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Greeningthe Fleet

No longer a novelty,environmental concern forair freight fleets worldwideis becoming an acceptedpart of the business.

Air CarrierDirectory

The 2008 Guide to AirCarriers includes the who,where and how for theworld’s cargo-carryingairlines, as well as capacityin the air and in the pipeline.

Pearl River Delta

Already a center formanufacturing, the PearlRiver Delta is becoming oneof the faster growinggateways for cargo in China

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10 North AmericaNew freighters and new

trans-Pacific routes are just afew of the growth plans of therevitalized Northwest AirlinesCargo

12 EuropeFresh organic produce

shipped by air could be curtailedsignificantly if one UKassociation has its way • Gulf Partners

16 PacificDespite the adverse affects

of high fuel-costs, Vietnam’spotential as a center of cargogrows as production increases • Targeted Buy

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Chosen ColorThe U.S. government finds itself in a maze of uncertainty over

environmental policy and, more specifically, the viability andefficacy of emissions trading to limit harmful greenhouse

gases into the atmosphere. Making matters worse is the continual barrage of criticism the United States

gets for abandoning the original Kyoto Protocol, the international blueprintfor dealing with global warming, among other environmental problems.

Last month, at the Bali climate change conference, the U.S. was pummeledagain for being obstructionist in opposing an initial goal for industrialized na-tions to accept reducing harmful emissions by 20 percent to 40 percent by2020. Leading the chorus of critics in Bali was former U.S. vice president andNobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore.

Now the U.S. Congress is getting into the act by proposinglegislation that upon first glance resembles the poor man’s ver-sion of the European Parliament’s proposal to add aviationinto the European Emissions Trading System. The Senate Com-mittee on Environment and Public Works approved and for-warded to the full Senate the Leiberman-Warner Climate Secu-rity Act of 2007, named after the senators that sponsored it.

The measure drew the expected darts from members of theaviation industry, including the Cargo Airline Association. Mod-ernizing the United States’ outdated air traffic control system toallow more direct routes, thus reducing congestion and pollu-

tion, would be more appropriate, opponents of the bill agree. Getting Congressto fully fund Federal Aviation Administration operations and its plans for new airtraffic control systems also makes more sense that toying with emissions trading.

Nevertheless, a U.S. government proposed emissions trading scheme is onthe table and should be examined thoughtfully and, if possible, dispassionately.

But before airlines park their freighters, and take up another profession, con-sider the proposal in the Senate offers a chance to gauge support in the UnitedStates for a European-like cap-and-trade emissions trading proposal. It also sug-gests the U.S. is at the stage where the European Union was a few years ago,trying to determine the best course of action to help the environment on alarge scale.

Absent from the debate, however, is what the perceived bad guys, the avia-tion industry, have already done to help clean up the skies. In this issue, AirCargo World examines what aircraft manufacturers, airlines, forwarders andothers have done to help our Earth, either through better aircraft and enginedesign or by adopting environmentally sensitive operating policies.

It may surprise some that the aviation community has been wrestling withthe issue, and making strong progress, for years. In fact, you might call that aninconvenient truth.

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by air freight and used ocean insteadearlier in the fall,” he said. “Whenthey found their stocks short, theystarted ordering by air, but that justcreated a bubble in November thatdidn’t last. It was an ‘on-off’ peak,one that was delayed and thenshort-lived.”

The big impact, he said, wasn’tnecessarily in the daily market forcommon carriage but in charter, a bigmoney-maker for many carriers thattook an early holiday break in 2007.

Qantas Pleas

Qantas Airways pleaded guilty

and will pay a $61 million fine

for its role in a conspiracy to fix rates

for international air cargo, becoming

the third carrier to reach a plea

agreement with the U.S. Depart-

ment of Justice.

“Qantas’ guilty plea sends a clear

message that those who engage in

price fixing and other forms of ille-

gal collusion will pay a heavy price

for their crimes,” said Thomas O.

Barnett, assistant attorney general

in charge of the department’s an-

titrust division.

Qantas Chief Executive Officer Ge-

off Dixon said the illegal activity in-

volved fuel surcharges in the inter-

national air cargo market between

200 and 2006 and only involved Qan-

tas’ freight division.

“We understand more than 30

other airlines are included in these

investigations,” Dixon said.

British Airways and Korean Air

pleaded guilty last August, agreeing

to pay separate $300 million criminal

fines for their roles in conspiracies to

fix the prices of passengers and car-

go flights.

More recently, authorities

searched the offices of several air

Freight’s ‘On-Off’ Peak

Jet fuel prices looked something like a horror movie to air-lines toward the end of 2007, but some in the industry wor-ry that they may have been merely a coming attraction.With fuel surcharges running at record levels right behind

the increases at the pump, carriers and air forwarders face theprospect of dramatically high operating costs heading into thefirst quarter, suggesting the period’s traditionally slow demandmay grind down to a halt.

Edwin Laird, director of the Air Cargo Management Group, is forecastingglobal air freight traffic may fall 5 to 8 percent in the first quarter of 2008against last year as airlines face the growing prospect that cost-conscious ship-pers will shift business to ocean.

“All the carriers are facing demand destruction,” said Laird. “The first quarteris going to be the soft and so will the second quarter. A lot of stuff was alreadybeing manufactured in the fourth quarter ready for restocking by ocean.”

A steady increase in fuel costs during the year accelerated to breathtakinglevels in fourth quarter, peaking beyond $2.85 a gallon during several days inlate November in Rotterdam and Los Angeles.

The average monthly jet fuel price reached a record $2.769 in Los Angelesin November. Prices grew some 56 percent from January to November andwere up 28 percent from August. Fuel surcharges for many carriers reached 80or 85 cents a kilo, up from just 50 cents a kilo earlier in the year.

U.S. airlines actually cut their fuel consumption from 2000 to 2006, butthey saw their annual fuel spending more than double in that time to morethan $38 billion.

The surge of oil prices beyond $90 per barrel dampened air shipping latein the United States late in the year, said Laird. “Retailers put off restocking

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forwarders. Airline industry sources

said investigators appeared focused

on the relationship between public

fuel surcharges and commissions

paid to forwarders on base trans-

port charges.

777 Coming

Boeing’s plan to begin assembly ofthe 777 freighter in early 2008

should please the 11 customers with82 orders for the widebody twin-jet,as well as those operators looking toupgrade their equipment.

Based on the 777-200 long rangepassenger airliner, the all-cargo ver-sion will fly farther — 4, 885 nauticalmiles — and provide more capacitythan any other twin-engine cargo air-craft. The aircraft will have a main-deck cargo door sized to handle di-rect-transfer shipments with a 747freighter. The aircraft will have a rev-enue payload capability of more than226,000 pounds, or 103 tonnes.

The plane is Boeing’s latest entryinto the competition with Airbus forthe future of freighters well into thiscentury.

It gives Boeing an entry in be-tween the next-generation 747-8 andthe shorter-haul widebody 767s. Air-bus has responded with an A330freighter program but the Europeanmanufacturer’s other new planes —the just-introduced A380 and theplanned A350 — are solely in thepassenger arena.

The 777 freighter will have astrengthened maindeck and light-weight cargo handling system, withbuilt-in test equipment that continual-ly monitors the operational health ofthe system. The aircraft will also have amaneuver load alleviation system tohelp distribute the load in flight.

Customers have worked with the

manufacturer on design and perfor-mance of the freight hauler. “As a re-sult, the 777 freighter has been wellreceived by the marketplace, with acustomer base that includes tradition-al cargo carriers and leasing opera-tors,” said Kim Pastega, deputy pro-gram manager and engineering leaderfor the 777 freighter program.

The first 777 freighter will be deliv-ered to launch customer Air France inlate 2008. Air France operates 25-777-200 passenger aircraft, plus 24 777-300s, which can carry between 20tons and 25 tons of belly cargo non-stop to Asia.

Ocean Tale

The fate of Italian freighter carrier

Ocean Airlines hasn’t been get-

ting any clearer, with one exception:

Russian billionaire Roman

Abramovich says he isn’t — and nev-

er was — interested in taking over

the troubled carrier.

Abramovich’s potential interest in

the cargo airline was reported in Air

Cargo World and other publications,

but a spokesman for Abramovich

says he has never had any contact

with the business.

“Neither Mr. Abramovich, nor

any representative of Millhouse,

which manages his commercial as-

sets, have been in touch with

Ocean Airlines regarding a possible

takeover. Mr. Abramovich has no

association with Ocean Airlines,”

said John A. Mann II, head of public

relations for Millhouse in a pre-

pared statement.

Mann said in an interview he did

not know how Abramovich’s name

came up in several reports, but he

suggested reporters may have sim-

ply confused him with Boris

Abramovich, another wealthy

Russian and no relation, with sig-

nificant assets in aviation related

companies.

An Ocean Airlines spokeswoman

declined to answer any questions

about the matter.

The airline’s CEO, CEO Rossano

Diego Deluca, told Air Cargo World,

“important talks with new in-

vestors,” were continuing and “we

expect to finalize [an agreement] in

the next two weeks.”

“The reason is very simple: they

[the potential investors] fully recog-

nize the appeal of the company, that

it is the only long haul, real freight

carrier in Italy, with real assets.”

The airline recently postponed

the launch of freighter service to

Washington.

IATA Forecast

The modest gains projected for2007 will be even smaller in

2008, the International Air TransportAssociation says.

IATA estimates the global industryprofit, which includes air freight mi-nus revenue from air mail, will drop$500 million to $5 billion in 2008.The decline is due mainly to higheroil prices — based on a full-year av-erage of $73 per barrel — but wasoffset by strong revenue growth of8.4 percent.

The $5 billion projected profit for2008 is sharply revised from the pre-viously forecast $7.8 billion. Thespike in oil prices is expected to add$14 billion to the industry’s fuel bill.

The widening impact of the creditcrunch is expected to slow revenuegrowth somewhat to 4.7 percent, saidIATA, The slow growth is in contrastto expected gains in capacity in 2008with an increase in aircraft deliveriesto 1,281.

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Integrated India

The world’s top integrated carri-

ers are extending their aggres-

sive push for market share in India.

UPS’s carrier in the region, UPS

Jetair Express, struck a strategic al-

liance with forwarder AFL, giving

UPS a stronger tie to the growing

shipping of light manufacturing busi-

ness in India.

Last February, FedEx Express

completed its acquisition of Indian

service provider, Prakash Air

Freight. Before that, DHL, which

owns 80 percent of Indian

cargo carrier Blue Dart, an-

nounced a multi-million dol-

lar expansion that added nu-

merous facilities and ware-

houses across the country.

This latest alliance begins

this month when AFL WIZ Ex-

press centers across India will

promote UPS’s international express

delivery services to customers in the

country. UPS Jetair Express will con-

tinue to operate as an express deliv-

ery provider connecting India with the

rest of the world, while AFL functions

as a domestic service provider con-

necting businesses throughout India.

“Our strategic alliance with AFL

comes out of our belief in the po-

tential of the Indian market,” said

Alan Gershenhorn, president of UPS

International.

Cyrus Guzder, chairman and man-

aging director of AFL, said the al-

liance would open up just-in-time

delivery for customers at over 200

locations across India. “Our cus-

tomers in India will benefit im-

mensely from international express

services that will be integrated with

UPS’s synchronized world of com-

merce,” he said.

Not everyone is bullish on the

market, however. Air France/KLM

said last month it may pull its

freighter services to India because of

low returns.

Atlas Profits

Atlas Air Worlwide Holdings is fly-ing more profitably thanks to its

scheduled freighter service but thecarrier says it plans to put more of itsaircraft into its core ACMI business.

The parent of Atlas Air and PolarAir Cargo showed a $32.4 million netprofit in the third quarter, a four-fold

improvement over last year, and rev-enue grew nearly 10 percent to$395.9 million.

Most of that improvement camein Polar’s forwarder-focused sched-uled business, as well as a big jumpin commercial charters. Revenuefrom ACMI operations was downnearly 12 percent in the first ninemonths of the year and makes uponly about 22 percent of AAWH’soverall revenue.

But Atlas says six 747-400s comingto the carrier through DHL’s $150million investment in Polar will takea role in the ACMI business. “(The 747s) will migrate from thescheduled service platform they areoperating in today to a platform thatwill generate a profit contributionmore consistent with our traditionalACMI operations, while mitigatingtraditional scheduled-service riskssuch as fuel,” said Atlas President andCEO William J. Flynn.

FedEx East

Extending its march into China,

FedEx will establish a branch in

Huzhou in the Zhejiang Province.

The branch will meet the growing

need for domestic and international

delivery services in both Zhejiang

and the Yangtze River Delta.

Jimmy Chen, regional vice presi-

dent for service for FedEx China

said Huzhou’s high-tech and manu-

facturing industry account for “50

percent of the city’s industrial

GDP,” and is an example of China’s

booming second-and third-

tier cities.

Those city’s are increasingly

targets of express carriers

that have expanded opera-

tions in the major gateway

cities and now are looking to

follow manufacturers and lo-

gistics operators into the

country’s vast interior.

In 2006, Huzhou’s volume of for-

eign trade exceeded $3 billion, a 32.6

percent increase year-over-year.

Domestic shipments will be chan-

neled through the Hangzhou-based

China Regional hub, which will then

sort and send the packages for time-

definite service to more than 30

cities. International packages will be

moved through Shanghai Pudong In-

ternational Airport.

Army Call

The U.S. Department of Defensewill now allow for air freight

trucking if suitable air service cannotbe made available.

A decision that seems simple inthe commercial world became animportant issue to forwarders doingbusiness with the American mili-tary after some found themselvesfacing prosecution for opting for


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“Our strategic alliancewith AFL comes out ofour belief in the potentialof the Indian market.”


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cheaper transport to meet deliverydeadlines.

Now, forwarders will use air trans-port “unless adverse weather condi-tions or mechanical failure of theaircraft or other causes due to cir-cumstances beyond the control ofthe carrier warrant diversion to mo-tor service.”

The ruling is significant because“up to now the cargo had to movevia air if submitted under an air ten-der regardless of circumstances,” saidBrandon Fried, executive director forthe Airforwarders Association.

One forwarder, National Air Cargo,was fined $28 million for falsifying adelivery document for a militaryshipment. The company, which owns

Murray Air, a member of the U.S. mil-itary’s Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program,agreed to pay the penalty to settle thefederal case against the operator.

Aero Term

Operators of LA/Ontario Interna-

tional think they’ve got room to

grow and now they have the build-

ing to handle that growth.

The Los Angeles Board of Airport

Commissioners and developer

Aeroterm signed a long-term agree-

ment last month to build a sprawling

international air cargo facility at the

airport. Both sides are hoping the

long-planned site expands freight

business at an airport at the heart of

the Southern California’s burgeoning

Inland Empire industrial region.

That area, some 50 miles inland

from the Pacific Coast, already

hosts miles of warehouses and in-

dustrial shipping. But most of that

is linked to surface transport, much

of it tied to the huge maritime vol-

umes coming into Los Angeles and

Long Beach.

