NewsWeek DHL expands presence in China market


AIR MALTA HAS BEEN GRANTED traffic rights to oper- ate flights to Benghazi as well as those it already had to fly to Tripoli. The airline expects to fly daily to the Libyan capital and twice-weekly to Benghazi.


AUSTRIA’S EDELWEISS AIR is making changes in its win- ter schedule that will see the carrier discontinue its services to Beijing but adding twice-weekly flights to Tampa, Florida. Other long-haul operations will see Edelweiss operate twice- weekly flights to Vancouver and a weekly service to Vancouver and Calgary.


KOREAN AIR CARGO is to fly approximately 400 tonnes of UN humanitarian supplies to help the UN relief effort in the Horn of Africa, flying aid into Mombasa, Kenya.


DHL GLOBAL Forwarding has opened five new branch offices


in China – in


Zhengzhou, Taiyuan, Wen- zhou, Xuzhou and Huizhou. DHL said that the new


offices would better meet the growing demand for interna- tional-quality logistics services it is seeing in western and cen- tral China. The freight


forwarding


operation of the logistics giant noted that the openings are “timely”, given the major geo- graphical shift of the country’s manufacturing capacity away from China’s coastal areas into central and western parts of the country.


“Looking beyond Beijing


and Shanghai and tapping into China’s existing infras- tructure in these inland markets enables us to make our multi-modal solutions that much more comprehen- sive,” observed Steve Huang, DHL Global Forwarding’s CEO, China. “The customers can now


not just opt for a combination of rail, road, sea and air trans- port with different transit times and costs but with dif- ferent origins and destinations in mind as per their needs too,” he added. DHL has also just opened a new Life Sciences and Health-


care Competence Center in Beijing, the second of its kind in the country. “The opening of this Life


Sciences and Healthcare Competence Center in China


is a clear testament to the growing demand and oppor- tunity we see in this sector and in Asia Pacific,” noted Roger Crook, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding, Freight.


China Southern Airlines signs up to Cargo 2000


CARGO 2000, the quality management system that forms a fundamental component of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) e-Freight programme, has gained its 30th international carrier member – China Southern Airlines. Mattijs ten Brink, chairman


of Cargo 2000, noted: “As one of mainland China’s leading cargo players, the airline’s deci- sion to join our membership provides a clear indication that the quest for quality is indeed a global pursuit.” Tom Presnail, the project’s


member carrier from the main- land, they have set a standard that will only further encourage participation from other key players within the air transport business in China. “We look forward to an


ever-increasing membership representation, quality


service


focused on delivery


throughout this most impor- tant of markets for any mode of transport,” Presnail enthused. As well as its airline part-


director Asia and the Americas, called the decision a “significant milestone”. He went on: “We hope that as our very first


ten Brink: “the quest for quality is indeed a global pursuit”


ners, the Cargo 2000 effort also boasts a membership including freight forwarders, cargo handlers, road feeder ser-


vice operators, technology providers and cargo airports.


First China Cargo freighter arrives at Lambert - St Louis


A CHINA CARGO Airlines B777F touched down at Lam- bert - St Louis International airport


in late September,


launching all-cargo services to the US gateway from Shanghai. The carrier intends to fly


B777 or B747 freighters on the route while ground and cargo handling at Lambert - St Louis will be by Airport Terminal Ser- vices (ATS) and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS). Barry Nassberg, executive


vice president and COO of WFS, commented: “Our long experience in serving China Cargo at stations around the world is an ideal comple- ment to ATS’s leading presence at Lambert - St Louis.”


Sally Leible, ATS president and chief operat-


ing officer, hailed “a dynamic partnership” combining over 35 years of operating experi- ence at Lambert - St Louis with WFS’s “specific knowledge of China Cargo Airlines”.


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