news
More China freighters for Changi IN BRIEF
LUFTHANSA CARGO is enjoying the recent upswing in global air freight,with the carrier seeing strong recovery inmost markets – but particularly in Asia and NorthAmerica. The carrier is convinced that
the current level of recovery will
be sustained, as
demonstrated by the return to service of its four parkedMD-11 freighters. Two of the aircraft are
already back in service and the other two should be flying again by November, in time for the end-of-year peak in business.
EXPRESS LOGISTICS provider TNT Express says it is planning further investment in two of itsAsian services: Clinical Express, a courier service dedicated to the clinical research and pharmaceutical industries, and Hospital Express, which handles pharmaceutical products being transported fromthemanufacturers to general hospitals.
THE GREATER TORONTO AirportsAuthority (GTAA) is to reduce the landing fees for cargo aircraft by 4.3 percent on 1 January, the third reduction this year. The GTAA said the cut was beingmade “to encourage growth and to support local businesses that depend on air cargo delivery”.
SINGAPORE’S Changi airport added another all-cargocarrier toitsnetworkon 9 October, when China Cargo Airlines commencedfreighteroperations fromits main Shanghai hub. China Cargo Airlines will operate 12
flights a week with a combination of B777-200F and MD-11F aircraft, linking Singapore with Bangkok and Shanghai- Pudong. Changi Airport Group executive vice
president, airhubdevelopmentYamKum Weng commented: “China is a fast- growing and major cargo market for Singapore. “Total air freight between the two
nations registered impressive double- digit growth even during the economic downturn in 2009.” He noted that the
carrier can leverage Singapore as a major gateway to capitalise on intra-Asia trade opportunities with ASEAN countries, as well as with India and Australia. The Shanghai-based
Booking: AirAsia Cargo goes IT alone
“AIRASIA CARGO System (AACS) was developed about 10 months ago,” says SathisManoharen, regional head of cargo at Kuala Lumpur-headquartered carriers AirAsia andAirAsia X. He explained: “It’s a web-based cargo
booking and tracking system.We believe thatwe are the firstmajor low-cost airline intheworldtohaveaweb-basedbooking and tracking system. “This system was not an off-the-shelf
cargo system,” he noted. “We evaluated thoroughlywhatwewanted froma cargo systemin regards to our businessmodel andwhat is out there in themarket. “We took the decision to build it on our
own,customisingit toourneedsandways”. Manoharencontinued:“Byandlarge,we
4 AIR LOGISTICSCHINA
felt that the systems on themarket had a number of functions that will not cater to our business needs; and why pay for somethingyoudon’t need? “We expect to be
totally automated and discarding our manual ways on 1 January 2011,” he observed. “We believe AACS will not only give us a shot in the armin terms of our operational efficiency but also in regard to providing valuable analytics, especially in the sphere ofmarket intelligence.”
Manoharen notes “shot in the arm” for efficiency
airline – a joint venture between China Eastern Airlines and China Ocean Shipping – is the third all-cargo carrier to commence operations to the Singapore gateway this year, following Malaysia’s Transmile Air and Indonesia’s Tri-MG Airlines. Thenewoperationbrings thenumber
of freighter operators using Changi to 16 intotal. It alsoincreases thenumberof all- cargo flights between Singapore and China to around 90 everyweek. For the first eight months of 2010, cargo throughput at Changhi rose by 15 percent comparedwith same the period last year, with some 1.2 million tonnes moved.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52