Ontario hosts a regional UPS hub

but the Aeroterm facility is supposed

to draw more of the Asia-focused

freighter operators that land at LAX.

The project is a “key part of our re-

gionalization effort and will help us

move more cargo activity out to On-

tario,” said Los Angeles Mayor Anto-

nio Villaraigosa. ■

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Another option is the 777freighter, but the interest is cursory atbest. Acquiring 777 freighters wouldrequire a “significant investment ininfrastructure,” Bach said.

Northwest, the only significantfreighter operation among U.S. air-lines, is also looking at the 747-8, butindustry sources believe the price ofthe aircraft — about $294 million to$297 million list price — will discour-age the Minneapolis-based airlineknown for being thrifty.

Nothing will be decided, Bach said,until Boeing determines when North-west’s 787 passenger aircraft will bedelivered now that the program hasbeen delayed for at least six months.Northwest has firm orders for 18787s, plus 18 options. With the samenumber of lower-deck pallet posi-tions as the 747-400, the 787 is ex-pected to provide Northwest signifi-cant revenue from belly freight.

Trimming TimeBach is a 24-year veteran of North-

west’s passenger side who had beenvice president for network planning

and revenue manage-ment before moving to

the cargo position. He’ll have the same concerns

Friedel faced in recent years, includ-ing the challenge of remaining com-petitive in Asia while juggling chang-

The future for Northwest Airlines Cargo is still hazy, butits new president is offering a clearer picture for 2008by revealing plans to buy new freighters, drop cities inAsia from the network and find a replacement partner

for DHL Express. NWA Cargo President Tom Bach, who succeeded air freight veteran Jim

Friedel a few months ago, said the carrier is weighing a couple of choices to re-place the aging 747-200 freighters Northwest now operates on trans-Pacificroutes. NWA has 13 of the planes in service and one is parked.

The fleet plan could include reconfiguring some of airline’s passenger 747-400s as freighters or acquire cargo versions of the A330-200; Northwest Air-lines already is the largest operator of those aircraft in thepassenger market. A major drawback to the A330 would bethe noticeable drop in main deck cargo capacity.

“It would be logical for them to get airplanes that it has on the passengerside,” said Robert V. Dahl, project director for the Air Cargo ManagementGroup, a Seattle-based consultancy. “They do have A330s in the passengerfleet, but that aircraft is substantially smaller than the 747.”

Orienting FreightersWith a management shuffle complete, NWA Cargo focuses on its

long-term fleet and growth plans

By Robert Moorman

NORTH AMERICA

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ing markets and rising fuel costs thatcan wreak havoc on the economics oflong-haul flights.

This month, NWA will drop theOsaka portion from the outboundAnchorage-Osaka-Guangzhou-An-chorage route, and replace it with astop at Tokyo’s Narita InternationalAirport. Eastbound, the flight will re-main the same.

“The westbound into Osaka was amulti-year experiment, and we’re bet-ter off using Narita westbound,” Bachsaid. Northwest will reduce its oper-ating fleet to 12 747-200s freightersafter Osaka is dropped.

NWA will also drop the entire Nari-ta-Singapore-Bangkok-Narita route tostrengthen its existing route structureand make way for new destinations.

“We are going to focus on addi-tional Asia to U.S. markets,” Bachsaid, with Los Angeles, Chicago, Dal-las and New York’s Kennedy Interna-tional Airport being considered forfreighter service.

Northwest’s cargo business has beenfalling, as the airline has scaled backcapacity in recent years, particularly af-ter it went into bankruptcy protection.

The airline ceded its No. 1 spotamong U.S. passenger airlines for car-go revenue to American Airlines. The$212 million in cargo revenue North-west counted in the third quarter was12.6 percent behind the $254 millionthe airline took in during the samequarter the year before.

With the airline largely removedfrom the mail business, Northwest’scargo traffic has been sliding this year,off more than 15 percent on the do-mestic side, and even Pacific traffic isdown sharply thanks to market forces.

Northwest also is looking to fillspace left by the departure of DHLExpress as a customer this year. If anew partner is not found, that loss

of revenue could force NWA Cargoto downsize.

Partners ShipTo help broaden its market, NWA

Cargo is “looking carefully” at joiningthe Skyteam Cargo Alliance, as well asforming other air freight partnerships,said Bach.

He plans to meet soon with ChinaSouthern Airlines. The carrier has ex-isting relationships with Japan Air-lines Cargo, Korean Airlines and KLM-Air France Cargo.

Like other air freight operators,NWA Cargo is facing the competitivethreat from ocean transport. Bach ac-knowledged the problem, but thegrowing need for time-sensitive ser-vice, balances the equation.

“Fuel plays against us definitely,but the huge demand for electronicsand other consumer products playswell for the airlines,” Bach said.

Despite the weakening domestic aircargo industry, Bach sees some “op-portunities” there for increased combi-nation belly freight domestically. Butrestarting mail service is problematicbecause of the significant investmentin technology that would be needed.

Meantime, the carrier improves op-erationally. The increased dispatch re-liability of Northwest’s 747-200freighters can be attributed largely tothe carrier’s primary maintenancesupport facility at its Anchorage hub.

The maintenance base, whichopened September 2007, help North-west achieve 100 percent dispatch re-liability in October on the freighters,the first time that milestone has beenachieved since 2004.

Northwest recently hired 20 moreaircraft-manufacturing technicians atAnchorage and has moved 7,000parts for the 747-200 freighter there.

The airline has invested around $15million in ground-based equipmentto improve the air freight operation.

Bach and Friedel before him sawthe dangers of overcapacity in Asiaand the need to be flexible. Near thestart of 2007, Northwest ceased all-car-go flights to Hong Kong and beefedup service to nearby Guangzhou.Time will tell if this cautious approachto growth was the right choice.

… BrieflyU.S. airlines set records for traffic on

Atlantic and Pacific cargo traffic in Oc-tober, helping push international traf-fic up 4.3 percent over the samemonth the year before, the AirTransport Association said. Overalltraffic was up 2.8 percent thanks toweakness in domestic traffic, which re-mained below the levels of 2000 in thefirst 10 months of the year. … Preci-sion Conversions delivered a modi-fied 757-200 freighter to DHL, bring-ing to 15 the number of the modelsthe conversion house has modified.The company also got an order fromBabcock & Brown Aircraft Manage-ment for a 757-200 freighter for Cana-dian carrier Cargojet. … FedEx Ex-press launched daily MD-11 daily ser-vice between Manchester, UK, and itsmain hub at Memphis. The flight orig-inates at FedEx’s European hub inParis. … Cargo airline Kalitta Air willpurchase a 747-400 Boeing ConvertedFreighter, the first of many such air-craft, it says. … Emirates started of-fering cargo service out of Mexico, us-ing interline partners to connect to itsflights in New York and Frankfurt. …Evergreen International Airlinesselected Pratt & Whitney to providemaintenance for 12 PW-4056 turbofanengines, which power three of the car-rier’s 747-400 freighters. ■


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produce flown into the UK, whichwould demand that all producers notonly meet tougher ethical trade stan-dards, but that they agree to reduceany remaining reliance on air freight.

The association’s ultimate goal,said Bradley, is to minimize the use ofair freight for all imported produce.

Sans AirlinesIn recent months, the association

conducted a series of studies andmeetings with input from more than200 interested parties, includinggrowers, suppliers and importers. No-tably, no airlines were consulted.

Ken Hayes, standards research man-ager for the Soil Association, said thegroup is concerned about the long-term impact that shipping produce byair could have on the environment.

“We recognize that a general bancould potentially inhibit growth inthe organic market and focusing onthe environmental impact of airfreight could be considered dispro-

portionate and unfairwhen in the UK, for ex-

ample, the majority of carbon diox-ide emissions for food transport oc-curs on UK roads, not in the air,”Hayes said.

A selective ban might work, hesaid, but that would be difficult, in-volving social and political judgmentsthat would be extremely difficult for

As if the debate over carbon emissions weren’t enough,airlines could soon face a challenge over their organicfootprint amid calls to virtually ban the shipment of allair shipments of organic produce.

The startling move comes from the United Kingdom’s Soil Association, thecountry’s leading campaigner and certification organization for organic foodand farming. It verifies the organic credentials of 70 percent of the UK’s $4 bil-lion organic produce market, with most imported produce coming into thecountry from Africa and South America.

Less than 1 percent of organic imports into the UK come by air,but this market already valued at $84 million a year and growing rapidly.

But the association claims more than 80 percent of the volume is grown inlow-income countries. Said Anna Bradley, chair of the Soil Association’s stan-dards board: ”It is neither sustainable nor responsible to encourage poorerfarmers to be reliant on air freight, we need to seek alternative markets forthese producers, so that they are no longer dependent on air freight to gettheir produce to market.”

The Soil Association is seeking to impose stringent standards on all organic

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an organic certification body to make. “But that would at least allow us to

make the call allowing the shipmentof organic produce by air in justifi-able situations, such as guaranteeingyear round supply,” Hayes said.

One suggestion is to push the deci-sion onto the end customer by label-ing all organic produce shipped byair. Hayes said this labeling would“prick the conscious of the cus-tomer,” but does not help resolve thecomplex debate over the safest formof transportation.

The association could consider car-bon offsetting as a way to balance itspriorities with the business demandsof the fast-growing UK organic pro-duce market. “The only problem isthat no national standard for offset-ting yet exists,” said Hayes

After further consultation through2008, the new standards are set to beapplied from the start of 2009.

Over TopBut is some organic produce sup-

pliers believe the Soil Associationmight be in danger of overreacting.

Anthony Pile is chairman of BlueSkies, an organic produce supplier,which imports fresh pineapple intothe UK from Ghana in West Africa.

“We have always felt that focusingon air freight in the organic food au-dit trail grossly simplifies the issueand does not take into account thesocial and economic impact of organ-ic farming in somewhere like Africa.”

He called for the UK Soil Associa-tion to commission a more detailedstudy into the environmental impactof organic food production.

“We need to get across the messagethat measuring environmental im-pact is not as simple as counting the,‘food miles’ or targeting the air-

planes,” said Pile. “It is about lookingat the whole story from when it isgrown to when it is eaten.”

Environmental groups have target-ed what has become known as foodmiles as one example of problemsgrowing out of globalization, arguingthat food shipped around the worldhas had a troubling impact on the en-vironment. One study showed foodimports into the UK doubled in the1990s and industries such as thestrawberry and apple farms have beensharply cut back while imports soared.

Pile insists Blue Skies only exportsproducts from Ghana using passengeraircraft on existing scheduled services.“If we were to stop flying organic pro-duce, the planes would still fly andthe extra space left in the belly holdswould probably be filled by non-per-ishable goods, which do not necessar-ily need to be flown,” Pile said.

Although not consulted, the air-freight industry also has a viewpoint.

“There is a great deal of noise sur-rounding the issues of organicallyproduced and ethically sourced per-ishables,” said Ed Searancke, generalmanager of customer delivery forBritish Airways World Cargo. “Butthere is also a lack of industry data,which is needed to enable us to havean informed debate.”

BAWC handled 115,000 tonnes ofperishables through LondonHeathrow last year. With year on yeargrowth rates of between 5 percent and10 percent, perishables now representsa fifth of the airline’s cargo tonnage.

Don’t expect the carriers to go all-organic any time soon.

Gulf Partners

Gulf Air may not be able to hold

onto chief executives, but its

cargo division is banking on long-

term partnership in a deal with

DHL Express.

The Bahrain-based airline enteredinto a strategic partnership — TheGlobal Incentive Agreement Program— designed to boost cargo traffic re-gionally and globally.

Lee Shave, Gulf Air executive vicepresident for marketing and sales,said the pact allows partners to ac-cess permanent bookings, directbooking, communicate with key ac-count managers in real time and ini-tiate service recovery plans, includ-ing claims processing.

For DHL, the agreement is part ofits ongoing plan to strengthen its po-sition in the Middle East.

For Gulf Air, the move strengthensthe revenue potential of the cargo divi-sion of a financially and manageriallytroubled airline, which has lost threeCEO in just over one year. In July, GulfAir Chief Executive Andre Dose, wholeft apparently over the lack ofprogress in reorganizing and downsiz-ing the former state-owned carrier.

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“Now we see more contract manu-facturers, more production of elec-tronics,” said Steve Dearnley, chiefexecutive for the Asia-Pacific regionof Schenker International.

He pointed to Intel’s decision tobuild a $300 million assembly and testfacility for chips and computer partsin the country. “That kind of invest-ment tends to draw in a gaggle of re-lated manufacturing,” Dearnley said.

Not surprisingly, Schenker man-agement is upbeat about Vietnam.“It’s not a massive market, but it hasshown strong growth,” Dearnley said.

Slow BurnFor all its promise, Vietnam is still

snaking through a development curve. The market is steadily growing, but

the volumes are not huge, said OleRingheim, senior vice president forairfreight, Asia Pacific of DHL GlobalForwarding. At this point, the em-

phasis is on getting theinfrastructure in place to

handle serious growth down theroad, he added.

Dearnley said many firms increas-ingly see Vietnam as a strategic alter-native to producing in China. “It’snot going to pull business away fromChina, but companies don’t want toput all eggs in one basket. For them,Vietnam is a good alternative. You domaybe 70 percent of your production

Buffeted by rising fuel costs and falling yields, Asian carri-ers are putting destinations under the microscope, curbingor altogether dropping flights to unsatisfactory points. TheVietnamese capital, Hanoi, is apparently not one of them.

On Nov. 1, Singapore Airlines mounted a weekly 747-400 freighter runfrom its home base to Hanoi, continuing to Shanghai. Korean Air is not far be-hind, looking to launch all-cargo flights to Hanoi in 2008 with amajor electronics manufacturer providing the economic lure, saidKen Choi, president of KAL Cargo.

“Samsung is going to open a new mobile phone factory in Hanoi,” he said.Until recently, the Vietnamese capital was not on the radar of 747 freighter

operators. Traditionally, carriers and forwarders have focused their efforts inVietnam on Ho Chi Minh City, the former South Vietnamese capital onceknown as Saigon that is still the commercial hub of the country. The Hanoifreighter operators indicate economic activity has spread.

The rise in cargo flights also reflects a structural shift in Vietnam’s manufac-turing sector. Exports are still dominated by oil, seafood and garments, butproduction has begun to shift to more advanced industries.

Vietnam ScrambleCarriers and forwarders are bullish about Vietnam’s

potential as a center of cargo.

PACIFIC

By Ian Putzger


in China and 25 percent to 30 per-cent in Vietnam,” he said.Logistics firms also are anticipatingstrong growth in the country.

In October, Schenker set up a fullyowned Vietnamese air and ocean for-warding subsidiary, and broke groundthe following month on a 15,000-square-foot logistics hub in the SongThan Industrial Zone near Ho ChiMinh City, which is scheduled forcompletion in April.The express carriers are also steppingup their presence.

As part of a $14 million investmentprogram in the country, DHL isbuilding two new service centers —one of them in Hanoi — and twocourier depots in Da Nang andHaiphong. In anticipation of strongand continuing double-digit growth,rival TNT Express allocated morethan $10.4 million this spring towardestablishing a domestic express net-work covering 23 stations.

