A300-B6 (21), 1) 30 Airline Road, Singapore 819830. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) A330 (12), A340-500 (3), A340-600 (5), MD-11 Phone: +65 6541 6603; Fax: +65 6546 3798 Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle (4), 777 (14), 747-400 (2), 747-400 (18). Contact: Mr. Nazim Ros, Asst Mgr Industry East, North America, Russia/CIS, South Amer- Comments: Star Alliance Member. Block Affairs. ica, Southeast Asia; (Through) Pacific Rim. Space agreements with Air France freighter E-Mail: [email protected] Door-to-Door Service: No. (BKK-CDG), Emirates freighter (BKK-DAC- WWW. siacargo.com Door-to-Door Service: Cargo Branded Services: Swiss General DXB-AMS). Cargo warehouse service No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Cargo, Swiss X-presso, Swiss Valuables, provider at Chittagong Airport in Cargo Branded Services: Swiftrider. Swiss Perishables, Swiss Argus, Swiss Mail. Bangladesh. Total ’04 Tonnage: 1,132 FTK 7,143. Fleet: Passenger: A319, A320, A321, A330, Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (15),); Passenger: A340. 747-400 (27) 777 (58), A34-500 (5). Comments: Member WOW Alliance. TAMPA AIRLINES CARGO Hangar de Aerolinea Tampa, Terminal de- carga Aeropuerto IntlJose Maria Cordova, Rionegro-Antioquia, Colombia. Phone: +57 1 439790, Contact: Liborio Cuellar Araujo, VP Sls/Mktg. WWW. tampacargo.com U.S.: 1650 N.W. 66th Avenue, Bldg 708, Suite TURKISH AIRLINES SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CARGO 206, Miami, FL 33152. Ataturk Havaliman Kargo Terminal, Kargo PO Box 36611, Dallas, TX 75235. Phone: 305-526-6720. Baskanliai S-Kat, Yesilkoy-Istanbul 34830, Phone: 800-533-1222; Fax: 214-792-4199 E-Mail: [email protected] Turkey.

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Phone: +90 212 663 6300 x5307; Fax: +90 212 America, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. Contact: John Lloyd, Dir/Cargo. 663 4719 Contact: Ms. Sebuem Sayli. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled WWW. virgin.com/cargo WWW. flyturkish.com Charter: Yes. U.S.: 1983 Marcus Avenue, Suite 100, Lake U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Bldg 77, Ja- Cargo Branded Services: Air Cargo Priority, Success, NY 11042. maica, NY 11430. Air Cargo Reserved. Phone: 516-488-5007; Fax: 516-516-5075 Phone: 718-244-7760 Fax: 718-632-8428 Fleet: Freighters: 747, MD-11, A300F4-600R, Contact: Jack Fiol, Sr VP Cargo NA. E-Mail: [email protected]. Contact: Yesim 767, 757, DC-8, 727 (total 269). Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Ocak, Cargo Mgr. Comments: UPS Air Cargo Priority Service Africa, Caribbean, Indian/Sub Continent, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) carries the 100 percent money-back guar- North America, Southeast Asia; (Through) Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle antee on U.S. origin cargo. Europe, Middle East, South America. East, North America, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia (Through) Africa, Europe, North Ameri- VARIG BRAZILIAN AIRLINES ca, Southeast Asia. Av. Almte Silvio De Noronha, No 365, Blo- Door-to-Door Service: No. Fleet: Passenger: co A Sala 427 CEP 20025 010, Rio De 727 (42), A340 (7), A310 (5), RI70-100 (11). Janeiro, Brazil. Phone: +55 21 814 5012; Fax: +55 21 814 5732. E-Mail: [email protected]. WORLD AIRWAYS Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) 101 World Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269. Europe, North & South America, Pacific Phone: 770-632-8381; Fax: 770-632-8052 Rim. Door-to-Door Service: Yes (Brazil). E-Mail: [email protected] Special Services: Live Animals, Perish- WWW. worldair.com ables, Express. Contact: Joe Fralick, VP Cargo. UNITED AIRLINES Fleet: Freighters: DC-10-30 (2), 727-100 (5) Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) PO Box 66100, WHQSA, Chicago, IL 60666 Passenger: MD-11 (13), 767-200/300 (12), Africa, Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Indi- Phone: 847-700-4939; Fax: 847-700-6787 727-300/700 (36), 727-200 (13). an/Subcontinent, Middle East, North Ameri- Contact: Neel Shah, VP Sls & Mktg; ca, Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, South America, E-Mail: [email protected] VIRGIN ATLANTIC CARGO Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. WWW. unitedcargo.com Unit 1, Satellite Business Village, Fleming Fleet: Freighters: MD-11 (5), DC-10-30 (2); Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Way, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9ND, Passenger: MD-11 (9), DC-10-30 (1). Australia, Caribbean, Europe, North & South United Kingdom. Comments: Sixth MD-11 freighter to be de- America, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. Phone: +44 129 374 4580; Fax: +44 123 974 4536 livered in second quarter 2006. ■ Door-to-Door Service: Yes North America – Global Small Package (Time Matters), U.S. Cargo Branded Services: TD Guaran- teed Worldwide, Global SP International, SPD domestic U.S.General Freight World- wide. Total ’05 estimated tonnage: 2 billion ton miles. Fleet: A319/A320 (152), 737 (134), 747 (31), 757 (97), 767 (43), 777 (52) Total Aircraft (509, not including United Express).

