CoverINT 10/26/07 12:35 PM Page 1 WWW.AIRCARGOWORLD.COM NOVEMBER 2007 INTERNATIONAL EDITION SeekingSeeking GreaterGreater GatewaysGateways Better Booking • India • Forwarder Probe Project1 10/22/07 9:59 AM Page 1 SIROCCO IS A STAR, HE IS RACING IN DUBAI IN 2 DAYS. WITH SKYTEAM CARGO, HE WON’T EVEN REALIZE HE HAS BEEN IN THE AIR. 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Already the most capable and flexible freighters in the industry, together they fulfill virtually any large payload (from 100-135 tonnes), range and mar- ket requirement. Add to that industry-leading efficiency and you’ve got the biggest advantage of all—the highest profit potential combination in the business. 04EditorialINT 10/26/07 12:33 PM Page 4 International Trends & Analysis Editor Editor’s Note Paul Page • [email protected] Managing Editor Robert Moorman • [email protected] Contributing Editors Roger Turney, Ian Putzger, Mike Seemuth Art & Production Director Jay Sevidal • [email protected] Editorial Offices 1270 National Press Bldg., Washington, DC 20045 (202) 355-1170 • Fax: (202) 355-1171 GROUP PUBLISHER Air Environment Noreen Murray • (973) 848-7082 • [email protected] he European Union must think the International Civil Avia- Publisher tion Organization is part of Europe. Perhaps this perception Steve Prince • (770) 642-9170 • [email protected] Tcomes from the Anglo-French charm of Montreal, site of Advertising/Business Office ICAO headquarters, or the occasional anti-American statements 1080 Holcomb Bridge Rd. • Roswell Summit Building 200, Suite 255 • Roswell, GA 30076 from Canadian politicians trying to curry favor with their con- (770) 642-9170 • Fax: (770) 642-9982 stituents. That’s the only explanation we can think of for the EU’s International Advertising Offices Europe, United Kingdom, Middle East unwarranted attack on the technically based ICAO for not openly David Collison • +44 192-381-7731 [email protected] supporting the European Emissions Trading Scheme. Hong Kong/Malaysia/Singapore Joseph Yap • +656 337 6996 The EU lashed out at ICAO last month at the end of its 10-day meeting for [email protected] Japan taking no action on Europe’s proposed emissions cap-and-trade plan requiring Masami Shimazaki • +81-3-5456-8230 [email protected] airlines who fly over its air space to trade carbon permits, and pay more if they Thailand Chower Narula • +66-2-641-26938 wanted to increase flights. [email protected] Taiwan ICAO officials and others say privately the biggest problem Ye Chang • +886 2-2378-2471 [email protected] with emissions trading is that it can’t be verified. Australia, New Zealand Fergus Maclagan • +61-2-9460-4560 ICAO did form a new Group on International Aviation and [email protected] Climate Change to be composed of senior government offi- Korea Mr. Jung-won Suh • +82-2-3275-5969 cials, who will form a framework to seek ways to reduce [email protected] Reprints, Classified Sales harmful aircraft emissions. ICAO’s solution did not sit well Laura Rickman • [email protected] with the EU ministers, who want all airlines flying in Euro- (770) 642-8036 Administrative Assistant pean airspace to participate in emissions trading by 2012. Susan Addy • [email protected] U.S. airlines and those from non-EU countries oppose uni- Display Advertising Traffic Coordinator Tracey Fiuza • [email protected] lateral imposition of emissions trading, saying it violates in- (973) 848-7106 ternational air service agreements. Electronic Rights and Syndication Barbara Ross • [email protected] European politicians insist they won’t back down on their proposal. So it (973) 848-7186 appears some kind of court action involving multiple parties is inevitable, but CUSTOMER SERVICE OR TO SUBSCRIBE: (888) 215-6084 not before other avenues for dispute resolution is explored. One path leads back to ICAO. Interested parties could take action through ICAO under Article 84 of the Chicago Convention, the treaty governing inter- national aviation. Article 84 was used successfully several years ago to resolve a dispute between the U.S. and the EU regarding an ICAO requirement allowing 400 Windsor Corporate Park huskitted aircraft to meet Stage III/Chapter III standards. The solution from 50 Millstone Rd., Suite 200 East Windsor, NJ 08520-1415 ICAO is known today as the four-part balanced approach to noise mitigation. (609) 371-7700 • (800) 221-5488 A compromise on emissions trading could be reached under relevant bilat- President and CEO Alan Glass eral agreements. Should these government-to-government talks not yield a so- Senior Vice President, CFO Dana Price Vice President, Magazine Group Peter Tirschwell lution, then lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic will make a lot of money, President, PIERS Brendan McCahill but also waste a lot of time. Vice President, Directory Databases Amy Middlebrook Vice President, Human Resources Kenneth P. Slivken In the interim, the EU environmental ministers should hold their tongues Vice President, and consider what is ICAO’s basic mission. Beyond establishing technical and Production & Manufacturing Meg Palladino Director of Circulation John Wengler operational standards and procedures, ICAO’s role is to bring the various coun- Director of Creative Services John White tries together so they can decide on policies to enhance air transportation. It President, BACK Aviation Steven G. Casley was never designed to be a political institution or serve as a proxy for the EU. POSTMASTER: Send address change to: Air Cargo World, Subscription Services Department, PO Box 5051, Brentwood TN 37024 — All Rights Reserved For more information visit our website at www.aircargoworld.com 4 AirCargoWorld November 2007 Project6 8/15/07 9:22 AM Page 1 06NewsUpdateINT 10/26/07 12:34 PM Page 6 UpdatesNews mission is investigating the Associa- tion of Swiss Forwarders and several forwarder, including Panalpina. U.S. antitrust authorities earlier conducted a similar investigation in the compa- ny’s headquarters in the U.S. Panalpina said it is “not aware of any violations of antitrust regula- tions” and is fully cooperating. Mean- time, Panalpina recently suspended services in Nigeria, including import services for oil and gas customers, as a result of an ongoing bribery probe by the U.S. Department of Justice. In New York, the FBI raided Schenker offices, ordering staff to turn over all records connected to fuel sur- charges, according to sources in the forwarding industry. Meanwhile, the European Commission is investigat- Antitrust Probe is Forwarded ing Schenker’s offices in Essen, Ger- ith the legal ramifications of an international cargo many.