Expansion PlansThe growth comes off a modest base,

of course, but the rapid expansion intraffic and flights raises questions aboutthe ability of Vietnam’s infrastructureto cope with the expansion.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son NghatAirport opened a new passenger termi-nal in 2007, but the airport is hemmedin with little room to grow. The gov-ernment decided in 2006 that Tan SonNghat would ultimately serve as a do-mestic terminal once the internationalairport at Long Thanh is built.

Located about 31 miles from HoChi Minh City, the new airport willhave four runways and the capacityto handle 5 million metric tons ofcargo per year. The first phase of theproject is slated for completion in2010, with stage two in 2015.

Vietnam Airlines signaled a strong ex-pansion drive in October when it or-dered 12 787 aircraft — in addition tofour previously ordered — and un-veiled plans to acquire 10 A350s. Thenational carrier, which operates 45aircraft, wants to double its fleet sizeeventually. But the first 787 is notdue to arrive until 2009, and theA350s are not expected until 2014.

Freighters are not now a priority, asthe airline scrambles to handle pas-senger growth.

Having postponed the launch ofU.S. flights due to lack of aircraft,Vietnam Airlines recently said itwould begin five-day 777 service toLos Angeles in late 2008. Because ofthe long stage length, the service willnot have a large impact on cargo. Butif growth is as rapid as anticipated,Vietnam may need more freighter ca-pacity soon. With yields in many sec-tors depressed, airlines won’t needmuch prompting to oblige.

Targeted Buy

With U.S. transportation com-

panies reaching across the Pa-

cific Ocean for acquisitions, New

Zealand trucking company Main-

freight decided to turn the targeting

on its head.

Extending its reach halfwayaround the world, New Zealand’slargest trucking company boughtBaltimore-based forwarder Target Lo-gistics and its Target Logistics sub-sidiary in Carson, Calif., for $53.7million in cash.

Mainfreight is expanding acrossthe Asia-Pacific region and hasopened offices in China recently, ashas Target. “Acquiring Target is animportant step in our plan to offersuperior logistics services around theworld,” said Mainfreight Group Man-

aging Director Don Braid.Founded in 1978, Mainfreight has

about 3,000 employees in NewZealand, Australia, Asia and the Unit-ed States. The company posted$686.6 million in revenue in 2007.

Target concentrates on interna-tional freight forwarding and has of-fices in 35 U.S. cities and a networkof agents in 70 cities worldwide.

“The combined and complemen-tary resources of the two organiza-tions will afford stronger tools andgreater growth opportunities for ouremployees, while providing strongersupport and broader services for ourcustomers,” said Target President andCEO Stuart Hettleman..

… BrieflyCargo traffic for Asia-Pacific carri-

ers grew 2.4 in October on a 1 per-cent gain in capacity, the smallestgrowth in air freight capacity sinceFebruary 2005, according to theAsia-Pacific Airlines Associa-tion. … Thai Airways said itwould outsource its cargo sales andservices in Taipei, Hong Kong, Singa-pore and Dhaka to a general salesagent, prompting protests fromunions representing the carrier’sstaff. The airline says it will retainworkers to oversee the GSA work atoffices that now have about 10staffers apiece. … AMB Propertybroke ground on freight facilities inNingbo and Kunshan, China, total-ing 608,000 square feet. … Europeanforwarder Dachser created a whollyowned business in China, DachserShenzhen. … Singapore AirlinesCargo started weekly 747-400freighter flight between Brussels andthe United States as a result of alandmark revision to the air serviceagreement for cargo services. ■


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Feature Focus:Fleets Strategies

GreeningGreening

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the Fleetthe Fleet

G

by Robert W. Moorman

GNo longer a novelty,

environmental concern for

air freight fleets worldwide

is becoming an accepted

part of the business

Green. What was once an

adjective is now a noun.

Aircraft manufacturers

and their customers realized

years ago the word had the

dual meaning of helping

the environment and their

businesses through better

aircraft and engine design

as well as operating poli-

cies. Manufacturing more

efficient equipment meant

lower fuel and operating

costs, which also meant

spewing less harmful emis-

sions into the atmosphere.

Boeing and Airbus fig-

ured out early on that com-

bining the economic and

environmental goals was

the quickest way of having

your cake and eating it too.

The use of new aircraft

materials, such as compos-

ites, to reduce operating

costs as well as new quiet

engine technology to re-

duce fuel burn and harmful

emissions would go a long

way eventually to serving

the Earth and industry.


A dramatic example of just howgreen the aircraft business is becom-ing occurred in July 2007 when Air-bus Chairman Louis Gallois outlinedthe company’s environmentally relat-ed objectives. They included a 50 per-cent reduction in fuel consumptionand carbon dioxide emissions in newaircraft by 2020.

The aviation industry’s contribu-tion to human-made CO2 remainsrelatively small at 2 percent, accord-ing to the United Nation’s Intergov-ernmental Panel on Climate Change.Critics say that’s misleading, howev-er, because so many of the emissionscome high in the atmosphere and somay be more damaging.

And the unavoidable political real-ity is there is a growing collectivedrive by governments to get passen-ger and freight carriers to sing thegreen hymn.

Last month, a coalition of statesand environmental groups urged theU.S. federal government to imposerules to regulate greenhouse gas emis-sions for domestic and foreign airlines.

Many industry executives argueenvironmental initiatives are bestleft to market forces. For aircraftmanufacturers and the world’s air-

lines, those market forces and politi-cal forces increasingly appear to bemoving in alignment.

Airlines certainly appear to befeeling the political pressure,

and they in turn are putting marketpressure on the manufacturers.

“What has changed is the pressurethat many of our airline customershave come under and the increasing-ly stringent demands for environ-mentally progressive products andservices that can further minimizeaviation’s impact on the globalecosystem,” said Jeanne Yu, director

of environmental performance forBoeing Commercial Airplanes.

“The green cycle now starts at thedrawing board and ends with the dis-position of the aircraft,” said ChrisJones, vice president marketing forAirbus in the Americas.

The aircraft makers say they al-ready have a success story to tell.

In the last five decades, Boeing hasevolved and implemented technolo-gy that has reduced fuel burn by 70percent, “which translates into 70percent less harmful CO2s,” Yu said.

Technological advances in wingdesign and the increased use of com-posites, as well as the adoption ofquiet engine technology have madenew Boeing aircraft, such as the 747-8and 787 Dreamliner, 15 percent to 20percent more fuel efficient than theairplanes they will replace, she said.

The story is similar at Airbus,which earned its green stripes overseveral years.

All production Airbus aircraft arecertified to Stage 4/Chapter 4 noiselevels, which is Stage 3 minus 10 deci-bels. The A380 is Stage 4 minus 17 de-cibels and the not-yet-produced A350will be Stage 4 minus 20 decibels.

The role of the A380 as a freighter



Increases in noise restrictions, numerous initiatives to improve airquality and the tremendous amount of misinformation about avi-ation’s impact on the environment prompted the industry toform its own green group.

The United Kingdom-based Air Transport Action Group in-cludes a cross section of the industry from manufacturers and air-lines to airports and related associations.

Achieving infrastructure improvements, addressing the environ-mental challenges facing the industry and providing accurate informa-

tion about the aviation on the subject are primary goals of the ATAC.Facts and figures on the environment and the industry and relatednews stories can be obtained by going to the web site www.enviro.aero.

Case studies from companies, such as Boeing, Rolls-Royce andBritish Airways can also be obtained online. ■

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is as yet undetermined, but it’s thefoundation green aircraft on whichothers will be developed, Airbus said.Twenty five percent of the A380 ismade up of lightweight composites.Fifty-two percent of the not-yet-builtA350 will be made of composites.

At the same time, Airbus has itsPAMELA program. The goal of theProcess for Advanced Management atEnd of Life Aircraft is to recycle 85percent to 95 percent of the older air-craft’s components.

Reducing the noise footprint is alsoa goal of manufacturers and freightoperators alike.

Early models of the A380 did notmeet noise requirements for LondonHeathrow Airport. With a little prod-ding from A380 customer SingaporeAirlines, Airbus asked the enginemakers to produce a larger diameterengine for the A380 to meet localnoise standards. They did.

“At that point, airlines were tellingus that noise, plus fuel burn werevery important” elements of theirfleet strategies, said Jones.

Engine makers deserve some of thecredit. With more than 985 enginessold, the GEnx, powerplant for the787 Dreamliner, will be as much as95 percent below current regulatorylimits set by the U.S. Federal AviationAdministration for a variety of emis-sions, said the engine maker. Thepowerplant is the quietest GE hasproduced, based on a pound-of-thrustper decibel ratio.

Freight operators are doing theirpart by ordering quieter, more

fuel-efficient aircraft, as well as by im-plementing more efficient ground op-erations procedures.

Airlines are pursuing more directrouting and implementing other air-borne procedures, such as continuous

descent approaches and retrofittingquiet noise technologies into theirexisting fleets and ground vehicles.

At UPS, the “green factor” is partof the aircraft acquisition process.UPS looks at the maintenance, priceper unit as well as the emissionsand noise footprint when selectinga powerplant.

“We ask the engine manufacturersto give us their best picture of the en-vironmental impact of their engine,”said Bill Simpson, vice president of

long range planning. UPS doesn’t seta benchmark, said Simpson, prefer-ring reality-based calculations comefrom the engine maker.

In the mid-1990s, UPS was thelaunch customer for a low-emissionversion of the General Electric CF6-80C2 powerplant for its many 767freighters.

There are other considerations toturning green. “Ethically, as a busi-ness, it is the right thing to do,” saidSimpson. “We also want to antici-



To Ron Lee, there is little difference between the color green forthe environment and the color of money.

The president of TransGroup Worldwide Logistics says theSeattle-based forwarder became green from the “ground up” byconcentrating on three major areas: recycling and energy con-servation; reducing shipment emission foot printing; and tak-ing advantage of green house gas mitigation opportunities.

“The move to green isn’t all about how we carry cargo,” saidLee, who described himself as a “tree hugger” along with many otherresidents of the U.S. Northwest. “It’s about changing your own busi-ness. Because if you can’t change that, you’re not going to change themind of the customer.”

TransGroup’s Seattle-based headquarters uses electronic ballast flu-orescent lighting and a computer controlled heating, ventilation andair-conditioning system to reduce energy consumption and savemoney. Special parking consideration goes to employees that partici-pate in a car-pool program.

A recycling program has been successful, in part, because partici-pants don’t have to sort bottles, plastic and other kind of containers.Ninety-five percent of wood products are recycled and used for pack-ing and other purposes. The company’s warehouse and freight han-dling facility re-uses pallets and packing materials.

To reduce the shipment emission foot printing, TransGroup hasteamed up with a non-profit organization, DriveNeutral, an affiliateof the San Francisco-based Presidio School of Management, to devel-op an innovative method of measuring shipment related carbondioxide emissions, which are related to emissions trading.

It is this area of environmental activism of which Lee is unsure.The open-minded executive, who was instrumental in leading thecompany on the green path, prefers his environmental initiatives tobe more “tangible.”

Nevertheless, TransGroup formed TransNeutral, which it calls theforwarding industry’s first carbon neutral program. ■

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pate and encompass new environ-mental regulations.”

National and local rules varywidely throughout the Europeancommunity and determine whatsort of aircraft operate there, UPS’sEuropean partners tell the compa-ny. Some authorities impose blan-ket bans on night operations,while others limit night flights toonly certain types of aircraftthrough noise quota systems. AtCologne, UPS has initiated noise re-duction initiatives.

The green factor is not all aboutaircraft and engines. UPS is expand-ing its ground support fleet with 306alternative fuel vehicles for use at thecompany’s various hubs. In addition,UPS launched an initiative to usebiodiesel fuel for its ground supportequipment at its Worldport air hubin Louisville.

Technology plays a significant partin UPS’s green play. The eventual in-stallation of Automatic DependentSurveillance Broadcast technology inall aircraft is expected to save UPS amillion gallons of jet fuel per year,which will provide a 30 percent re-duction in noise and a 34 percentdrop in nitrous oxides emissions.

FedEx began turning green yearsago when it huskitted 90 of its

727s under its own noise reductiontechnology.

The Stage 3-certified 727s are nowbeing replaced with 757s, which is 36percent more fuel efficient than thethree-engine 727 and provides 20percent more payload capacity, saidMitch Jackson, staff director for envi-ronmental affairs and sustainability.With fuel burn intrinsically tied toemissions, the equipment move isgood for the environment and FedEx.

Beginning in 2009, FedEx begins

acquiring 777 freighters for interna-tional service. The 777 will provide18 percent in greater fuel efficiencythan the other aircraft in the interna-tional fleet.

“These moves will save money andmake us a better environmental stew-ard for our operation,” said Jackson.

On the ground at Paris Charles deGaulle Airport, FedEx operates a sig-nificant number of alternative fuelpowered ground service equipment.At its Oakland operation, FedEx usesa 904-kilowatt solar system with5,700 photovoltaic panels — one ofthe larger industrial solar operationsin the U.S. Since its inception threeyears ago, the solar system has gener-ated over 2.5 million-kilowatt hours.

FedEx has reduced the on-groundusage of the auxiliary power units inmost of its aircraft, saving around 5.5million gallons of jet fuel per year.

FedEx has been a vocal proponentfor federal efficiency standards forcommercial ground vehicles andurged the U.S. Congress in testimonyto adopt those standards. Such amove would be good for businessand the environment as well as cre-ate markets for new technology,Jackson said.

Thinking beyond the U.S. bor-ders, FedEx is a participant in ajoint U.S/European Union initiativeto develop more efficient, environ-mentally friendly routings when

flying over Europe.DHL is taking steps to reduce its car-

bon footprint within its air network. In Europe, DHL replaced older 727s

with 757 freighters, reducing CO2output. The trans-Atlantic route be-tween Europe and the U.S. will beserved by six DHL-owned 767-300 ex-tended-range freighters, three ofwhich enter the fleet in 2009.

DHL also recently formed a jointventure with Lufthansa Cargo,which will operate 11 777-200freighters between Europe and Asia.The aircraft is known for its fuel effi-ciency and lower noise footprint.

At its new air hub opening nextspring in Leipzig, DHL will use pho-tovoltaic panels to help heat andpower the buildings, which the com-pany predicts will reduce carbonemissions by 4,000 tons annually.

The pro-environment changes al-ready have had an impact on aviationplanning. “DHL’s air network strategycontains core elements that aim atmaking our operations more environ-mentally friendly,” said Charles Gra-ham, global chief operating officer ofaviation for DHL Express.

Elsewhere, cargo operations are be-coming greener.

The Air France/KLM partnership isinvolved in separate fleet renewalprograms, and is also accelerating thephase out of older, fuel guzzling air-




craft by one-and-a-half years. Air France was until over a year ago

operating as many as 12 747-200sfreighters. All those aircraft were tohave been retired the end of Decem-ber 2007 and are being replaced by747-400 extended-range freighters, ofwhich it has six presently.

