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NEWS Brazil Grand Prix: GAC in F1 race


UNITED AIRLINES is to inaugurate a daily B767 service on 12 December between Washington Dulles and Lagos, Nigeria. US-bound flights will start the following day. Flights in both directions will call at Accra in Ghana.


AIR ATLANTA ICELANDIC has extended its wet-lease agreement with Cargolux Airlines on a B747-200SF. Air Atlanta will continue to provide the Luxembourg-based carrier with the aircraft on an ACMI (aircraft, crew, mainte- nance and insurance) basis until the end of 2011.


CHINESE AIRLINES reported a cargo traffic volume of 496,400 tonnes in October, a 18.3 percent improvement on the same month last year.


THE GOVERNMENTS of the Philippines and China have signed a new air services deal, which allows a signifi- cant increase in the number of flights between the two countries.


WHEN NICO Hulkenberg claimed pole position for the AT&T Williams team at the recent F1 BrazilianGrand Prix in São Paulo, a vital compo- nent of the group that achieved this success was a 21- year-old import clerk from GAC Logistics in London. The AT&T Williams team


had suffered a critical IT hard- ware failure during pre-race preparation, less than 36 hours before a vital qualifying session was to take place. Speed was critical as the


replacement parts were rushed by GAC from the AT&T Williams factory in the English countryside and delivered to a grateful recipient at the Inter-


lagos race track in downtown São Paulo. To make sure that the parts


arrived on time and in good shape, the dedicated sports logistics team at GAC Logis- ticsUKhad tomove very fast. After a flurry of activity to


arrange all the special paper- work, the necessary airline bookings and Customs clear- ance, Kirsty Green from the company’s import department flew out to Brazil. She handed over the pack-


age to AT&T Williams team manager Dickie Stanford at the circuit in the early hours of Saturday morning, with still enough time remaining for the team’s IT technicians to make


Pole position: Hulkenberg at a pre-race press conference


the essential updates to the computer system. “GAC is used to meeting critical needs in the sports


logistics business,” commented Rob Cotton, key accountman- ager (Sports), at Dubai-head- quartered GAC Logistics.


Schenkermarks 50 years of business in Argentina


DB SCHENKER has cele- brated its 50th year of doing business in Argentina. Since opening a Buenos


Aires office in 1960, the Ger- many-headquartered logistics company has grown from being a receiving agent for air and ocean freight to one of the leading providers of logistics services in Argentina, present in five locations with its own facilities and around 300 staff. However, challenging con-


ditions have notmade the task any easier, Schenker said. The country was shaken by amajor economic crisis in 2001, and the terms of 17 of its 24 presi- dents have ended prematurely over the past 50 years. “Our success shows that


good performance and a high commitment makes it possible to win and keep customers, even in an environment that is not always an easy one,” said Thomas Lieb, chairman of the Schenker management board responsible for global air and


THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on Latin American governments to address chal- lenges facing the region’s avia- tion industry. While director general and


CEO Giovanni Bisignani stressed that “Latin America has emerged as a shining star in the industry after a decade of crisis and change”, he added: “Evenmore change is needed.” He said that safety must be


a priority, while government taxation on carriers in the area is too steep. Bisignani also commented:


“Brazil is Latin America’s fastest-growing aviation mar- ket but its infrastructure capa- bility is not keeping pace with the growth in demand.”


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Bisignani – Brazil is not keeping pace with demand


However, on amore positive


note, he concluded: “This region has an enormous amount to contribute to the global industry.”


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Lieb – not an easy environment in which to do business


ocean freight, during a recep- tion held for 350 customers in BuenosAires tomark the date. With an airport location and


a modern logistics centre in Buenos Aires, the company’s customers include the interna- tional automotive industry and its suppliers, as well as enter- tainment electronics, the con- sumer goods industry and food producers.


IATA wants change in Latin America


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