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Boeing forecast remains buoyant


BOEING’S 2011 Current Market Outlook forecasts a market for 33,500 new aircraft between 2011 and 2030. The US-based


Saudi looks to Vietnam


PETER Scholten, vice president commercial at Saudi Airlines Cargo Company, the stand- alone air freight wing of Saudi Arabian Airlines, says the carrier aims to start up MD- 11 freighter services to Vietnam this winter. Vietnam’s civil aviation administration had


earlier this year granted clearance for the carrier to operate flights to the country from 16 May. Saudi Airlines Cargo will offer three flights


a week between Saudi Arabia and Ho Chi Minh City, with the MD-11F being able to uplift a payload of 80 tons on the route. Saudi Airlines Cargo becomes only the


second Middle East carrier to fly to Vietnam after Qatar Airways, which now operates 11


flights a week between Vietnam and Doha. The aviation market in Vietnam saw


cargo through its airports increase by 30 percent last year to 460,000 tons. Vietnam is forecast to be one of the top


three fastest-growing international freight markets in the world by 2014. nSaudi continues to add B747 freighters to its growing all-cargo fleet. This will allow the airline to add freighter frequencies to Brussels (bringing the weekly total to 14), to Amsterdam (bringing the total to five), Hong Kong (six), Johannesburg (five), Sharjah (three), Khartoum (four) and Addis Ababa (four). Moreover, N’Djamena in Chad will be added to the Saudi network.


ICCS handles new mail business in Shenzhen


INTERNATIONAL Cargo Centre Shenzhen (ICCS), the only air cargo terminal authorised to process international shipments at Shenzhen Bao’an International airport, handled its first shipment of international air express mail when it processed a consignment for a China Airlines flight to Taipei on 15 June. The handler said that contracts signed


recently will see regular shipments of international mail and express mail to Frankfurt, Los Angeles and other destinations on China Airlines and Lufthansa flights from Shenzhen. In other news from the handler, earlier this year it was entrusted with a valuable cargo –


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two endangered white tigers being shipped to Kaohsiung in Taiwan on a China Airlines flight. The animals were a gift to build friendship


between Guangzhou and Kaohsiung city and promote economic and cultural communications between the cities. ICCS said it co-operated closely with China


Airlines to ensure smooth ground handling of the delicate shipment after the white tigers had arrived at ICCS by truck. The documentation, ramp and warehouse staff at ICCS worked with each other to palletise the shipment according to the airline’s requirements while the tigers were kept calm in a quiet area.


manufacturing giant remains buoyant, despite the challenges that continue to face the aviation industry, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth declaring: “Not only is there a strong demand for air travel and new airplanes today, but the fundamental drivers of air travel – including economic growth, world trade and liberalisation – all point to a healthy long-term demand.” Boeing predicts that the world’s


Tinseth: “strong demand”


freighter fleet will expand from 1,760 aircraft to 3,500 by 2030. The additions will consist of 970 newbuild aircraft (with a market value of around US$250 billion) and 1,990 passenger-to-freighter conversions. Large freighters – with more than 80


tonnes of cargo capacity – will make up 690 of the new-production aircraft, with medium-size freighters (between 40 and 80 tonnes) accounting for 280. Boeing also forecasts that no new standard-body, smaller freighters will be required, although there will be 1,240 standard-body passenger-to-freighter conversions. The company’s predictions on freighter


fleet changes are based on its belief that air cargo traffic will grow at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent in the next two decades. Looking at the aviation market as a


whole, Boeing said that “robust growth” in China and South Asia will boost demand, with the Asia Pacific region expected to need the most new aircraft over the next 20 years – with a value of more than $1.5 trillion and accounting for over a third of all new deliveries worldwide over the period.


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