In addition, Air France is rationaliz-ing its long-range freighter and com-bination fleet from four to threetypes between 2009 and 2012. The747-400s will be replaced eventuallywith the more environmentallyfriendly 777-300s freighters and theA380. Air France is the launch cus-tomer for the 777 extended-rangefreighter, with a five-plus-five order,option package.

Air France operates 25 777-200s,plus 24 777-300s presently, which aredescribed by the airline as ideal bellyfreight haulers. The -300 can carry apayload of 20 to 25 tons of belly car-go nonstop to Asia, the airline said.

The benefit to the environment andbottom line of using next generation

aircraft is noteworthy. Introducingnew long-range aircraft to replace theolder aircraft will reduce fuel con-sumption and CO2 emissions by 20percent to 30 percent, said Jean ClaudeRaynaud, a spokesman for Air France.

The greening of air freight busi-ness and the related strategies for de-ploying newer planes has been grad-ual but steady. Many of the compo-nents of the air cargo machine, haveadopted policies making their opera-tions more efficient and environ-mentally acceptable.

The transformation is noteworthy,but hopefully, in a few years, thistype of story will be yesterday’s news,because the greening of air freightbusiness is, well, nothing new. ■




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Finding thePearl

The Pearl River Delta is at the heart of air freightpotential for many in China WW

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“The China-U.S. market is one ofthe biggest air cargo markets in theworld, and from a network strategypoint of view it is also very importantto the future development of JadeCargo,” a company spokesman said.

A Shenzhen freighter link gives U.S.importers a third option to movetheir traffic out of the Pearl RiverDelta, in addition to Guangzhou andHong Kong. Guangzhou’s links to theU.S. improved last spring, whenNorthwest Airlines began daily 747-200 freighter service from Japan, hav-ing previously pulled its cargo planesout of Hong Kong. The decision tofocus on Guangzhou rather thanHong Kong for the region’s trafficwas due mainly to Northwest’s fifth-freedom rights between Guangzhouand Japan, which it didn’t have onthe Japan-Hong Kong sector.

The new Baiyun Guangzhou Inter-national Airport will get more inter-national links because of FedEx,which is developing a $150 millionhub at the airport. The 82,000-square-foot facility will become the integra-tor’s largest hub outside the U.S..

These developments appear to bea threat to growth at Hong Kong, theworld’s largest international cargoairport.

Warren Bishop, director of corpo-rate development at Hong Kong AirCargo Terminals, the airport’s leading

handler, said Hong Kong’s growth in2007 should be between 3 percent and4 percent, which is lower than 2006.HACTL, which processes about 80 per-cent of the airport’s throughput, post-ed a 5.3 percent rise to almost 2.56million tonnes for 2006. Bishop attrib-utes the slower momentum in 2007 tothree factors: a migration of cargofrom air to ocean, a slight downturnin the U.S. market due to the econom-ics and the growth of traffic out ofShenzhen and Guangzhou.

However, the combined tonnagegrowth of Guangzhou and Shenzhenis still smaller than the increase inHong Kong’s throughput, which isexpected to be up about 150,000 met-ric tons for 2007.

“It’s not a mass migration to theseairports, but their traffic is increasingincrementally,” said Steve Dearnley,chief executive for the Asia-Pacific atforwarder Schenker International.“Hong Kong remains the leading aircargo gateway for the Pearl River Deltaand is more than holding its ownagainst increasing competition fromGuangzhou and Shenzhen,” said RonMathison, general manager and direc-tor of cargo for Cathay Pacific.

Despite lower costs in China, manylarge shippers still see merit in us-

ing Hong Kong as a logistics center fortheir activities in the Pearl River Delta.

Cell phone manufacturer KyoceraWireless signed up Schenker to es-tablish a warehouse managementsystem in Hong Kong to streamlineshipments of phones produced inChina directly to its customers to by-pass the need for U.S. warehousingand distribution hubs. This reducestransit times and warehousing costs,said Kyocera.

Critics argue the lower costs acrossthe border could erode Hong Kong’scompetitive strengths, and cite therise of ports and airports in the PearlRiver Delta as a problem.

“We believe there is room for re-ducing charges,” said Willy Lin,chairman of the Hong Kong ShippersCouncil. “The logistics players, theairport authority and terminals needto trim the fat to be lean and mean tocompete with neighbouring airports.In Hong Kong we are slowly movingin that direction,” he said.

Bishop said the cost structure ofthe mainland airports tends to bemore opaque than at Chek Lap Kok.A study by consulting firm GHK saidmoving manufactured goods fromthe region to Frankfurt through HongKong was 5 percent cheaper than go-ing via Guangzhou and 8 percentcheaper than through Shenzhen.

In any case, the rise of the Chineseairports may dent, but not punctureHong Kong’s growth.

“No doubt there is competitionamong the airports in the PRD area,but the overall strong growth in theregion as the world’s key productionbase has provided enough room forthem to grow and coexist,” said VictorMok, senior vice president for GreaterChina of DHL Global Forwarding.

Some operators see benefits in serv-ing all three gateways. Korean Airscheduled freighter and passengerflights to Hong Kong and serves


WWWhen Jade Cargo International announced its latest

plan to mount freighter flights from the South China city

of Shenzhen to three U.S. cities, it marked the latest sign

yet of the opportunity carriers, and shippers, see in the

Pearl River Delta. Jade had intended to start 747-400

freighter service from its home via Shanghai to Houston,

but a shortage of pilots forced management to postpone

those plans and file for new traffic rights that it will use

to operate to Chicago, Portland and Dallas-Fort Worth.


Guangzhou with a mix of scheduledpassenger flights and twice-weeklycargo charters. Now it is looking tomount freighter service to Shenzhen.

“We could truck to Guangzhou orHong Kong, but some manufacturerswant direct lift out of Shenzhen,” saidKen Choi, president of KAL Cargo.

Direct flights out of Chinese air-ports do not necessarily translate

into shorter transit times. Connectivity is still a huge plus for

Hong Kong, Bishop said, and red taperemains an issue. There’s progressthere, but some operators argue Shen-zhen and Guangzhou have some wayto go to catch up with Hong Kong interms of customs clearance.

“The ease of customs formalitiesand therefore late cut-off time (fourhours before departure) has madeHong Kong a preferred choice fortime-sensitive traffic, though the situ-ation in Shenzhen and Guangzhou isimproving,” said Mok.

HACTL operates an intermodal air-road network through its HACIS divi-sion. The company runs bondedtrucks between the HACTL terminaland depots at six sites in China —four in the Pearl River Delta. They in-clude the airports at Shenzhen,Guangzhou, Xiamen and Fuzhou, theHumen port at Dongguan and theHuangpu free trade zone.

The firm’s airline customers — fore-most the Hong Kong and Taiwan-based airlines traditionally –– have dri-ven the service so HACIS concentrateschiefly on airports. However, for-warders have shown growing interestin the offering, and they are asking forother destinations, said Bishop. HACISis considering two possible additionsto its network, including Zhongshanin the western Pearl River Delta.

Following the establishment of dai-

ly freighter service to Guangzhou,Northwest set up a dedicated truckrun from Hong Kong to Guangzhouin August. According to the carrier,many forwarders were interested inmoving traffic through the Chineseairport, but lacked the volume there todevelop a full consolidation schedule.

Northwest’s trucks feed exports toits departures from Guangzhou, butthe HACIS venture targets China-bound products primarily. Forwardersare not very interested in using the ser-vice for traffic out of China that feedsdepartures from Hong Kong.

“Forwarders here make moneythrough palletization. Consolidationstill happens in Hong Kong, not inChina,” said Bishop. He said airlinesare interested in road feeder trafficfrom China to Hong Kong, but thishasn’t yet happened.

HACIS moves between 1,000 and1,500 tonnes a month into China,and Bishop sees potential for furtherdevelopment there, pointing togrowth between 40 percent and 50percent in northbound traffic. Thelion’s share of freight headed into thePearl River Delta feeds the productionlines in the area, but operators see anuptick in consumer goods coming.

However, this is not affecting theimbalance between imports and ex-ports, as outbound volumes continueto rise at a brisk rate. “We’re not see-ing more balanced flows because theexports are going up,” Dearnley said.

The relentless growth in productionin the Pearl River Delta is straining theexisting infrastructure and pushing upcosts. In response to higher costs andscarcity of available land in the pro-duction hubs of Guangzhou, Shen-zhen and Dongguan, manufacturersare looking to alternative locations.Manufacturers are considering out-of-way locations, such as Chengdu and

Chongqing. But there is also some in-terest in the less developed Westernpart of the Pearl River Delta. A strongsignal this trend is firmly entrenchedcame in August, when the first 10,000-container vessel called at the NanshaContainer terminal in the westernpart of the region.

Operators in Hong Kong,Guangzhou and Shenzhen are un-fazed by this development. Theypoint to the coming of faster truckingconnections due partly to infrastruc-ture developments. The proposedbridge linking Hong Hong withMacau and Zhuhai would help.

Moreover, manufacturers of lowercost goods, which are more sensitiveto labor costs, drive the migration tothe Western Pearl River Delta. Pro-ducers of commodities that usuallymove by air are less inclined to moveaway from the gateways.

“We see more concentration ofhigh value goods near the maintransportation hubs,” said Bishop.The airlines serving the existing hubsin the region don’t need anotherheadache, as they are battling withyield erosion.

“Capacity is saturated in all sec-tors,” said Choi.

Mathison cited a litany of woes forthe airlines, such as high fuel prices,downward yield pressure from a glutin capacity and increasing signs of amodal shift from air to ocean. Thesefactors, coupled with concern aboutthe strength of the U.S. dollar andthe fall-out from the credit crunch,add up to a gloomy outlook for 2008,he warned.

The Pearl River Delta’s output andrelated need for imported parts, sup-plemented by a rising appetite forconsumer goods, can do a fair bit toease the pain for the carriers servingthe region. ■


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ABX AIR145 Hunter Drive, Wilmington, OH 45177. Phone: 937-382-5591; Fax: 937-382-0896E-Mail: [email protected]: Scott Glasser. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Fleet: 767, DC-8, DC-9. Total ’06 Traffic: 834 million FTKs, -45.5 percent. Comments: Mainly a sub-service operatorfor DHL in the United States, ABX Air also of-fers charters and ACMI leases. Recentlypurchased Cargo Holdings International, giv-ing the company 48 total 767-200 freighters.

AER LINGUS CARGOCargo Terminal 1, Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland.Phone: +353 1-886-2974. Fax: +353 1-886-3876.E-Mail: [email protected]: Robert Bullock, Cargo ManagerU.S.: 300 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 130,Jericho, NY 11753.Phone: 516-622-4150. Fax: 516-622-4257.E-Mail: [email protected]: William Mercado, Cargo SalesManager, NA. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Middle East, North America. Door-to-Door Service: NoFleet: Passenger A320, A321, A330

AEROFLOT CARGOBuilding #3, Sheremetievo Airport-2, Khim-Kinsky District, Moscow Region 141400Russian Federation. Phone: +7 495 903 9116. Contact: Andrey Gorvashko. E-Mail: [email protected].: Building #86, JFK Int’l Airport, Ja-maica, NY 11430. Phone: 917-903-8810Contact: Sergey Gudkov, Regional Mgr/USA& Canada. Routes Served From Home Country: (Di-rect) Russia/CIS. (Through) Europe, South-east Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter Service: No.Fleet: Freighters: DC-10 (4); Passenger:767 (16).

AIRBRIDGE CARGO Building 16/1, Malaya Pirogovskaya,Moscow 119048, Russia. Phone: +7 495 786 2613 x851/826.

Fax: +7 495 7556581. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Russia/CIS, Asia, Europe, North America. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: 747-300 (1), 747-200 (3). Comments: A subsidiary of Volga DneprGroup. Has on order two 747-400ERfreighters and five 747-8 freighters.

AIR CANADA 5100 de Maisonneuve West., Montreal, PQ,Canada H4A 3T2. Phone: 514-205-7154; Fax: 514-205-7170Contact: Gerald Simpson, Director/CargoMarketing.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East,North & South America, Pacific Rim, South-east Asia. (Through) Africa, Indian/Subconti-nent, Russia/CIS. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: AC Priority, AC Air-freight & AC Expedair. Fleet: Freighters: MD-11 (1).

AIR CHINA CARGO No. 46, Xiaoyun Road, Beijing 100027, Peo-ple’s Republic of China. Phone: +86 10 8448 0053, Fax: +86 10 8668 0053 Contact: Ms. Zhang Yue, PR Mgr.E-Mail: [email protected]. com.cn.WWW.airchina.com.cnU.S.: 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 427, SouthSan Francisco, CA 94080.Phone: 650-737-0888. Fax: 650-727-0818Contact: Stephen Ma, Deputy GeneralMgr/Cargo Sls Ops.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North America, Japan, HKG (China).Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: 747-400, 767-200 (Total 5);combis: 767-400 (8). Total ’06 Traffic: 3.2 billion FTKs, +17.6 per-cent.

AIR FRANCE/KLM CARGO PO Box 7700, 1117 ZL, Schiphol Airport, Am-sterdam The Netherlands.Phone: +331 7437916, Fax: +331 48643902 E-Mail: [email protected]

Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Sub Conti-nent, Middle East, North America, PacificRim, Russia/CIS, South America, SoutheastAsia. (Through Service) Australia. Door-to-Door Service: Yes.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: Dimension, Varia-tion, Cohesion, Equation. Total ‘06 Tonnage: 1,45 million RTK. 24.49. Fleet: Air France 747-400 (16), 747-200F/400ERF (13), 777-200 & 300 (42), 747-200& 300 (6), A340-300 (19), A330-200 (16), A321(13), A320-200/100 (67), A319 (46), A318 (16).KLM: 747-400 (22), 747-400ERF (3), 777-200ER(14), DC-10 (10), A330-200 (8), 737 (46), F-100(18), F-70 (21) F-50 (14). Comments: Air France/KLM Cargo offers itscustomers a common range of products &services, one network, a fleet of more than580 aircraft, 16 full freighters and two hubsParis– CDG and Amsterdam–Schiphol. AF-KL Cargo is a member of SkyTeam CargoAlliance.

AIR HONG KONG4/F South Tower, Cathay Pacific City, 8Scenic Road, Hong Kong Int’l Airport, Lan-tau, Hong Kong. Phone: +852 2761-8588; Fax: +852 2761-8428 Contact: Terence Tsui, Mgr/Airline Planning. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: A300-600 (8).Comments: Jointly owned by Cathay Pacificand DHL.

AIR INDIA Cargo Division Terminal 1, Mumbai Airport,Mumbai, India.Phone: +91 22 615 7777; Fax: +91 22 615 6730. Contact: A. Shinde, Deputy Commercial Mgr. U.S.: Cargo Bldg 86, JFK Int’l Airport, Ja-maica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-632-0132; Fax: 718-244-0847Contact: H. Rana, Cargo Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Middle East, North America,Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.Fleet: Combi: 747-300 (2); Passenger: 777-200, 747-400, 747-200, A310, A300 (total 136).Comments: Merged with Indian Airlines.

