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WORLD NEWS TAPA drives fight against crime
THORSTEN Neumann, the crime intelligence, enhanced
Transported Asset Protection security standards, network-
AIR FRANCE-KLM flew 17.2 percent less cargo in
Association (TAPA) EMEA ingopportunitiesandourcon-
September than in the same month of 2008. However, with
region chairman, says it has tinued dialogue with bodies
capacity down by 20.2 percent, the load factor actually
beenarecordyearofmember- suchastheEU.
improved to 66.1 percent. The data includes services oper-
ship growth that bears testi- “Justasimportantly,weare
ated by Martinair.
mony to the importance seeing record attendances at
manufacturers of high-value ourconferencesandnoshort-
MUNICH AIRPORT processed 57,000 tonnes of flown
goods and their logistics and age of volunteers for task
air freight and mail in the third quarter of this year, a fall of
transport suppliers place on groups which I believe indi-
13 percent over the July - September period of 2008.
tacklingcargocrime. cates TAPA’s success in pro-
However, this was still an improvement on the 18 percent
So far in 2009, TAPA ducing measurable benefits
year-on-year decline seen in the first half of 2009.
EMEA has attracted 36 new that can be clearly linked to
members, taking its total improvingthebottomlinesof
SABENA TECHNICS has agreed a deal with Mistral Air
membership to a record level ourmembers.” noted: “Security has always Data covering the second
that will see it perform component repair and overhaul ser-
ofover260companies. UPS, the world’s largest been a high priority. We look quarter of 2009 shows that
vices for the Italian cargo carrier’s ATR 42 aircraft.
Neumann pointed out: package delivery company, is forward to working ... to fur- members of TAPA EMEA
“TAPA EMEA is going from thelatestcompanytojointhe ther develop safeguards and reported 525 incidents of
TOULOUSE-BLAGNAC International airport handled
strength to strength. We are TAPA initiative, he observed. standards to improve and cargo crime with a loss value
5,063 tonnes of freight and mail in September, down by 3
continuing to provide real Howard Stone, an aviation enhance global supply chain of 12.2 million euro (US$18
percent over the same month of 2008.
benefits to members through security spokesman for UPS, security.” million) during the period.
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM International airport in Texas
handled 5,352 tonnes of cargo during August, down by 32
percent year-on-year. Over the first eight months of 2009,
Air Logistics Group opens new GSSA branch in Sofia
air cargo throughput dropped by 27 percent year-on-year
GLOBAL CARGO general LogisticsGroupregionaldirec- Europe, the Air Logistics
to 46,085 tonnes.
sales and services agent torCentralEurope,said:“This GroupoperationintheCzech
(GSSA) Air Logistics Group isastrategicpartofourdevel- Republichasrecentlybeencer-
IN ITS WINTER SCHEDULE, Thai Airways is adding five
hasopenedanairportofficein opment plans for the Central tifiedasbeingISO9001:2009
times a week B777-200 direct flights from Bangkok to the
Bulgaria, boosting a regional Europeanregion.” compliant.
Australian city of Brisbane.
presence that already includes “We have already secured Thecompanynotedthatit
operations in Austria, the agreementswithsomekeyair- istheonlygeneralsalesagent
MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL airport processed
Czech Republic, Hungary, line accounts and our small inthecountrytohavegained
301,207 tons of cargo in August, down by 3.3 percent
PolandandSlovakia. andexperiencedteamisallset accreditation for the interna-
year-on-year. At 2,375,854 tonnes, the January - August
Thenewbranchopenedfor to provide professional cargo tionalqualitystandard.
throughput represents a 3.6 percent drop over the same
businesson1OctoberatSofia outsourcingservicestoourair-
period of 2008.
International airport, from linepartnersfromthisregion.” Hudecek: “this is a strategic part
where Jindrich Hudecek, Air InothernewsfromCentral
of our development plans”
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