UPS AIR CARGO 8203 National Turnpike, Louisville, KY 40214. Phone: 502-380-3103; Fax: 502-380-3101 E-Mail: [email protected] AIRCARGOWORLD.COM WWW. aircargo.ups.com Contact: Dion DeMasters, Marketing & Pric- ing Mgr. Log on to Top News, Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct) Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Sub Features, the Bottom Line... Continent, Middle East, North & South

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Airlines 12 years experience in shipping out and CIO of DHL Express in Germany. of South Florida with companies in- U-Freight: The Hong Kong-based AirBridge Car- cluding Aerofloral and Daymark Lo- forwarder bolstered its Japan opera- go: The scheduled gistics and joined LAN four years ago. tion by naming Minoru Saito chief 747 freighter division Aloha Airlines: The airline of sales in Tokyo and Hiroshi Aodai of the Volga Dnepr named Richard Scholl vice presi- chief of sales and customer service. U- Group named dent of maintenance and engineer- Freight also promoted Yuji Shuto Robert Song re- ing. He was most recently in charge from the company’s Osaka office to gional director and of maintenance at Polar Air Cargo, assistant general manager for Eastern

area manager for the Song where his division won the FAA Dia- Japan. Saito had been at Exel in Tokyo Asia-Pacific, replac- mond Award for maintenance safety for four years in customer service. ing Peter Yap, who and training two years in a row. Business Post: The European is retiring. Song, 38, Qatar Airways: The carrier company appointed Terry Richards had been with Air named Bruce Gillette general man- managing director of the UK Pallets New Zealand Cargo ager for cargo worldwide. Gillette had operation it acquired in 2003. at its regional head- been at Atlas Air since 2001, first as Richards replaces Paul Sanders, who quarters in Shanghai vice president of products and ser- resigned. Richards had been managing and has 10 years ex- vices and later as vice president of director of Business Post Technical perience in interna- Yap sales and marketing. Before that, he Couriers and before that held senior tional cargo. Yap re- was United States operations director posts at TNT and NFC. Business Post tires after more than 25 years in air- of LAN Cargo. also promoted Simon Hazelgrove, line cargo management, including se- from UK Pallets sales and marketing nior positions at China Airlines and Integrators director to deputy managing director. Atlas Air. FIATA: Daniel Virgin Atlantic Cargo: The air- DHL: The carrier made three ap- Bloch joined the line appointed James Williams to pointments to its United Arab Emi- staff of the interna- the new position of head of Asia Pa- rates operation. Ian Price, a 30-year tional freight forward- cific based in Hong Kong. Williams veteran of the British police and the ing association and had been cargo manager for Western Special branch of the London police, will oversee the Air Australia for Emirates SkyCargo for was named security manager for the Freight Institute, the the past two years but earlier worked country. Ben Dart, formerly of the Customs Affairs Insti- in Virgin Cargo’s commercial depart- Video Networks in the United King- tute, and the Adviso- Bloch ment in London for over four years. dom, was named manager of the DHL ry Body Information Technology at Skyteam Cargo: The U.S. Cargo UAE call center. And Alexander the FIATA Secretariat. He will replace Sales Joint Venture arm of the airline Houghton, who had headed costing Sandro Consoli, who is retiring in alliance named J.D. Cha of Korean and yield management at DHL Aus- April. Bloch, 42, started in the logistics Air chief executive officer, succeeding tralia, was named manager of pricing department of an electronics manu- Bernard Frattini, who returns to and business improvement. facturer and later worked as the Air France-KLM Cargo. Cha had been Switzerland representative of a Euro- vice president of sales and marketing Third-Parties pean airline, cargo manager in for the SkyTeam Cargo U.S. joint ven- Switzerland for another carrier. ture. Alain Pages, Air France’s cargo Kuehne + Nagel: The Switzer- Cargo Connection Logistics: operations manager in the United land-based forwarder named Martin The New York-based company named Kingdom, replaces Cha as vice presi- Kolbe chief information officer and a David Quach, vice president of busi- dent of sales and marketing. member of the management board. ness development for the Pacific Rim LAN Cargo: The Chilean carrier Kolbe, 44, was head of information and said it would open an office in named Steven Leonard regional systems at DHL Express in Europe and California to expand its reach beyond sales director for Florida. Leonard has before that was managing director its New York base. Quach has been in-