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AIR JAMAICA Norman Manley International Airport,Kingston, JamaicaPhone: +876 924-8750; Fax: +876 924- 8400 Contact: Simone Barnes-Loi, Mgr. Jamaicaand the Caribbean. E-Mail: [email protected].: 1701 NW 66th Ave,, Bldg. 709, Miami,FL 33122. Phone: 305-526-2390/91; Fax: 305-871-0093Contact: Orville Hart, Sales Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country:(Direct): Caribbean, Europe, North America.(Through): Africa, Australia, Indian/Subcon-tinent, Middle East, South America, PacificRim, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter Service: Yes. Cargo Branded Ser-vices: Fast Pak. Fleet: Freighters: 767 (1).Passenger: A340, A320, A321 (17 total).

AIRNET SYSTEMS7250 Star Check Drive, Columbus, OH 43217.Phone: 888-888-8463 or 614-409-4859. Fax: 614-409-7859.Contact: Mark Watson, Bus. Dev. Mgr.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)North America.Door-to-Door Service: Yes (USA). Non-Scheduled Charter: YesFleet: Freighters (over 112, including 33Bombardier Aerospace Learjets and 7 Cess-na Caravans.) Special Services: Airnet Mis-sion Critical, Airport-to-Airport, Expedited,Same Day, Late Night Distribution.

AIR NEW ZEALAND U.S.: 1960 E. Grand Avenue, Suite 300, El Se-gundo, CA 90245. Phone: 310-648-7006; Fax: 310-648-7019Contact: Sal Sanfilippo, Reg Mgr-Americas. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North America, Pacific Rim.(Through) Australia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter Service: YesCargo Branded Services: Express Plus 2,

Exclusive, Economy. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (1); Passenger:747-400, 777-200ER, 767-300. Total ’06 Traffic: 834 million FTKs, +6.8 per-cent.

AIR TAHOMA597 Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus, OH43217.Phone: 614-774-0782. Contact: Noel Rude,President -Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent,Middle East, North & South America, PacificRim, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter Service: Yes

ALASKA AIRLINES PO Box 68900, Seattle, WA 98168. Phone: 800-225-2752; Fax: 206-392-2641E-Mail: Matt Yerbic, Mng Dir/Cargo.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)North America. Door-to-Door Service: Yes. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Special Services: Goldstreak,Priority, General Freight. Fleet: Combis,Convertibles: 737 (18); Passenger: 737/MD-80 (107).

ALITALIA CARGO Via Alessandro Marchetti 111, Rome 00148,Italy.Phone: +39 6-6562-2555; Fax: +39 6-6562-2058Contact: Davide Mandaresu, Marketing Director E-Mail: [email protected].: 350 Fifth Ave., 37th floor, NY, NY 10118Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, MiddleEast, North America, Russia/CIS, SouthAmerica, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Cargo Branded Services:Equation, Variation, Dimension, Cohesion. Total ’06 Traffic: 1.4 billion FTK, +4.2 percent. Freighters: MD-11 (5); Passenger: 777-200,767-300, A321, A320, A319, MD-80.

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS 36th Floor, Shiodome City Center, 1-5-2, Hi-gashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7133, Japan. Phone: +81 3 6735 1979; Fax: +81 3 6735 1905Contact: Mari Tsukamoto, Asst Mgr. E-Mail: [email protected].: 6040 Avion Drive, Los Angeles, CA90045.Phone: 310-258-6151; Fax: 310-670-2092Contact: Takashi Tsuchikawa, Mgr.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Middle East, North America, South-east Asia Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: No.Fleet: Freighters: 767-300ER (1), Passenger:16 types of aircraft (Total 185). Total ’06 Traffic: 1,136,000,000 RTKs. Fleets: DHC, F50, A320-200, 737-400/300, 737-700, 767-300/ER, A321-100, 747-400, 777-300/ER, 777-200/ER.

AMERICAN AIRLINES 4255 Amon Carter Blvd., MD 4431, Dallas Ft.Worth Airport, TX 75165. Phone: 817-967-2421; Fax: 817-931-1159WWW.AACargo.comRoutes Served From Home Country: (Direct)North America, Caribbean, Europe, PacificRim, South America, Southeast Asia;(Through) Africa, Australia, Middle East, Rus-sia/CIS, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle East. Door-to-Door Service: AA Cargo Plus in do-mestic U.S. only. Cargo Branded Services: Priority ParcelService, Expedite fs, Confirmed fs. Total ’06 Traffic: 2.8 billion FTKs, +1.2 percent. Fleet: Passenger: 777 (43), 767 (70), 737 (113),757 (115), A300 (34), MD-80 (352). Comments: American Airlines Cargo,through American Airlines, American Eagleand the AmericanConnection regional air-lines serve more than 250 cities in over 40countries. American provides one of thelargest cargo networks in the world, withcargo terminals and interline connectionsavailable across the globe.



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AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL 2800 S. Andrews Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL33323.Phone: 305-593-5500. Fax: 305-718-8189.E-Mail: [email protected]: Carlos Gonzalez, Dir of Sales. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Caribbean, North & South America;(Through) Europe. Door-to-Door Service: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: 727-200 (6).

AMERISTAR AIR CARGO 4400 Glenn Curtiss Drive, Addison, TX 75001Phone: 972-248-2378. Fax: 972-931-6011.Contact: Troy Croasmun, Nat’l Sales Mgr.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Caribbean, North & South America.Door-to-Door Service: Yes, North America.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: DC-9-15 (3), 737-200 (1).Passenger: 737-200 (2).Comments: Explosives exemption.

ARROW CARGO 1701 NW 63rd Avenue, Building 712, Miami,FL 33126. Phone: 305-876-6600; Fax: 305-876-6695E-Mail: [email protected]: Lynn Christ, VP Mktg. & Strategic Dev.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Caribbean & South America. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: DC-10 (6), DC-8 (5).

ASIANA AIRLINES Asiana Town #47 Osoe-Dong, Gangseo-gu,Seoul, KoreaPhone: +82 2 2669 5084, Fax: +82 2 2669 5130 Contact: Yoon Sang Bae, Sr Mgr/US Bound. E-Mail: [email protected].: 5758 W. Century Blvd, Los Angeles,CA 90045. Phone: 310-642-0310; Fax: 310-642-0319Contact: Kevin Cummisky, General Mgr.Americas.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Europe, North America, PacificRim, Russia/ CIS, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: 747-400, 767; Combis: 747;

Convertibles: 747; Passenger: 747; 777, A333,A321 (Total 64).

ATA CARGO7337 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN46231.Phone: 317-282-7567; Fax: 317-282-4227.Contact: Nick Whalen, Director of Cargo. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)North & South America. (Through) Africa,Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, Pacific Rim.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Fleets: Passenger: L-1011 (3), DC-10 (3), 757(10), 737 (12)

ATLAS AIR 2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY10577.Phone: 914-701-8400WWW.atlasair.comRoutes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North & South America, PacificRim; (Through) Africa, Indian/ Subcontinent,Middle East, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Cargo BrandedServices: Partnership Program. Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 and 747-400.

AUSTRIAN CARGO World Trade Center, 4th Floor, A-1300 Vien-na Airport, Vienna, Austria.Phone: +43 1 7007-65500 Contact: Franz Zoechbauer, VP Cargo. E-Mail: [email protected].: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Area B, CargoBldg. 21, Jamaica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-995-2274; Fax: 718-995-5007Contact: Peter Schleinzer, Area MgrCargo/the Americas. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North America, Africa, Australia,Europe, Caribbean, Indian/Subcontinent,Middle East, Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, South-east Asia.Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter Service: No.Cargo Branded Services: XPS Priority,Cool/Medical, Standard, Mail.Fleet: Freighters: AN-12 (1); Passenger: Air-bus A340, A320, A330, A319, 777, 767, 737.

AVIATECA AIRLINES Ave. Incaple 12-22, Zone 13, Guatemala CityGuatemala.

Phone: +502 360 5813; Fax: +502 360 5843Contact: Emilio Barrios, Cargo Dir. E-Mail: [email protected].: 1751 BW 68th Avenue, Bldg 706, Mia-mi, FL 33132. Phone: 305-871-8222;Contact: Jaime Silva, Cargo Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Caribbean, North & South America, PacificRim; (Through) Africa, Indian Sub-Continent.Door-to-Door Service: No.Fleet: DC-8, 747, DC-10.

AVIENT AIRThe Barn Cottage, Brigmerston, Durrington,Salisbury, SP4 8HX, United Kingdom.Phone:+44 (0) 1980 676010. Fax: +44 (0) 1980 626634.Contact: Samantha Smith, Commercial Di-rector (Scheduled) [email protected] James House, Commercial Manager(Charters) [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa.Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: DC-10-30 (2), IL-76 (1).

BLUEBIRD CARGO Building 10, Keflavik Airport PO Box 40, IS-232 Keflavik, Iceland. Phone: +354 535 4100; Fax: +354 535 4101.Contact: Skuli Skulason, Commercial Direc-tor. E-Mail: [email protected] . Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe. (Through) North America. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: 737-300 (4), 737-400 (2).

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bmiDonington Hall, Castle Donington, Derby,East Midlands DE74 2SB, United Kingdom. Phone: +44 870 240 0203; Fax: +44 208 990 7965 E-Mail: [email protected].: 3 Colby Road, Port Washington, NY11050.Phone: 516-883-9382; Fax: 516-883-9595.Contact: John Ryan, Cargo Mgr-Americas. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Caribbean, Middle East, North Amer-ica, Russia/CIS. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter Service: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: 236 cargo, 236Courier, 236 XPS, 236 Pets.

BRITISH AIRWAYS WORLD CARGO London Heathrow Airport, Carrus CargoCenter, PO Box 99, Hounslow MiddlesexTW6 2JS, United Kingdom.Phone: +44 845 7222777. Contact: Tony Nothman, Sr. Mgr WorldwideSales. E-Mail: [email protected].: 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights,NY 11370. Phone: 718-269-1150; Fax: 347-418-4919Contact: David Shepard, Sr. VP, the Americas. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Indian Sub-Conti-nent, Middle East; North & South America,Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia.(Through) Australia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter Service: Yes.Special Services: Perform (general freight),Prioritize (express), Courier, Constant Cli-mate, Constant Fresh, Secure, AVI, Airmail.Fleet: Freighters: 747, A300; Passenger: 747,777, 767, 757, 737, A319, A320.

CARGO AIR LINES 1 Hayarden Street, Airport City, PO Box 271,Ben Gurion Airport 70100, Israel.Phone: +972-3-9779999; Fax: +972-3-9731320.Contact: Alon Neuberger, VP/Commercial. E-Mail: [email protected]

U.S.: Bldg 23, JFK Int’l Airport, Jamaica, NY11430.Phone: 718-553-8100. Fax: 718-553-6141.Contact: Roner Regermona, Cargo Mgr, NA. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North America. Door-to-Door Service: Yes, Europe andNorth America. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 (2).

CARGO B AIRLINESBrucargo Building 706, Box 75, 1931 Zaven-tem, Belgium. Phone: +32 2 741 2018. Fax: +32 2 741 2010. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Africa. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: No.Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 (2) Comments: Launched in 2007 by former DHLand SN Brussels Airlines CEO Rob Kuijpers.A third 747-200 to be delivered in 2008.

CARGOITALIAAvioport Logistics Park, Via del Gregge 100,21015 Lonate Pozzolo (VA) ItalyPhone: 39 0331 66381. Fax: 39 0331 301875.Contact: Massimo Roccasecca, VP – EMEARegionE-Mail: [email protected].: JFK International Airport Building 151,Suite 344, Jamaica, NY 11430.Phone: 646-722-8787. Fax: 718-656-7422.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, MiddleEast, North & South America, Southeast Asia.Door-to-Door Service: Yes Non-Scheduled

Charter: Yes. Total’06 Traffic: 10 million car-go ton miles. Fleet: Freighters: DC-10-30 (1),MD11- (1), 747-200 (2)

CARGOJET350 Britannia Road East, Unit 5, Missis-sauga, ON L4Z 1X9, Canada.Phone: 905-501-7373; Fax: 901-501-9494Contact: Pauline Dhillon, VP Mktg & PR.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct& Through) North America. Door-to-Door Service: No.Total ‘06 Tonnage: 55 million tonnes. Total’07Estimated Tonnage: 60 million tonnes. Fleet: Freighters: 727-200 (11).Comments: 29 interline partnerships/agree-ments (BA, KLM, AI, LH, JAL, KE etc). Al-liance – TIACA; ATAC, CIFFA, IATA. ISO9001:2000 certified.

CARGOLUXLuxembourg Airport, Luxembourg L-2990,Grand Duchy of LuxembourgPhone: +352 4211-3925; Fax: +352 4211-3692 Contact: Domenico Ceci, Dir. Capacity Mgmt. E-Mail: [email protected].: 1900 NW Corporate Blvd., Suite W105,Boca Raton, FL 33431. Phone: 561-988-1868; Fax: 561-988-1012Contact: Jonathan Rivera, Route Dev. Coor-dinator, E. Region, USA.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, MiddleEast, North & South America, SoutheastAsia, Pacific Rim. (Through) Australia. Door-to-Door Service: Yes (Europe). Non-Scheduled Charter: YesTotal’06 Traffic: 5.2 billion FTKs, +1.7 percent.Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (14). Comments: Ten firm orders and 10 optionsfor 747-8 freighters.

CATHAY PACIFIC CARGO 9/F South Tower, Cathay Pacific City, 8Scenic Road, Hong Kong Int’l. Airport, Lan-tau, Hong Kong.Phone: +852 2747 7154; Fax: +852 2141 7154 Contact: Myra Lee, Asst Mgr. Cargo Mktg.E-Mail: myra_lee@cathaypacific.comWWW.cathaypacificcargo.com.Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes



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Total ’06 Traffic: 6.9 billion FTKs, +7.1 percent.Fleet: Freighters: 16 747-400 and -200freighters.Comments: Ordered 10 777 freighters in2007, adding to orders including six 747-400extended-range freighters in 2008 and 2009.

CHINA AIRLINES 7F, No. 131, Nanking East Road, Sec. 3,Taipei, Taiwan. Phone: +886 2 2514 5666; Fax: +886 2 2514 5664 Contact: Bobby Yu, Vice President.E-Mail: [email protected].: 11201 Aviation Blvd. Los Angeles, CA90045.Phone: 310-646-5666. Fax: 310-646-3206Contact: Johnny Yuan, GM, West Mktg. Mgr.E-Mail: [email protected] ‘06 Tonnage: 667,392 tons, RTK: 6,289 M. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (20); Passenger:747-400 (15), A340-300 (6), A330-300 (16), 737-800 (11).

