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Keeping that cutting edge


The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has responsibility for a huge slice of transport infrastructure around the ‘Big Apple’ and freight is a key part of its business. PANYNJ is currently working on several projects to ensure that it continues to provide a high-level of service to air cargo customers


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here are several projects currently being undertaken by the Port Author- ity of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) as the organisation works to keep its gateways at the cutting


edge of freight transportation. Mike Bednarz, manager air cargo business


development at the authority’s aviation depart- ment, outlines three particular areas that PANYNJ is currently working on. First, with regard to security: “The Port


Authority prides itself in taking a leadership role in this area and has traditionally gone above and beyond what is required to provide a safe, secure


environment at our airports and at all of our transportation facilities.” He went on: “To maintain the high stan-


dards we have set, the JFK International Airport Air Cargo Security Advisory Board, a group of stakeholders representing various segments of our industry, continues to proactively deal with security challenges as they arise.” Currently, the board is evaluating technolo-


gies that will help document compliance with air cargo screening requirements set out by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA). It is also working on developing tech- niques and protocols that will “help those


companies authorised to tender or transport screened cargo to air carriers effectively secure the chain of custody”. Plus, Bednarz explained:


“We have undertaken an initia- tive to redevelop JFK’s extensive cargo areas, and we are also partnering with the New York City Economic Development Corporation on a JFK air cargo study.” Launched last August, the


study will provide an overview of the JFK air cargo market and will identify challenges and opportunities. The findings will be used to create strategies to increase cargo traffic and accommodate future demand. While this study is in progress, the develop-


ment of a new, large multi-tenant cargo facility for common use in the north area of JFK is moving forward. In terms of current highlights, he remarked:


“We were excited to see Air France reintroduce freighter service to the New York market ... with a twice-weekly B777F service at the end of March. “TNT also began five times weekly B777F


Bednarz: “we still anticipate future growth”


freighter service into JFK. Carri- ers Emirates and CAL Cargo Airlines have block space agree- ments on these flights. Emirates has the lion’s share of space, which will certainly attract main-deck and larger cargo vol- umes from beyond the region’s traditional catchment area.” Moreover, Bednarz observed:


“Cargolux introduced B747-8F operations to JFK at the end of January. We also expect to see both Cathay Pacific and NCA B747-8F aircraft later in the year.” He feels that the South America market remains impor-


tant for New York’s airports, with year-on-year growth in volumes of 3.7 percent on that sector for the first two months of 2012 – driven by strong demand for imports. “In terms of attracting freighter services, the


consistently high cost of jet fuel continues to be a challenge to all US airports. We still anticipate future growth, much of it driven by increases in widebody aircraft service such as United’s early April 2012 introduction of widebody aircraft flights between Newark Liberty International airport and Buenos Aires.” (see Briefs)


BRIEFS • BRIEFS • BRIEFS • BRIEFS


ON 11 APRIL, Delta Air Lines broke ground on a US$160 million renovation and expansion of its facilities at New York’s LaGuardia airport. The air- line is in the process of creating a new domestic hub, adding flights to 26 new cities by 11 July.


TAIWANESE CARRIER EVA Air is to increase its B777-300ER Taipei - New York service from four to five flights a week from 18 June, as well as elimi- nating the present fuel stop in Anchorage from that date.


THE US SPACE SHUTTLE Enterprise is moving to a new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. A ceremonial flypast


over New York is planned today (23 April) with the space shuttle riding piggyback on a specially- converted NASA B747 before its final landing at John F Kennedy International airport.


UNITED AIRLINES began daily non-stop B767- 300 flights between New York’s Newark Liberty International airport and Buenos Aires on 6 April, replacing the service that used to connect the US capital Washington DC with the Argentinian city.


AIR CHARTERAuthority, a New York-based glob- al cargo charter company founded in 2011, has appointed Michael Guthenberg to its team as a broker and joint managing partner.


Brussels Airlines to offer African connections at JFK


Herman Hoornaert, head of cargo at Brussels Airlines Cargo, says that from 1 June the carrier will operate daily A330-300 services between the Belgian capital and New York JFK Interna- tional airport, providing a link from the US via Brussels to the airline’s network of 20 destina- tions across Africa as well as 50 European cities. Hoornaert commented: “Brussels Airlines is an Africa specialist, and this new connection


opens cargo opportunities for the African com- munities in the USA.” The carrier expects to offer between 8 and 10


tonnes of cargo capacity on the flights; that space will be marketed by Globe Air Cargo USA, part of Paris-headquartered ECS Group. Hoornaert said the airline is conduct-


ing feasibility studies for other routes to the east coast of the US or Canada.


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