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volved in electronics, real estate de- Stockham manager in Dover, a sta- of customer operations for the West- velopment and international trading tion specializing in surface trailer ern division. Before that, he worked connected to Asia and advises orga- transport between the United King- with TNT and People’s Worldwide nized trade groups in Asia. dom and Eastern Europe. Stockham, Distribution. The company also Lynden International: The 43, had been with Laser Transport In- named Gene Roy vice president of Seattle-based forwarder named Mar- ternational for 10 years in positions sales and customer service. A 25-year tyn Hughes a manager in the com- including regional sales and develop- company veteran, Roy was a regional pany’s project group in Eurasia, over- ment manager. vice president of operations. ASIG seeing key operations in Russia. A 20- Pilot Air Freight: The forwarder also named David ReDavid vice year industry veteran, he was based named Heinz Lange director of in- president for the South-Central re- in the Middle East with Logenix In- ternational sales for the West Coast, gion. He had been a region vice presi- ternational. Also, Lynden named based in Seattle. He has more than 20 dent for AirNet Systems and worked Robin Johnson district sales manager years’ experience in transport sales at for nine years at Airborne Express. in Los Angeles. He was most recently companies including NYK and account manager at DHX. Columbus Line in the maritime in- Technology Mallory Alexander Interna- dustry and Airborne Express and DHL tional Logistics: The Memphis, Danzas in forwarding. OAG World- Tenn.-based company named Carey Con-Way Now: wide: OAG named Treadwell a global business devel- The critical shipment Mike Navin director opment director focused on national subsidiary of CNF of its Cargo Services accounts. Treadwell was director of named Michelle M. division, a unit business development at Meridian Potter president. aimed at technology IQ, the logistics arm of Yellow Road- Potter, 36, joined the services for the air way. Before that he held sales posi- company in 1996 as cargo business. Based Navin tions with Direct Container Line. an administrative as- in the United King- Potter Crown Relocations: The execu- sistant, became a su- dom, the air freight industry veteran tive relocation and logistics company pervisor shortly after and advanced is former global program director of named Steve Marshall has been through other positions to become air logistics at Syntegra. worldwide managing director of glob- vice president of operations in 2002. Global Freight Exchange: GF-X al mobility services. Marshall had Airlink: The Singapore-based gen- named Jeremy Young head of its been managing director of global mo- eral sales agent named Tay Beng Asia-Pacific operations following the bility for Crown in Europe, the Mid- Swee as its commercial manager. He departure of Soren Starup as vice dle East and Africa since 2002. Crown has more than 30 years’ experience in president for Asia-Pacific and the also named Kay Kolakowski its the airline industry. Middle East. Young had led the Chicago-based national sales group worldwide air freight booking portal’s manager for global mobility services. Ground Handling operations in Hong Kong. ■ Mallory Alexander Interna- tional Logistics: The Memphis, ASIG: The Orlando, Fla.-based avi- Advertiser Index Tenn.-based company named Carey ation services company named Mike All Nippon Airways ...... CV2 Treadwell a global business devel- Conrad vice president, sales and cus- ACI-NA...... 8 opment director focused on national tomer services. He had been regional accounts. Treadwell was director of vice president for operations in the BACK Aviation ...... CV3 business development at Meridian West, overseeing 14 airports. A 39- Boeing...... 3 IQ, the logistics arm of Yellow Road- year industry veteran, he worked ear- Coyne Aviation...... 6 way. Before that he held sales posi- lier at sister company Signature Flight Etihad Airways...... 7 tions with Direct Container Line. Support. Replacing him is Anthony Port Authority of NYNJ ...... 15 F.S. Mackenzie: The British Mazza, who was with DHL for 12 TIACA...... CV4 freight forwarder named Peter years, most recently as senior director World Airways...... 9, 27