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES Hongqiao Airport, 2550 Hongqiao Road,Shanghai 200335, China.Phone: +86 21 6255 8899; Fax: +86 21 6268 9895 Contact: Yuan Dong Fa, Mktg. WWW.206.170.104.72/U.S.: 618 S, Access Road, PO Box 66608,O’Hare Int’l. Airport, Chicago, IL 60666.Phone: 312-686-0207; Fax: 312-686-0125Contact: Sidney Chan. Routes Served From Home Country: Asia.Door-to-Door Service: No. Special Ser-vices: Livestock, perishables. Total ’06 Traffic: 2.4 billion FTKs, +7.6 percentFleet: Freighters: MD-11 (1); Passenger:A340 (5), A300 (10), F-100 (5), MD-11 (5), MD-82 (13), MD-90 (6).

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES 278 Airport Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong,P.R. China 510405 Phone: +86 20-76122982; Fax: +86 20-86650827 Contact: Susanna S. Lam, Cargo Sales Mgr. E-Mail: [email protected].: Cargo Building 517 A.M.F., O’Hare Int’lAirport, Chicago, IL 60666. Phone: 773-462-0100; Fax: 773-601-8866Contact: Susanna S. Lam, Cargo Sales Mgr.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Australia, Europe, Indian/Subconti-nent, Middle East, North America,Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Total ’06 Traffic: 1.8 billion FTKs,+7.8 percent. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (2).Passenger: 777, 757, 737, A330, A321, A320,A319, A300 (Total 300).

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES 1600 Smith Street, HQSCV, Houston, TX 77002. Phone: (800) 421-2456 or 281-553-5050.Fax: 713-324-7601E-Mail: [email protected]: Jack Boisen, VP. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia (Cairns Only), Caribbean, Europe,Indian Sub-Continent (Delhi & MombaiOnly), Pacific Rim, North & South America,Middle East (Tel Aviv). Door-to-Door Ser-vice: No. Non-Scheduled Charter: No. Car-go Branded Services: CMR (Confirmed MustRide), QUICKPAK, Petsafe, Climate Secure.Total ‘06 Tonnage: 313,600 tons – (000). Total‘07 Tonnage Estimated: 317,342 – (000):1,557,502 CTMs. Fleet: 777-200ER (20), 767-400ER (16), 767-200ER (10), 757-300 (17), 757-200 (41), 737-900 (12), 737-800 (105), 737-700(36), 737-500 (63), 737-300 (48).

COPA AIRLINES Business Park, Costa Del Este, North Tower,Copa Airlines Building, Panama. Phone: +507 304 2777; Fax: +507 304 2083. Contact: Teresa Arango, Mktg Exec.E-Mail: [email protected].: 6450 NW 22nd Street, Building 710,Suite 101, Miami, FL 33122. Phone: 305-871-1783; Fax: 305-871-1785Contact: Domingo Montalvo, Cargo Coordinator. E-Mail: [email protected]

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COYNE AIRWAYS Roberts House, 103 Hammersmith Road,London W14 0QH, United Kingdom.Phone: +44 207 6056860. Fax: +44 207 6029474. Contact: Larry Coyne, CEO.E-Mail: [email protected]: Ray Wach Phone: 703-822-5872U.S.-West: Terry Coyne Phone: 281-821-7200Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Middle East, Russia/CIS.(Through) North America. Door-to-Door Ser-vice: No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Traffic:RTK: 185m Fleet: Freighters: 747F/AN12/IL76.

CSA-CZECH AIRLINES CARGO Letiste Ruzyne - Terminal Cargo, 16008 Pra-hag 160 08, Czech Republic.Phone: +420 2 20113512; Fax: +420 2 2428 1035Contact: Kamil Slavik, Dir./Cargo. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Indian Subcontinent,North America, Middle East, Russia/CIS.Door-to-Door Service: No. Cargo BrandedServices: Equation, Dimension, Variation,Cohesion. Fleet: Passenger: (35). Com-ments: Member of SkyTeam Cargo.

DELTA AIR LINES 1030 Delta Blvd. , Atlanta, GA 30354. Phone: 404-714-8177. Fax: 404-773-6070.Contact: Robin Stricklin, Mgr. Mktg. Comm.& Dist.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct &Through) Africa, Caribbean, Europe, North &South America, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: Yes, North America. Cargo Branded Services: Dash, PriorityFirst, Delta Cares Fleet: Passenger: 737, 757,767, 777, MD-88, MD-90, CRJ-100, CRJ 200,CRJ 700 (total 600).

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DRAGONAIRDragonair House 11 Tuog Fai Road, HongKong Int’l Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong. Phone: +852-3193-2888; Fax: +852-3193-2889Contact: Albert Yau, GM-Cargo.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, China,Japan, Taiwan. Door-to-Door Service: No.Fleet: Freighters: 747-300 (3); Passenger:A330 (8), A321 (4), A320 (8).

EGYPTAIRCairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt. U.S.: 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, NewYork City, NY 10036. Contact: Joseph Scumaci, Cargo Sls Mgr. E-Mail: [email protected]: 718-656-8627; Fax: 718-949-6410Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa (Through) Europe, Indian/Indian Sub-continent, and Middle East. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes

EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES Ben Gurion Airport, Ben Gurion Airport70100, IsraelPhone: +972 3 717 514; Fax: +972 3 717 595 WWW.elal.co.il/cargoU.S.: JFK International Airport, Cargo Build-ing 83, Jamaica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-244-3167; Fax: 718-244-0500Contact: David Kilstein, Cargo Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country: (Di-rect) Europe, North America, SoutheastAsia; (Through) Australia, South America,Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Fleet:Freighters: 747-200 (2); Convertibles: 747-200 (3).

EMIRATESEmirates Sky Cargo Head Office, EmiratesGroup Headquarters, ‘A’ Entrance, 3rd Floor,PO Box 686, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Phone: +971 4 203 3436; Fax: +971 4 295 4049 Contact: Prakash Nair, Mgr Network CargoSls Dev. E-Mail: [email protected].: c/o NCA Bldg 79, JFK International Air-port, Jamaica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-533-6900; Fax: 718-533-7326Contact: Edward Chism, Cargo Mgr, NA.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Australia, Europe, Indian Sub-Conti-nent, Middle East, North America, PacificRim, Russia, Southeast Asia.Door-to-Door Service: Europe, Middle East,Africa, Indian Subcontinent.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Cargo Brand-ed Services: Charter, Priority Products, CoolChain, Integrated Solutions. Total ‘06 Ton-nage: 1.1 million tonnes. Fleet: Freighters:747-200 (1), 747-400 (7), A310 (3); Passenger:777-200, 777-300, 777-300ER (total 49), A340-500 (10), A330-200 (29), A340-300 (8).

ESTAFETA CARGA AEREA Centro de Intercambio EstafetaAeropuerto Internacional de San Luis Poto-sí, 78430 San Luis Potosí, MéxicoPhone: +52 (444) 834-8000Fax: +52 (444) 834-8016 E-Mail: [email protected]; [email protected]: José Villagómez, V.P. - Commer-cial. Diana Nájera, Mgr.- Sales Administra-tion. Routes Served From Home Country:Domestic within Mexico (10 destinations);International Service to Miami and Dallas-Ft. Worth Door-to-Door Service: Yes (checkavailability) Fleet: Freighters: 737-200 (4).

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES Cargo Terminal, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Phone: +251 1 15178012; Fax: +251 1 16611474 Contact: Mr. Berhanu Kassa, Dir. Cargo Mktg. E-Mail: [email protected]. 227S. Washington Street, Suite 120,Alexandria, VA 22314.Phone: 703-682-0569. Fax; 703-682-0573.Contact: Mr. Wondimeneh Basazinew, Mgr.Cargo Mktg., Planning & Charter/Lease.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, MiddleEast, Southeast Asia. (Through) Australia,North America. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Cargo Brand-ed Services: Perishables, Express, OtherSpecial Cargo, General Cargo. Total’06 Ton-nage: 60,000; RTK: 84,518,484.’07 EstimatedTonnage: 90,000; RTK: 321,058,000. Fleet: Freighters: 757-200 (2), 747-200 (2)Passenger: 767 (9), 757 (6), 737 (6).

ETIHAD AIRWAYS - CRYSTAL CARGOPO Box 35566, New Airport Road, Cargo Vil-lage, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Phone: 971 2 5091117. Fax: 971 2 5758210.Contact: Desmond Vertannes, Exec. VicePresidentE-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct& Through) Africa, Australia, Europe, Indi-an/Subcontinent, Middle East, North Ameri-ca, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service:No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes Total’06Tonnage: 193,215,692; RTKs: 216,379 Fleet:Freighters: A300-600 (2), MD-11 (1); Passen-ger: A320 (1), A340-500 (4), A340-300 (1),A340-600 (2), B67-300 (1), 777-300ER (5),A330-200 (16), A340-600 (2).

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FEDEX EXPRESS PO Box 727, Memphis, TN 38194. Phone: 901-434-5416; Fax: 901-434-6508WWW.fedex.comRoutes Served From Home Country: (Direct)All. Serving 215 countries. Door-to-Door Service: Yes. Special Ser-vices: US Domestic, International Time-Def-inite, Door-to-Door Express Delivery Ser-vice. Total ’06 Traffic: 15.1 billion FTKs, +5.1percent. Fleet: Freighters: 727-100 (1), 727-200 (94), 757-200 (4), DC-10-10 (14) DC-10-30(13), MD-10-10 (49), MD-10-30 (7), MD-11(58), A300-600 (60), A310-200/300 (66), ATR-42/72 (42).

FINNAIRRahtitie 1, Helsinki Airport, Finland 01053.Phone: +358 50 3935400; Fax: +358 9 8185408 Contact: Antero Lahtinen, Mng Dir.U.S.: Cargo Bldg 151, JFK Int’l Airport, Ja-maica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-656-7570; Fax: 718-244-0661E-Mail: [email protected]: Anthony LaRusso, Area Dir TheAmericas.Routes Served From Home Country:

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FLORIDA WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRLINESP.O. Box 025752, Miami, FL, 33102Phone: (305) 492-2000. Fax: (305) 492-2001Contact: Jaime Silva, dir. sales and planning. E-Mail: [email protected]. WWW.fwia.com.Routes Served From Home Country:(Through) North America, Central andSouth America. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Fleet:Freighters: 747-200 (1), DC-10-30 (2), 767-300(2), 767-200 (1).

GARUDA INDONESIA AIRLINES Garuda Cargo Center Building, Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Indonesia.Phone: +62 21 5500123; Fax: +62 21 5500128 Contact: Bagus Y. Siregar, GM.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Europe, Middle East, SoutheastAsia; (Through) North America. Door-to-Door Service: No. Fleet: Passenger: 747-400(3), 727, A330-300 (6), 737 (39).

GEMINI AIR CARGO 44965 Aviation Drive, Suite 300, Dulles Int’lAirport, Dulles, VA 20166. Phone: 703-260-8360; Fax: 703-260-8267E-Mail: [email protected]: Brian Daggett, VP; Paul Woolley,VP Asia Pacific. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Pacific Rim, North & South Ameri-ca. Door-to-Door Service: No. Fleet:Freighters: DC-10-30 (11), MD-11 (4). Comments: ACMI specialist.

GREAT LAKES AIRLINE1022 Airport Parkway, Cheyenne, WY 82007Phone: 800-554-5112. Fax: 307-432-7029.E-Mail: [email protected]: Dawn Tegge, Mgr. Cargo Svcs.Routes Served From Home Country: NorthAmerica. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Charter: No Comments: Cargoagreements with, Continental, Frontier, Unit-

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GREAT WALL AIRLINES17F, POS Plaza, No. 1600 Century Ave.,Pudong New District, Shanghai. China. Phone: +86 21 687 65256. Fax: +86 21 687 68588. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: No. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (3) Comments: Launched in 2006 as joint ven-ture between China Great Wall IndustryCorp., Singapore Airlines Cargo andTemasek Holdings.

GULF AIR PO Box 138, Bahrian.Phone: +973 17338 213; Fax: +973 338 786 Contact: Khalid Hassan, Acting Head of Cargo. E-Mail: [email protected]/cargo.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Indian/Sub Continent, Middle East. Airport-to-Door Service: Airport to Door inPhilippines. Cargo Branded Service: Ex-press Fleet: Passenger: A320, A330, A340,767. Comments: Undertaking a “re-fleeting”program with up to 35 new aircraft.

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES Honolulu International Airport, PO Box30008, Honolulu, HI 96820-0008. Phone: 808-835-3700E-Mail: [email protected]: Pilialoha Wang, Sr Dir Cargo.Sales& Svc Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: NoFleet: Passenger: 717 (12), 767 (18).

JAPAN AIRLINES 4-11, Higashi-shinagawa 2-chrome, Shina-gawa-Ku, Tokyo 140-0002, Japan. U.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Building 151, Ja-maica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-656-9602; Fax: 718-656-9647E-Mail: [email protected]/jalcargoContact: Mr. Satoshi Imamichi, Dir./Cargo. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent,North & South America, Pacific Rim, Rus-sia/CIS, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Cargo Branded Services:




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JADE CARGO INTERNATIONALRoom 610, 6/F, Flight Operation Building,Shenzhen Airlines Base, Bao’an InternationalAirport, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518128, China. Phone: +86 755 299 10351. Fax: +86 755 299 10352. E-Mail: [email protected]: Zhenzhou Liang. WWW.jadecargo.com.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North America, Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: No. Fleet:Freighters: 747-400ER (4). Comments: Established in 2004. Majorityowner is Shenzhen Airlines and LufthansaCargo owns 25 percent.

JETT8 AIRLINES8 Changi North, Street 1, Unit 04-01, Singa-pore 498829. Phone: +65 6546 8871. Fax: +65 6546 8221. WWW.jett8airlines.com.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Asia, Middle East.Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Fleet: 747-200 (1)Comments: Established in 2006 in partner-ship between Nippon Cargo Airlines andNYK Line; service launched in June 2007.

KALITTA AIR818 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI 48198. Phone: 734-484-0088; Fax: 734-484-3630E-Mail: [email protected]: D.C. Sanderlin, VP/Gen Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Middle East, North America, PacificRim. Door-to-Door Service: No.Special Services: One nose loader aircraft.Fleet: Freighters: 747-100/200 (11).

KOREAN AIR 1370 Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-Gu, Seoul,Korea.Phone: +82 2 2656 5877; Fax: +82 2 2656 5900 Contact: Soo-Yeon Kim, External Comm. Mgr. E-Mail: [email protected]. com

U.S.: 6101 W. Imperial Hwy, Los Angeles, CA90045.Phone: 310-417-5223; Fax: 310-417-3051E-Mail: [email protected]: HeeDo Lee, Mktg. Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Europe, Indian/Sub Continent,Middle East, North America, Pacific Rim,Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. (Through)Africa, Caribbean, South America. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: Equation, Cohe-sion, Variation, KAL-SkyBridge. Total ’06 Traffic: 8.76 billion FTKs. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (21), A300-600 (2);Combi: 747-400 (1); Passenger: 747-400 (23,777-200/300 18, A330-200/300 (24) 737-800/900(32). (total 124). Comments: Member Skyteam Cargo; Or-dered five 747-8 freighters and five 777freighters; also purchased kits for 20 747-400passenger-to-freighter conversions.

