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Relief:logisticsgiantslendmuscle
MANY OF THE world’s biggest Theteam,consistingofnineDHL Logistics Emergency Teams from Singaporetomaintainthereliefoper- president of the carrier, earlier this
logisticsconcernshavecometogether volunteers,hadthemissionofkeep- these companies capitalise on the ationsthatitlaunchedon1October. month.
to help with the international relief ingtheairportopenforreliefflights localoperationsofwhicheveroneof “Wewillcontinuetoproviderelief “Ouraircraftareideallysuitedfor
efforts launched in the wake of the and reducing any logistic bottle- themhasabasenearesttothespot flights as required to assist in the thisworkandourcrewsandsupport
series of natural disasters that have necks, the integrator said. It added wherereliefisneeded. recovery efforts of the devastated personnel are rapidly responding to
recentlyhitSouth-EastAsia. thatthedeploymenttookplaceinco- Meanwhile, many other private areas,”commentedJudyMcKenzie, thoseinneed,”sheadded.
DeutschePostDHLhasdeployed operation with both UN agencies sectorconcernsareinvolvedinflying
a Disaster Response Team to the and the national authorities in the suppliestotheareaseffected.
Philippines,withitsinitialpersonnel Philippines. Chapman Freeborn’s Singapore
Russia: Volga-Dnepr puts AN-26
arriving in the capital’s Ninoy Three other logistic giants – officehastakentheleadinoverseeing
Aquino International airport at the Agility,TNTandUPS–havejoined themovementofhundredsoftonnes
lift on domestic freight routes
startofthismonth(October). with the UN’s World Food Pro- ofreliefcargobeingcarriedonchar-
gramme to move tered Hercules, DC-10, IL-76 and RUSSIA’SVolga-DneprGroupisnow
foodandotherrelief B747 freighters to the Philippines, offeringregionalaircargoservices,a
assistance to those SumatraandSamoa. newlineofbusinessfortheairline.
affectedbytheflood- LyndenAirCargoofAnchorageis InitiallyemployingAN-26Fs–which
inginthePhilippines justoneofthecarrierstohaveflown
canmovemorethan5tonnesof
and the earthquake reliefgoodsintothestrickenregions.
freightoverarangeof1,100km,the
in Padang, Indone- Ithasliftedwater,blankets,bedsand
operatorsaiditintendstodeploy
sia. othersuppliesintoApia,Samoaand
othertypesoffreightersonthese
Agility, UPS and PadanginIndonesia.
operationsinduecourse.
TNT are collaborat- Lynden, which operates six Her-
Thefirstoftheregionalfreighter
ing under the LETs cules freighters, based one of the
flightstookplaceinearlySeptember
initiative,whichsees L100-30s inAustraliaandanotherin
betweenMoscowSheremetyevoInter-
nationalairportandUsinsk.Then,on2
Frankfurt air freight is still down, but the rate of decline slows
October,asecondflightleftNoviyUre-
ngoycarrying3tonnesofdrilling
GERMANY’Sbusiestairfreighthub, freight handled over the first three Lastmonth,airportoperatorFra-
equipmentdestinedforSakhalin.
Gliznoutsa – service satisfies
DennisGliznoutsa,Volga-Dnepr
Frankfurt-MainInternationalairport, quarters of 2009, at 1.3 million port’s executive board chairman,
“a further niche in the market”
groupcommercialdirector(charters),
processed 161,234 tonnes of air tonnes. StefanSchulte,saidthatFrankfurtis
commented:“Thisisanewlinelaunchedinthebusinessstructure
freightinSeptember,afallof5.4per- Airmailwasdownby16.2percent “stronglypositionedandhasexcellent
thattotallycorrespondstothe‘cargosupermarket’conceptthat
centonthesamemonthof2008. year-on-yearinSeptember–at5,978 growth potential” for air cargo and
Volga-Dneprimplementedsomeyearsago.
Whilestilldownonlastyear,this tonnes–andby14.3percentoverthe passengers.Hesaidthata‘corporate
“ThisbusinessdirectionmeansVolga-Dneprisabletosatisfya
figureisamarkedimprovementon January to September period at fitnessprogramme’wouldbeusedto
furthernicheinthemarketoftransportandlogisticsservices.”
the16.6percentfallinyear-on-year 56,476tonnes. makeFraportbothleanandefficient.
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