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Events

Jan. 23-25 meeting of the Airforwarders Associa- April 24-26 tion, Air & Expedited Motor Carriers Dubai: World Air Cargo Event and Air Courier Conference of Ameri- Seattle: Freighter Aircraft 2006, at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, a ca. For information, call (703) 519- Workshop, at the Grand Hyatt, the Tabmag Publishing event bringing to- 0335 or visit: www.airforwarders.org. 4th annual Air Cargo Management gether global cargo leaders, including Group event examines the cargo air- top officials from Emirates, Etihah March 12-14 craft market. For information, call and Cargolux. For information, call (206) 587-6537 or visit: www.cargo- +44 178 425 5000 or e-mail: : International Boston facts.com. [email protected] Seafood Show, at the convention center, for shippers of great scale. For April 30-May 2 Feb. 14-17 information, call (972) 620-3040 or visit: www.bostonseafood.com. , Nev.: Cargo Net- Shanghai: Air Freight Asia work Services 2006 Partnership 2006, at the Shanghai-Pudong Inter- March 20-22 Conference, At the Hyatt Lake Las national Conference and Exhibition Vegas, the largest yearly gathering of Center, the Payload Asia event looks Vienna: 9th Annual European the international air freight business in at China from a global perspective. Postal Services Conference, at the North America. For information, call For information, e-mail: Renaissance Penta Vienna Hotel, the (516) 747-3312 or visit: www.cnsc.net. [email protected]. Institute of Economic Affairs event looks at changes in competition and May 11-12 Feb. 28-March 1 strategy in Europe’s postal sector. For information, call +44 (0)20 7608 0541 Paris: World Express and Mail Washington: FAA Aviation or visit: www.marketforce.eu.com/eupost. European Conference, at the Sofi- Forecast Conference, the annual tel Forum Hotel, hosted by La Poste, event includes detailed looks at Unit- March 26-28 uniting the private and postal worlds. ed States air traffic and a luncheon ad- For information, call +44 870 950 dress by Southwest Airlines Chairman Orlando, Fla.: ISTAT 23rd An- 7900 or visit www.triangle.eu.com. Herb Kelleher. For information, call nual Conference, the annual meet- (202) 267-7924 or visit: www.apo. ing of the International Society of May 23-25 faa.gov/conference/welcome.htm Transport Aircraft Trading. For infor- mation, call (703) 978-8156 or visit: Houston: 2006 International March 8-10 www.istate.org/conferences. Air Cargo Conference, at Brown Convention Center, including an ex- Geneva: International Forum April 9-11 hibit hall. For information, call (321) on Aircraft Finance and Com- 783-0088 or e-mail: terryiacc@bell- mercial Aviation, at the Hotel Presi- Beijing: International Air Car- south.net. dent Wilson, the event includes 120 go Association Annual General speakers from the capital world and Meeting, TIACA’s high-level yearly Sept. 12-14 airline operations, including Lufthansa gathering looks at air freight direc- Cargo chief Jean-Peter Jansen. For in- tions in aircraft, Asia and fuel. For in- Calgary, Alberta: Internation- formation, call +44 207 915 5101 or formation, call (786) 265 7011 or al Air Cargo Forum, at the visit: www.icbi-aircraftfinance.com. visit: www.tiaca.org. Roundup Centre in Stampede Park, TIACA’s bi-annual gathering is the March 12-14 For more events, visit: global air cargo industry’s largest www.aircargoworld.com/ event and lands this year in North Bal Harbour, Fla.: Air Cargo dept/events.htm America. For information, call (786) 2006, at the Sheraton, the annual 265 7011 or visit: www.tiaca.org. ■