LAN CARGO6500 NW 22nd Street, Miami, FL 33122. Phone: 305-874-2780; Fax: 786-265-6226E-Mail: [email protected]: Nancy Alvarez, Dir./Mktg. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Europe, North & South America.Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Special Services: Alliances; Lufthansa, AA,Qantas, Positive, Positive FS. Total ’06 Traffic: 2.6 billion FTKs +7.6 percent.Fleet: Freighters: 767-300 (4), 737-200 (1);Passenger: A318/319/320 (33), A340-500 (5),737-200 (17), 767-300 (24). Comments: Launch customer of 777-200long-range freighter with four orders.

LOT POLISH AIRLINES 17 Stycznia 39, 00-906 Warsaw, Poland. Phone: +48 22 606 8431; Fax: +48 22 606 9817 Contact: Edyta Wiland, Sales & Marketing Mgr. E-Mail: [email protected]/cargoU.S.: JFK Int’l Airport-Building 21B, Jamaica,NY 11430. Phone: 718-656-2674; Fax: 718-656-6063Contact: Marek Kasiak, Director. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North America, Russia/CIS.(Through) Africa, Australia, Caribbean, Indi-an/Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, PacificRim, South America, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Cargo Branded Services: Gen-eral Cargo, Special Cargo, Trucking, Train-ings Total’06 Tonnage: 24.6 thousand tons. Fleet: Passenger: 767-200/300 (7), 737-300/400/500 (17), EMB (25), ATR (14).

LUFTHANSA CARGOLeiter Unternehmenskommunikation, D-60546 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.Phone: +49 69 696 91123; Fax: +49 69 696 91185 Contact: Nils HauptWWW.lufthansa-cargo.comRoutes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian Sub-Continent, MiddleEast, North & South America, Pacific Rim,Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. (Through) Aus-tralia, Caribbean. Door-to-Door Services: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: YesCargo Branded Services: td.flash, td.X,td.pco, cd.solutions. Total ‘06 Tonnage: 1.764million tons. Fleet: Freighters: MD-11 (19).Passenger: more than 500.Comments: WOW Alliance, Foundation ofLufthansa Cargo Group.

MALAYSIA AIRLINE SYSTEM 3rd Fl., Administration Building, MAS Com-plex A, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport,47200 Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. Phone: +60 3 8777 1841; Fax: +60 3 8783 3028 Contact: Tn. Hj. Mohd Yunus Idris, GM Car-go Ops. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Europe, Middle East, and SoutheastAsia, Japan. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Fleet:Freighters: 747-200 (4), 747-400 (2); Passenger:747-400 (11), 777-200 (17), 737-400 (37), A330-200/300 (14). Comments: Six A380s on order.




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MAXIMUS AIR CARGO PO Box 35367, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Phone: +971 2 447-4900. Fax: +971 2 447-4901. E-Mail: [email protected]: Steve Manser. WWW.maximusaircargo.ae.Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Fleet: Freighters: A300-600 (2),AN-124-100 IL-76TD, L-382. Comments: Re-ceived air operators certificate in June 2007.

MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES Airport Blvd., PO Box 206, Beirut, Lebanon. Phone: +961 1 628 888. Fax: +961 1 629 260. Contact: Sami Abisaad, Head of Cargo.WWW.mea/com.lbU.S.: 362 5th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York,NY 10001. Phone: 212-244-6858; Fax: 212-244-6851Contact: Mr. Adib C. Kassis, Mgr. USAE-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Middle East. Door-to-DoorService: No. Non-Scheduled Charter: No.Fleet: Passenger: A330-200 (3), A321 (6).

MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL08-02 Sakura Tower, 339 Bogyoke Aung SanRoad, Yangon, MyanmarPhone: 951 255260. Fax: 951 255305.Contact: Mr. Thant Sin, Cargo Manager.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Southeast Asia. (Through) Europe, South-east Asia.

NATURE AIR CARGOHangar 27, Tobias Bolanos Airport, SanJose, Costa Rica. Phone: 506-299-6050; Fax: 506-232-2516.E-Mail: [email protected] Contact: DaryoushKhajavi, Dir of Cargo.U.S.: Contact: Carlo Sosto, Director of Aviation.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: CentralAmerica. Door-to-Door Service: Yes.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: NatureAir Cargo.Total ‘06 Tonnage: 60. Total ‘07 Estimated Ton-nage: 70. Fleet: Combis & Passenger: DHC-8-106 (2), DHC-6-300 (7), BE-90E (2); Comments:Both scheduled and cargo charters into allmajor and minor airports in the region.

NIPPON CARGO AIRLINES Shiodome City Center 8F, 1-5-2 Higashi-Shin-bashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7108, Japan.Phone: +81 3 67355740; Fax: +81 3 67355749 Contact: Yoji Miyabe, Sr VP. E-Mail: [email protected].: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Bldg. 79, NorthBoundary Road, Jamaica, NY 11430. Phone:718-632-6420; Fax: 718-632-6418 Contact:Terrence M. McDonald, GM Sls & Mktg. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Hom.e Country: (Direct)Europe, North America, Pacific Rim, South-east Asia (Through) Australia, Caribbean, In-dian/Sub Continent, Middle East, SouthAmerica. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Cargo Brand-ed Services: PRIO Express, PRIO Freight,PRIO Sensitive, PRIO Super Sensitive, PRIOSpace, PRIO Cool, PRIO Art, PRIO Vehicle. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (4), 747-200 (6). Comments: Six 747-400 freighters and eight747-8 freighters on order. Partly owned byNippon Yusen and Nippon Express.

NORTHWEST AIRLINES CARGO 7500 Airline Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55450. Phone: 612-726-4132 Contact: Douglas Rose,Dir Sls Strategy & Admin.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent,North America, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia;(Through) Africa, Middle East, Russia/CIS.

Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: Equation, Select100, Select 300, Select 500. Total ’06 Traffic:3.25 billion FTKs. Fleet: Freighters: 14 747-200s; Passenger: More than 600. Comments: Member of SkyTeam Cargo.

OASIS HONG KONG AIRLINES2902-3 Lippo Tower Two, 89 Queensway,Admiralty, Hong Kong, S.A.R.Contact: Chris Youlten, Director/Ground Op-erationsE-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North America.Fleet: Passenger: 747-400 (4).

OCEAN AIRLINESVia dell’Aeroporto 34, 25046 Montichiari,(BS) Italy. Phone: +39 30 9657370. Fax: +39 30 9657145. Contact: Stefano Scarpelli, Commercial &Mktg. Mgr. E-Mail: [email protected].: Dulles Airport, 23703 C Airfreight Lane,Suite 212, Cargo Building 6, Dulles, VA20166. Phone: 703-881-2733.Contact: Giovanni Andrejasich, Dir/Sales &Operations/AmericasRoutes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Indian/Subcontinent, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: Yes (Almaty, Lahore,Bishkek, Hong Kong, Shanghai).Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Cargo Brand-ed Service: Ad Hoc Charters.Total’06 Tonnage: 21,527 tons. ’07 Estimat-ed Tonnage: 30,600 tons. Fleet: Freighters:767-200 (2). Comments: New routes in 2007-2008 to include Washington, Nagoya, AbuDhabi, Luanda, Nairobi. Applied for IATAMembership. Delivery of six 747-200 be-tween 2007-2008.

OLYMPIC AIRLINES GA 96 Siggiou Avenue, AthensPhone: +30 210-936-5546;Fax: +30 210-936-5444 Contact: Mike Psaroudis, CargoOperation Services. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Middle East, North America,Russia/CIS; (Through) Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.




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Cargo Branded Services: XPS Cargo, CargoTerminal Services. Fleet: Passenger: A340 (4),A300-600 (1), ATR-42/72 13), 737-300/400 (19).

PACIFIC AIR CARGO PO Box 881900, Los Angeles, CA 90045.Phone: 310-645-2178. Fax: 310-645-5290.Contact: Beti Ward, CEO, Tanja Jan-fruechte, VP. E-Mail: [email protected],tanja.janfruechte@pacificaircargo.comWWW.pacificaircargo.com.Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Pacific Rim. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Total ‘06 Tonnage: 75 million lbs. Total ‘07 Es-timated Tonnage: 83 million lbs. Special Services: Oversize cargo, vehicles,aircraft engines, live animals, pacific routes.Fleet: Freighters: 747-100.

PAKISTAN INT’L AIRLINES PIA Head Office, Karachi Airport Pakistan,Karachi, 75200 Pakistan.Contact: Shahid Latif, Cargo Mgr.Phone: 4572011. Fax: 4572013E-Mail: [email protected] WWW.piac.comU.S.: JFK Int’l Airport, Cargo Bldg. 77, Ja-maica, NY 11430. Contact: Haider A. Khan, Cargo Mgr. Phone: 718-656-4040 x224; Fax: 718-656-4703E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, Indian Sub-continent, Middle East,North America, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Cargo Branded Services: TimeDefinite, Block Space, Full Charter. Total ‘06Tonnage: 72,000. Total Estimated ‘07 Ton-nage: 75,000. Fleet: Freighters: A300-B4;Combis: 747-200; Passenger: 777, 747.

PLATINUM AIRLINES700 S. Royal Poinciana Blvd. Suite 1000, Mi-ami Springs, FL 33166

Phone: 305-888-2227. Fax: 305-888-5220Contact: Lee Depontes, President/CEOE-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Indian/Subconti-nent, Middle East, North & South America,Pacific Rim, Cuba. Door-to-Door Service:Yes, U.S. & Brazil. Non-Scheduled Charter:Yes. Fleet: Freighters: 727-200 (8). Passen-ger: 727-200 (4).

POLAR AIR CARGO 2000 Westchester Ave. Purchase, NY, 10577Phone: 562-590-7830; Fax: 562-528-7430.WWW.polaraircargo.comE-Mail: [email protected]: Edward Hernandez, Sr VP. Sales& Mktg. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North & South America. (Through)Caribbean, Indian/Subcontinent, MiddleEast, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: Yes, America – Europe - Asia.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: PPS-Priority, PPX-Priority, Special Animals. Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (6), 747-200 (1).

POLET AIRLINES123, Prospect Truda, 394019 Voronezh, Russia. Phone: 732 392850. Fax: 732 392849E-Mail: [email protected].: 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2805, New York,NY 10118. Contact: Dmitry Ardeev, Sales Mgr.Phone: 212-279-3707; Fax: 212-279-6499E-Mail: [email protected] Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Special Services: Specializing intransport of oversized and super heavy cargo. Fleet: Freighters: AN-124-100 (6).

QANTAS203 Coward Street, Qantas Centre, Bldg. C,Level 6, Mascot, NSW 2020, Australia.WWW.qantasfreight.comU.S.: 6555 W. Imperial Hwy., Los Angeles,CA 90045. Phone: 310-665-2212; Fax: 310-665-2219E-Mail: lschneider@qantas. com.au. Contact: Larry Schneider, Mgr Mktg. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Pacific Rim, South America,Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.

Cargo Branded Services: Air Freight, ExPlus Freight, Express Small Package. Total ’06 Traffic: 2.5 billion FTKs.Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (3 operated by At-las Air); Passenger: 747-400 (24); 747-300 (3),767-300 (29), A330 (10) 737 (52). Comments: Australian Air Express is domes-tic operating subsidiary.

QATAR AIRWAYS Doha International Air Freight Terminal, POBox 22550, Doha, QatarPhone: 924 4556133. Fax: 924 6622486.Contact: John Batten, GM CargoE-Mail: [email protected].: 1750 Tysons Blvd., McLean, VA 22102Contact Charlie Storcks, Reg Cargo Mgr.-the AmericasE-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, MiddleEast, North America, Russia/CIS, and South-east Asia. (Through) Australia, Caribbean.Door-to-Door Service: No,Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: Oryx Silver, Gold& Platinum, Oryx Phama, Oryx DGR/OryxSafe, Oryx Secure. Fleet: Freighters: A300-600(3). Passenger: A340, A330, A300, A319, A320(total 55) Comments: Five 777 freightersscheduled for delivery starting 2009.

ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES Housing Bank Commercial Complex, QueenNoor Street, PO Box 302 Amman, Jordan.Phone: +962 6567 8336. Fax: +962 656 2902. Contact: Fathi Hamoud, Head of Cargo Sales.E-Mail: [email protected].: Cargo Sales JFK Int’l Airport, CargoBldg 67, Room 3251, Jamaica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-632-4740; Fax: 718-632-5285E-Mail: [email protected]: Daniel Durso, Cargo Sales Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Sub-Continent, Mid-dle East, North America, Russia/CIS. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Char-ter: Yes. Fleet: Freighter: A310 (2), Passen-ger: A340 (4), A310 (4), A320 (5), A321 (2).

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SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES Saudia City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Phone: +966 2 686 4374; Fax: +966 2 686 2791 Contact: Hatem M. Zarea, VP Cargo Sales &Services.E-Mail: [email protected].: JFK Int’l Airport, Bldg #78, Cargo Ter-minal, Jamaica, NY 11430. Phone: 718-995-9033; Fax: 718-915-4370Contact: Barry Lennihan, Reg. Mgr. CargoSls & Svc. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, MiddleEast, North America, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Total ’05 Traffic: 1.02billion FTKs. Fleet: Freighters: 747-200 (1),MD-11 (4); Passenger: 747-400 (5), 747-300(9), 747-100 (7), 777 (23), A300-600 (11), MD-90 (29), 727 (1).

SINGAPORE AIRLINES CARGO PO Box 50, Airmail Transit Center, Singa-pore 918101. WWW.siacargo.comRoutes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Australia, Europe, Indian/Subconti-nent, Middle East, North America, SW Pa-cific, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-Scheduled Charter:Yes. argo Branded Services: Swiftrider.Fleet: Freighters: 747-400 (14)

SOUTHERN AIR 117 Glover Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850.Phone: 203-229-2448. Fax: 203-847-9612.Contact: Tom Gillies, COO.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North America, Pacific Rim, South-east Asia. (Through) Middle East. Door-to-Door Service: No. Non-ScheduledCharter: Yes. Fleet: Freighters 747-200 (10).

SOUTHWEST AIRLINESPO Box 36611, Dallas, TX 75235. Phone: 800-533-1222; Fax: 214-792-4199WWW.swacargo.comContact: Cargo Customer Care. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)North America. Door-to-Door Service: Yes,available upon request. Cargo BrandedServices: NFG (Next Flight Guaranteed);RUSH Priority Freight, FREIGHT. Fleet: Passenger: 737s (Total 515).

SUNCOAST AIR TRANSPORTATION10359 Orangewood Blvd., Orlando, FL 32821.Phone: 407-876-2739. Fax: 407-876-2671.Contact: Nicholas Forlano, President orRoger Kennedy, Sr VP Ops.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Caribbean, Europe, North America, PacificRim, South America. Door-to-Door Service:Yes. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Total’06Tonnage: 420 million lbs. Total’07 EstimatedTonnage: 600 million lbs.

