INTERNATIONAL EDITION JULY 2014 Reflecting on the first half of 2014 Europe still lags behind WhaWhat’st’s fuelingfueling outsizeoutsize cargo?cargo? /Cargo at its best We do whatever it takes to exceed your expectations. Welcome to the Munich cargo hub. Living ideas – Connecting lives Munich is one of Europe’s premium and fastest growing cargo airports. It is also one of the quickest. With direct access to Germany’s highway network, Munich Airport gets your cargo to Southern and Eastern Europe in no time. Our runways are designed for maximum effi ciency. Making your cargo go places. munich-airport.com Munich Airport FMG_Anz_AirCargoWorld_e_203x275_140611_RZ.indd 1 11.06.14 13:59 Contents Volume 17 • Number 6 • July 2014 Features 18 22 28 Outsize cargo Midyear report Europe Energy development equipment Airfreight companies take a look at the Air cargo activity in the region levels dominates heavyweight loads. first six months of 2014. off after a strong start to the year. Around the World 6 Europe 12 Asia DHL is on a mission to raise the bar. Haneda pushes for international role. 10 Middle East/Africa 16 Americas Cover photo courtesy of Hactl Oil keeps Astral Aviation busy. Rickenbacker Airport is in fashion. Departments 4 Editorial 32 Bottom Line 36 People 26 Associations 34 Classifieds 38 Forwarders’ Forum Air Cargo World (ISSN 1933-1614) is published monthly and owned by Axio Data Group. Air Cargo World is located at 1080 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Suite 255, Roswell, GA 30076. Production office is located at 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 200, Downers Grove, IL 60515; telephone 866-624-4457. Air Cargo World is a registered trademark. Periodicals postage paid at Downers Grove, IL and at additional mailing offices. Subscription rates: 1 year, $80; 2 year $128; outside USA surface mail/1 year $120; 2 year $216. Single copies $20. 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He also brings a strong PRODUCTION DIRECTOR dose of passion for air cargo. For now, Hughes Ed Calahan will keep IATA’s cargo initiatives rolling down the same path his predecessor charted. He CIRCULATION MANAGER Nicola Mitcham says his mentors, which include Vertannes [email protected] and former Emirates cargo head Ram Menen, ART DIRECTOR passed along an infectious passion for the John W. McCurry Editor Central Communications Group industry. [email protected] “It’s more than a job,” Hughes says. “We talk PUBLISHER about getting jet kerosene in our blood.” Steve Prince Collaboration of the industry’s assorted segments will be the overriding theme [email protected] as Hughes pushes increased e-air waybill adoption and the trimming of the ASSISTANT TO PUBLISHER “magical 48 hours” from air cargo transit times. For more on Hughes’ industry Susan Addy [email protected] • (770) 642-9170 vision, please find his interview on p. 26. As our July issue went to press, we learned that Jan Krems, a long-time ex- DISPLAY ADVERTISING TRAFFIC COORDINATOR Cindy Fehland ecutive with Air France/KLM/Martinair Cargo, and before that, KLM Cargo, has [email protected] agreed to become the new president of United Cargo. Krems replaces Robbie AIR CARGO WORLD HEADQUARTERS Anderson, who left United in early June. Krems has nearly 30 years of experi- 1080 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Roswell Summit ence in air cargo and figures to be a great choice for the top spot at United. Building 200, Suite 255, Roswell, GA 30076 His most recent position with Air France/KLM/Martinair was as vice president (770) 642-9170 • Fax: (770) 642-9982 Americas, and he was based in Atlanta. WORLDWIDE SALES The major personnel changes notwithstanding, the biggest upheaval of the U.S. Sales summer of 2014 could be the re-organization of cargo at Delta Air Lines. Cargo is Director National Accounts Tim Lord no longer a stand-alone organization, and with the retirement of Tony Charaf on [email protected] • (678) 775-3565 Aug. 1, there will no longer be a head of cargo at the airline. The move comes at Europe, United Kingdom, Middle East a time when cargo volume is declining at Delta. Cargo dropped 5 percent during David Collison [email protected] • +44 192-381-7731 2013 and is down by 2.3 percent through May of this year. Hong Kong,Malaysia, Singapore Charaf, who embraced the nickname “Paperless” Tony Charaf during his lat- Joseph Yap est two-year stint at Delta, is credited with making the airline the U.S. leader in [email protected] • +65-6-337-6996 terms of adoption of the e-AWB. Charaf spent two terms as Delta’s head of cargo India Faredoon Kuka RMA Media during his 18 years with the airline. [email protected] • +91 22 6570 3081 The changes at Delta put cargo under the passenger side. Delta President Ed Japan Bastian announced the changes in a news release on June 11. The news release Mr. Mikio Tsuchiya offered few details and prompted considerable speculation about cargo’s future [email protected] • +81-45-891-1852 Thailand role at Delta. It will certainly be interesting to see how cargo evolves at Delta in Ms. Anchana Nararidh the coming months and years. [email protected] • +66-26-412-6938 Taiwan Ms. Paula Liu [email protected] • +88-62-2377-9108 Korea Mr. Jung-Won Suh [email protected] • +82-2785-8222 4 JULY 2014 ACW MIA Air Cargo world 6 Dec 2013.pdf 2014/1/27 5:47:44 PM The best gateway for cargo in and out China ! THE BEST GATEWAY FOR CARGO IN AND OUT MAINLAND CHINA Since opening in 1996, Macau International Airport has grown by increasing parking stands and scaling-up our logistics facilities, doubling our annual cargo throughput, until in 2006 we handled 220,000 tonnes of cargo. 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Not only is it a global forwarding, supply DHL set to raise the chain and express entity, it is also re- sponsible for delivering German do- stakes even higher mestic mail. Anyone listening in on the recent HL is mounting a concert- growth in a changing marketplace,” company annual general meeting in ed effort to establish itself CEO Frank Appel says. “We are ready Frankfurt, heard Appel giving seem- as the leading global logis- to take our next growth steps and ingly high priority to assuring its Dtics provider. have many initiatives planned for the mostly German shareholders that the It’s something of a bizarre chal- future.” local mail service was in good shape. lenge that it has set itself, given that The main focus of this strategy, he Appel himself appears to recognize the German mega forwarding, ex- says, will be the systematic growth that he is juggling with an eclectic press, supply chain and mail combine of the logistics business in emerging business mix, but outside of Germany already holds that lofty position. But, markets and the international expan- strikes a different tone. not to be dissuaded, it is intent on sion of its express business, taking “Deutsche Post DHL views itself embracing a future strategy which, advantage of the global e-commerce as a family of high-performance divi- it believes, will establish beyond all boom.