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AirCargo Classifieds Worldwide Business Partnerships

Employment Opportunities

Join the team that has made Hong Kong’s own airline an international leader in the aviation industry. We are looking for talented people who are smart, dynamic, enthusiastic and keen to share our dreams and realize their own. Cathay Pacific provides a work environment that encourages excellence and continuous improve- ment; as well as a unique, flexible employee benefits package; including generous air travel conces- sions, designed to help promote a better lifestyle. Join the team. Share the dream. Cargo Terminal Planning Manager The airline wishes to appoint a suitably qualified person to oversee the design and planning of a large air cargo infrastructure project to accommodate specific operations and services requirements. The candidate will co-ordinate the main building contractor and the automated mechanical handling system contractor to design and fine-tune layout design, workflow and operation procedure. The can- didate will also provide subject matter expertise in tendering process. In addition, the candidate will develop the requirements of the operational systems and design the training programme. To be successful, you should have extensive experience in air cargo services/operations/systems. Knowledge in logistics building design or operations, flow and routes in conjunction with heavy auto- mated equipment will be definite advantages. Cargo Terminal Engineering Manager The airline wishes to appoint a suitably qualified person to coordinate, organize and supervise multi- disciplinary contractors/suppliers for the installation of automated mechanical handling systems (AMHS). The candidate's primary responsibility is to integrate the AHMS into the infrastructure design. The candidate will design and write specifications for the AHMS, define cargo flow and routes, and assist in the preparation of the AHMS tender and contract. In addition, the candidate is responsible to estab- lish an engineering department and set up maintenance programme and procedure for the AMHS, and train up engineers for the AMHS preventive and emergency maintenance To be successful, you should have a relevant engineering degree and possess extensive experience in project cost/time/quality control which involve multi-contractors/suppliers. Experience in logistics building design, flow and routes with programmable logistic control is also required. Knowledge in heavy automated equipment installation and maintenance will be a definite advantage. Both positions are Hong Kong based and will initially be on a 2 year contract. In addition, you must be an effective communicator to interact with people at all levels with polished interpersonal skills and good command of both spoken and written English. You should be a self-motivated team player and confident leader with excellent people management skills. To apply, please send before 20th January 2006 your confidential resume with date of availability and expected remuneration to: The Personnel Manager HKG Ground Staff, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., 6/F., North Tower, Cathay Pacific City, 8 Scenic Road, Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong. Alternatively, you may e-mail to: [email protected] or apply on-line at http://careers.cathaypacific.com. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our personal data policy and for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within 8 weeks can consider their application unsuccessful and all related information will be kept on our files for 24 months. A copy of our Personal Information Collection Statement can be provided upon request by contacting our Data Protection Office at the above address

AIR CARGO WORLD CLASSIFIED Air Cargo World, the industries leading air cargo magazine, is launching a classified section in the International Edition. You can place an advertisement in the Business Partnership section in every issue for as little as $1,500 per year. Don’t miss the opportunity of putting your name in front of the largest requested readership of any air cargo magazine. For more details on advertising in the Business Partnership or general classified section contact: David Collison • 44 1923 817731 • [email protected]

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BAX Revenue BAX Profiting BAX 2005 revenue, first nine months BAX 2005 profit, first nine months

Americas InternationalInternational $937.3 $50.5

International $1182.2 Americas $10.6

Source: Company reports Source: Company reports

Shipping EGL Quarterly year-over-year percent change in types of North American forwarding shipments at EGL 25% 20% 15% Deferred 10% 5% 0% –5% –10% Priority –15% ’031Q ’032Q ’033Q ’034Q ’041Q ’042Q ’043Q ’044Q ’051Q ’052Q ’053Q Source: Company reports; Baird Equity Research

Shipping Channels Forecast of Worldwide Television Unit Shipments by Display Technology (Thousands of Units)

160,000 CRT 140,000 Projection 120,000 PDP 100,000 LCD 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Source: iSuppli

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Selling Semis Semi Growth Projected semiconductor sales, by Projected year-over-year percent region, 2004-2008. (in US$ billions) growth in annual worldwide $200 semiconductor revenue. ’04 25% ’05 $150 ’06 20% ’07 ’08 15% $100

