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NEWS Cathay tells of ‘robust’ demand


AIR FRANCE-KLM CARGO flew 944 million revenue tonne-km in June, 0.8 percent more than in the same month of 2009. With capacity down year-on-year by 2.8 percent, the load factor rose by 2.4 percentage points to 67.7 percent.


EGYPTAIR IS TOSTEP up its flights between Cairo and Lon- don Heathrow, operating double-daily services three times a week and daily at other times. The carrier will continue to offer a weekly flight between Luxor and London Heathrow.


AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYS IT flew 159 million cargo ton-miles in June, up by 19.3 percent on the same month last year.


KENYA AIRWAYS is to acquire two Embraer E190 air- craft, the first of which is expected before the end of 2010, citing the need for more passenger and cargo capacity.


HONG KONG-based com- bined carriers Cathay Pacific and Dragonair have released air freight figures for June that show significant growth in the amount of cargo and mail flown by the two airlines. Together, they carried a


total of 148,520 tonnes of cargo and mail during the month, up by 19.9 percent on June last year. The cargo andmail load fac-


tor was 75.4 percent, a rise of 4.1 percentage points, while capacity, measured in available freight tonne-km, was up by 19.2 percent. In the first half of 2010, the tonnage carried rose by 24.4


percent year-on-year, com- pared to a capacity increase of 7.1 percent. Cathay Pacific generalman-


ager cargo sales andmarketing JamesWoodrowsaid: “We saw some softening in the market in June compared to previous months and the increase in tonnage was only just ahead of the increase in capacity for the month. “However, overall demand


remained robust out of the key Hong Kong and Shanghai markets, particularly


on


transpacific routes. The Japan market has also been perform- ing well.” Woodrow added that the


airline has now brought back all of its parked freighters into service, although one Boeing Converted Freighter will trans- fer to the cargo joint venture with Air China in August.


Cathay Pacific said it


expects to see strong demand throughout July and August, but it is viewing trends towards the end of the year “with a degree of caution”.


Arrivals & Departures


 SCOTT DAVIS (pictured), chairman and CEOof package delivery and supply chain ser- vices provider UPS, has been named to the US President’s Export Council. United Air- lines chairman and CEO GLENN TILTON has also been appointed to the Council.


 Freight management spe- cialist Geodis Wilson has named ALAIN CHIMENE regional vice president of its newly-formed Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.


 Global supply chain services provider Ceva Logistics has appointedMARCOS CAMP- ISTA freight management director for the Rio de Janeiro region of Brazil.


 TheWCA Family of Logis- tics Networks has appointed MARK SMITH development manager. Smith is attached to the WCA Family European Regional Service Centre in


UK AIRPORT owner BAA said cargo traffic in June con- tinued to demonstrate a “period of strong growth”. BAA – which includes Lon-


don Heathrow and London Stansted airports among its areas of responsibility – saw


UK-based freight forwarder Bellville Rodair Global, parent company of the BRI Group, with immediate effect.


 Swissport International, the Zurich-headquartered provider of airport ground and cargo handling services, has named PETER SPECK vice president and head of corporate supply management. He will succeed MARTIN KOCH,who is leav- ing the company to pursue new challenges, effective 1 August.


Amsterdam, where he will assist European members in all aspects of their business as part of their WCA member- ship package.


 NEIL MILLS, currently chief financial officer of low- cost carrier FlyDubai, has been named to take over the post of CEO at Indian low-cost carrier Spicejet by October.


 TERRY WALPOLE has taken over as chairman of


freight traffic through its six UK gateways in June increase by 21.7 percent year-on-year, reaching a total of 147,737 tonnes. Cargo throughput at the


company’s main air freight gateway, London Heathrow,


 PROF CHELSEA WHITE has been named director of the Logistics Institute at Khal- ifa University of Science, Technology and Research in Abu Dhabi.


 Transglobal Cargo Centre, an established handler of per- ishables at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International airport, has appointed MARK CAR- ROLL general manager - sales andmarketing.


BAA encouraged by recent ‘period of strong growth’


was up by 23.4 percent over June 2009 at 127,574 tonnes. During the first half of


2010, the UK gateways run by BAA handled more than 830,000 tonnes of air freight, 21.3 percent more than in the first half of 2009.


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