SWISS WORLDCARGOPO Box 8058, Zurich Airport Phone: +41 1 564 5050; Fax: +41 1 564 5501 Contact: Bernd Maresch, GM-Mktg. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Europe, Indian/Subcontinent, MiddleEast, North America, Russia/CIS, South Amer-ica, Southeast Asia; (Through) Pacific Rim.Door-to-Door Service: No. Cargo BrandedServices: Swiss General Cargo, Swiss X-

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TAMPA AIRLINES CARGO Hangar de Aerolinea Tampa, Terminal de-carga Aeropuerto Intl. Jose Maria Cordova,Rionegro-Antioquia, Colombia.Phone: +57 1 439790. Contact: Liborio CuellarAraujo, VP Sls/Mktg.WWW.tampacargo.comU.S.: 1650 N.W. 66th Avenue, Bldg. 708,Suite 206, Miami, FL 33152. Phone: 305-526-6720.E-Mail: [email protected]: Pedro Pulido. Routes Served FromHome Country: (Direct) Caribbean, North &South America; (Through) Europe. Door-to-Door Service: No. Cargo Branded Services:T-Cargo, T-Charters, T-Express. Fleet: Freighters: 767-200ER (4), MD-11 (1).

THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL 2nd Floor, Room No. 6201, BFZ Building,Customs Free Zone Area, SuvarnabhumiIntl. Airport Bangplee Samutprakarn 10540Bangkok, Thailand. Phone: +66 2137 4095; Fax: +66 2137 4094 E-Mail: [email protected].: 6501 W. Imperial Hwy., Los Angeles,CA 90045. Phone: 310-670-8591; Fax: 310-670-1057Contact: Geoffrey Gilbert, Cargo Sales Mgr.E-Mail: [email protected] Service: Only within Thailand.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Cargo BrandedServices: Thai Cargo, Thai Care. Total ‘06 Ton-nage: 468,000 tons. Total’07 Estimated Ton-nage: 512,000 tons. Fleet: Passenger: 747-400,777-300, 777-200, A340-600, A340-500. (total 88).

TRANSMILEMezzanine 2, Block B, Letter Box 20, HPTowers, 12 Jalan Gelenggang, 50490 BukitDamansara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Tel: +60 3-2093 7718. Fax: +60 3-2093 7719. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Asia, Europe, India Sub-Continent, MiddleEast, North America. Door-to-Door Service:No. Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Fleet:Freighters: MD-11 (4), 727-200 (6), 737-200 (3).Comments: Also offers engineering and tech-nical services, including heavy maintenancechecks, modification work and hushkitting.



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UNITED AIRLINES 1200 E. Algonquin Road, Elk Grove Village, IL60007Phone: 847-700-4939; Fax: 847-700-6787Contact: Neel Shah, VP Sls & Mktg; E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East,North & South America, Pacific Rim, South-east Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: No. Cargo Brand-ed Services: EXP (Global Express Servicefor Freight & Small Packages), GEN (Gener-al Freight Service), SPD (U.S. DomesticSmall Package Service), Temperature-Con-trolled Service (Beginning 1Q 2008). Total ‘06 Tonnage: 600,530 metric tons, RTK:3.3 Billion RTKs. Fleet: A319 (55), A320 (95), 737 (90), 747 (30),757 (97), 767 (41), 777 (52).

UPS AIR CARGO1400 N. Hurstbourne Parkway, Louisville, KY40223.Phone: 800-535-2345E-Mail: [email protected]: Dion DeMasters, Marketing & Pric-ing Mgr. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Indian/SubContinent, Middle East, North & SouthAmerica, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes.Cargo Branded Services: UPS Air Cargo Pri-ority, UPS Air Cargo Reserved. Fleet:Freighters: 747, 767, 757, MD-11, A300F4-600R,DC-8 (total 263). Comments: UPS Air CargoPriority Service carries the 100 percent mon-ey back guarantee on U.S. origin cargo.

US AIRWAYS4000 East Sky Harbor Blvd, Phoenix, AZ85034.Phone: 480-693-8169. Fax: 480-693-8105.Contact: Robin Salisbury, Cargo Sales &Service Mgr.E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)North & South America. (Through) Africa,Australia, Indian/Subcontinent, Middle East,Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS, Southeast Asia.Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: No.

VARIG BRAZILIAN AIRLINES Varig Log, Rua Cajaiba 123 – cj, 1105025, SaoPaulo, Brazil.Phone: +55 011 3119 7003. Fax: +55 21 814 5732. E-Mail: [email protected] Served From Home Country: (Direct)Europe, North & South America, PacificRim.Door-to-Door Service: Yes (Brazil). Fleet: (Varig Log) Freighters: MD-11 (2), DC-10-30 (3), 757-200 (6), 727-200 (3)

VIRGIN ATLANTIC CARGO Unit 1, Satellite Business Village, FlemingWay, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9ND,United Kingdom.Phone: +44 129 3551006; Fax: +44 129 3613157 Contact: John Lloyd, Dir/Cargo. WWW.virgin.com/cargoU.S.: 1983 Marcus Avenue, Suite 100, LakeSuccess, NY 11042. Phone: 516-775-2600; Fax: 516-354-3760Contact: Jack Fiol, Sr. VP Cargo NA. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Australia, Caribbean, Indian/Sub Con-tinent, Middle East, North America, South-east Asia; (Through) Europe, Pacific Rim,Russia/CIS, South America. Cargo Branded Services: Must Ride, Vex.Fleet: Passenger: 747-400 (13), A340-600 (10),A340-500 (6).

WORLD AIRWAYS 101 World Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269. Phone: 770-632-8316; Fax: 770-632-8082E-Mail: [email protected]: Joe Fralick, VP Cargo. Routes Served From Home Country: (Direct)Africa, Australia, Caribbean, Europe, Indi-an/Subcontinent, Middle East, North &South America, Pacific Rim, Russia/CIS,Southeast Asia. Door-to-Door Service: No.Non-Scheduled Charter: Yes. Fleet:Freighters: MD-11 (6), DC-10-30 (2), 747-400(2); Passenger: MD-11 (85), DC-10-30 (1). ■




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Thor Kjartans-son, who capped his36-year career in avi-ation by headingBluebird Cargo, diedNov. 17 after a heartattack. He was 55. Anative of Iceland,Kjartansson spentmost of his career with Cargolux,where he started in flight operationsin 1973 and later became head of theairline’s marketing department as itmoved into 747-200 freighter opera-tions. As a regional vice presidentbased in Miami, he developed newroutes to the West Coast, includingan innovative sea-air service throughSeattle. He left Cargolux in 1990 toform a London-based consultancy,Mergeglobal, and returned to activeairline leadership in 2000 as a co-founder and major investor in Ice-land-based Bluebird. He led that carri-er, a 737 ACMI operator, for six yearsuntil its sale to FL Group, now part ofIcelandair. Kjartansson was also ac-tive in larger cargo industry affairs,helping lead the International AirCargo Association secretariat in Lon-don before it was moved to Miami in1993. He is survived by his wife of 37years, Guobjörg Astrid Skúladóttir,and two sons.

Airlines

Silk Way Air-lines: The freightairline, which alsorepresents the cargodivision of Azerbai-jan (Azul) Airlines,named JosephBadamo director ofsales, based at New

York’s Kennedy International Air-port. Badamo had been vice presi-dent of sales for Evergreen Interna-tional Airlines and held several man-agement positions in the industrybefore that, including regional direc-tor of cargo sales and operations forKLM Cargo.

Alaska Airlines: The carriernamed Ginny Carruthers directorof government affairs in Washington.A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, shehas been with Alaska Airlines for 20years, most recently as East Coast re-gional sales manager. She started hercareer at Eastern Airlines.

Integrators

UPS: The carrier named RudyMarkham, the retired chief finan-cial officer of consumer productsmanufacturer Uniliver, to its boardof directors. Markham, 61, is a na-tive of the United Kingdom whoworked at Unilever at various fi-nancial positions in Europe andAsia before retiring from the com-pany in 2007.

Third Parties

Expeditors International: TheSeattle-based forwarder promoted R.Jordan Gates president and chiefoperating officer and Timothy C.Barber president for global sales andmarketing. Gates, who had beenchief financial officer, takes the placeof Glenn Alger, who retired last May.Gates started at Expeditors in 1991 ascontroller for Europe and has beenCFO and a member of the board ofdirectors since 2000. Barber started atExpeditors in 1986 and has held sev-eral management positions, rising toexecutive vice president of globalsales in 1999.

AMI: The Britishwholesaling divisionof Menzies Interna-tional appointed PatWalsh general man-ager of its express di-vision, based at Lon-don Heathrow Air-

port. Walsh began his career in thelate 1970s and later held manage-ment positions with various opera-tors. He was most recently managerof global courier, mail and expressfor airline bmi.

Towne Holdings: The companynamed cargo industry veteran PaulJ. Martins president of Towne Net-work Solutions, the logistics unit ofexpedited trucker Towne Air Freight.Martins spent 15 years at UPS, andheld positions including director ofUPS Air Cargo. He joined Mercury AirCargo in Los Angeles in 2003 as presi-dent and chief operating officer ofthe airline services business, includ-ing its Hermes Aviation GSA unit.

SkyLink USA: The aviation ser-vices and logistics company hiredColleen Henry as a program sup-port specialist for peacekeeping andinternational relief services. She was astaff assistant for the InternationalMonetary Fund in Washington.

APL Logistics: The unit of oceanoperator APL named John Hurst tothe new position of vice president ofwarehouse management services forthe Americas. The 18-year logisticsveteran had been managing directorof APL Logistics in Atlanta. Hejoined the company in 1996 afterseven years at TNT Logistics.

Agility: The Kuwait-based logis-tics provider promoted Christo-pher Logan to chief strategy andmarketing officer. He also joined theAgility Management Board. Loganhad been senior vice president for

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Inter Aviation Services: TheNetherlands-based cargo generalsales agent named Erik Gregorygeneral manager. Gregory was a mar-keting manager for Polar Air Cargobased in Amsterdam. IAS also hiredEsther Kort-Boreas as a sales andmarketing executive. She had beenwith Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Ground Handling

Nagamas International: TheMalaysian business group namedDatuk J.J. Ong, former senior gen-eral manager for MASKargo, chiefexecutive officer and said he willlead the group’s expansion in China.

Airport Termi-nal Services: TheU.S. ground handlernamed Greg Dawsregional vice presi-dent of operationsand Jim Murphy re-gional vice presidentof customer service.Daws has been in avi-ation for 25 years,working at Unitedand, Continental air-lines and Ward Airbefore joining ATS in1988. Murphy startedat Piedmont Airlinesin 1982 and worked atUSAirways before joining ATS.

Manufacturers

Boeing: The aircraft manufacturernamed Raymond Conner vicepresident of sales at Boeing Commer-cial Airplanes, replacing Larry Dick-enson, who retired after 39 years.Conner, 52, joined Boeing in 1977 as

a 727 mechanic. Hehad led commercialaircraft sales for Boe-ing in the Americassince February 2003.He was vice presidentand general managerof the 777 programbefore that and earli-

er Conner was vice president and GMof the 747 program.

Consultants

OAG: The avia-tion services divisionof United BusinessMedia, owners of AirCargo World, namedRoy W. Hectemansenior advisor for airfreight and logisticsfor consultancy at

OAG. A veteran of the forwardingbusiness, Hecteman served as vicepresident for corporate planningand development for Integres Glob-al Logistics and before that was vicepresident of business developmentfor online freight exchange iCargo.Between 1990 and July 2000, Hecte-man was senior director for airfreight operations at forwarder Cir-cle International. ■

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Jan. 23-25

Mumbai: Air Cargo India2008, organized by the Stat TradeTimes, looking at one of the world’sfastest growing freight markets. Forinformation, call +91 22 2757 0550or visit: www.stattimes.com/aci2008.

Jan. 30-31

London: Cargo Aircraft & Op-erations Conference, the sixth an-nual edition of the Aviation IndustryGroup event looks at conversions, en-vironmental pressures, cargo airportsand other freighter targets. For infor-mation, call +44 207 828 4376 or e-mail: [email protected].

Feb. 12-14

Bahrain: World Air CargoEvent, at the Bahrain InternationalExhibition Centre, the annual tab-mag event includes a conference andexhibit hall. For information, call +441784 255000 or e-mail: [email protected].

Feb. 24-26

Boston: 2008 InternationalBoston Seafood Show, the 26th

annual edition of an event looks athow shippers of great scale keep itcool. For information, call (972) 620-3040 or visit: www.seafoodpro-cessingamerica.com.

Feb. 25-26

Puerta Vallarta, Mexico:World Mail and Express Americ-as, at the Sheraton Buganvillas, theTriangle Management event hits thebeach. For information, call +44 870950 7900 or visit: www.triangle.eu.com.

March 2-6

Rome: IATA World Air CargoSymposium, at the Marriott ParkCentre, the sprawling event is becom-ing the premiere annual event in theair freight world, with speakers in-cluding DHL’s John Allen,Lufthansa’s Carsten Spohr and othersacross nearly a full week of industryimmersion. For information, call(514) 874-0202 or visit:www.iata.org/events.

March 16-18

Orlando, Fla.: AirCargo 2008,at the Omni ChampionsGate, theannual three-sided meeting of theU.S. Air Forwarders Association, theAir and Expedited Motor Carriers As-sociation and the Express DeliveryAssociation. For information, call(703) 361-5208 or visit: www.airfor-warders.org.

March 26-27

Los Angeles: ACI-NA Air Car-go Symposium, the annual eventby Airports Council International-North America co-sponsored by AirCargo World and the Cargo AirlineAssociation takes an inside-the-fencelook at cargo operations. For infor-mation, call (202) 293-8500 or visit:www.aci-na.org.

April 8-10

Las Vegas, Nev.: Airport Expo2008, at the Mandalay Bay Resort,the ground services and equipmentexpo annual event organized by

Mack-Brooks Exhibitions. For infor-mation, call +44 1727 814400 or visit:www.airportexpo2008.com.

April 23-25

Brussels: Council of SupplyChain Management Profession-als - 2008, the European version ofthe sprawling event for shippers looksat “Enhancing Supply Chain Perfor-mance in an Uncertain World. For in-formation, call +1 630-645-3487 orvisit: www.cscmp.org.

May 4-6

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., CNSPartnership 2008, at the PGA Na-tional Resort & Spa, the annual CargoNetwork Services meeting is a mustfor the international air freight busi-ness in North America. For informa-tion, call (516) 747-3312 or visit:www.cnsc.net.

May 12-14

Copenhagen: InternationalAir Cargo Association ExecutiveConference and Annual Gener-al Meeting, a smaller, focused ver-sion of the larger TIACA Air CargoForum, the event looks at environ-mental issues, express competitionand ocean inroads. For information,call (786) 265-7011 or visit:www.tiaca.org.

May 20-22

Chantilly, Va.: Regional AirCargo Association Spring Con-ference, at the Westfields Marriott

near Dulles Airport, looking at waysto prop up feeder business. For in-formation, call (508) 747-1430 orvisit: www.raccaonline.org. ■


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