10%

$50 5%

$0 0% Americas Europe Asia-Pacific ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 Source: Air Transport Association of America Source: iSuppli Market Watch

Asia’s Gateway Expediting Traffic Year-over-year percent change in cargo Year-over-year percentage point change traffic at Hong Kong International in gross yields for air and ocean traffic Airport for fiscal years ending March 31. for Expeditors International 2.5% 30% 2.0% 25% Ocean 1.5% 20% 1.0% 15% 0.5% 10% 0.0% –0.5% 5% –1.0% 0% Air –1.5% –5% –2.0% –10% –2.5% ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 1Q’04 2Q’04 3Q’04 4Q’04 1Q’05 2Q’05 3Q’05 Source: Hong Kong International Airport Source: Company reports; Bear Stearns Equity Research

Freighter Demand Airbus forecast freighter demand, 2004-2023

1,200 1,100 More than New 727 1,000 919 187 3,100 Converted 2,412 freighters will 789 be delivered 800 Total 3,139

600 Almost 398 $130 billion 919 913 worth of new 400 331 freighters will be delivered 142 391 200 189 0 Small Regional Long-range Large

Source: Airbus

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Union By Brandon Fried • Executive Director • U.S. Airforwarders Association The State of the Union 2006: Just how strong is the state of the air cargo industry?

t’s a long-running joke in political circles that implemented, successful layered approach to cargo securi- in his annual State of the Union address the ty were completely ignored. IUnited States president must say, “The state Another performance review of homeland security fol- of our union has never been stronger,” even if lowed in December. the ”state” shows some wear around the edges. The former 9/11 Commission, now known as the 9/11 Those of us in the airforwarding world know that Project on Public Discourse, issued a report card that cov- we need an honest assessment of the state of our ered many aspects of security. But it gave the category of industry, not a catchphrase. And, as we begin “passenger and cargo screening” a D. This grade, coupled 2006, forwarders are under increased scrutiny with the TSA announcement of permitting sharp objects from regulators and from lawmakers. back on planes, set off another wave of concern about car- This year, the state of our union will be based on how go security. well we respond to challenges and rise to the occasion. Unfortunately, screening and security have become This grading has already begun in earnest in one of the synonymous in the public debate about airlines and anti- cargo industry’s most pressing areas: security. terror efforts and that should not be the case. In 2006, we face increased scrutiny, pending TSA rule Screening Insecurity changes on cargo operations and security against a back- In November, the Government Accountability Office drop of midterm elections in one of the most politically released their report on air cargo security to much fanfare. divisive eras in recent memory. We are tasked with these The title of the report says it all — “Federal Action Needed issues after a long year of fuel surcharges, airline financial to Strengthen Domestic Air Cargo Security.” The inves- instability and airport cost-cutting measures. tigative arm of the government recommended that the Transportation Security Administration speed the imple- Unified Approach mentation of air cargo rules, development of ways to ana- Despite these challenges, I believe that the state of air lyze indirect air carrier compliance with the rules, and as- freight forwarding is strong. sessment of vulnerabilities and assets related to air cargo. Forwarders have risen to the occasion with determina- These recommendations are not particularly critical of tion and professionalism time and time again and I am the industry, at least not directly. Forwarders face the is- confident our industry will continue to deliver efficient, sues of security and compliance on a daily basis and in- secure and reliable service while always striving for effec- direct air carriers have been a positive force involved in tive and economical security measures. increasing security, working with government agencies Although we may no longer have the sole responsibili- and officials since the birth of cargo regulations in the ty for assessing the state of our industry, we do have the early 1980s. power to make our businesses, and the forwarding in- However, the wider public debate over the report is dustry, the strongest they can be. To do that, we must very troubling. recognize that, while we are competitors, we are all in Stories about the report quoted critics who decried the this together. “gaping holes” in aviation security with scarcely a If we as professionals are united, present a united front thought or explanation of what security procedures are in to Congress and educate the public on how vital our in- place and what actions have been undertaken since Sep- dustry is to the American economy, the state of our union tember 11. The known shipper program was dismissed as will stay strong. Unity is a New Years resolution we must mere paper pushing and other components of the TSA- all keep. ■

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