Volume 15, Issue 32


THE WE EKLY NEWS PAP ER FOR THE AIR CARGO PROF E S S IONAL


Jettainer signs up airberlin


on container deal


Virgin Atlantic Cargo sees record result 3


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UK CARRIER Vir- gin Atlantic released results for its 2011-12 financial year – the 12 months ending 29 February – last week, amongst which was news that its freight- related revenue rose by 7 percent com- pared to the previous year. Cargo-related rev-


enue reached a total of £239.6 million (US$374.3 million) and that figure represented the best fi- nancial performance of the Virgin cargo division’s 28-year history. It was largely the result of an im-


Lloyd: “another tremendous result”


IAG reveals fall


in freight traffic


6 Revenue accruing


from the Americas market rose by 15 percent over the pre- vious financial year, while revenue from Europe, the Middle East and Africa in- creased by 13 percent. The only weakness


was the Asia - Pacific region, in which rev- enue fell by 7 percent. John Lloyd, Virgin


Atlantic Cargo direc- tor, remarked: “What


provement in yield of 12 percent year- on-year, Virgin Atlantic Cargo pointed out, being achieved despite a 5 percent year-on-year fall in freight volumes.


marks this result as particularly signif- icant is that it was achieved in the con- text of both a marginal decline in our share of capacity and in a year when total market volumes failed to grow. “At the root of our second succes-


sive year of record cargo revenues was a series of internal initiatives designed to improve our efficiency,” he said.


Setting the priorities in North


America


The changing face of the


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general sales agent


“A 5 percent increase in our yield


premium and substantial improve- ments in our cost base represent the fruits of our efforts and underpin an- other tremendous result,” Lloyd pointed out. Virgin Atlantic’s CEO, Steve Ridg-


way, said he was extremely proud of the Virgin cargo team for “delivering another great contribution to the air- line in what is a very difficult and challenging market”. The parent carrier’s revenue rose by


3 percent year-on-year. However, the Group still made an operating loss in the face of what it described as uncer- tainty in the market, high fuel prices and a significant rise in air passenger duty fees. Virgin Atlantic is expecting to re-


ceive six A330 widebody aircraft this year, while the carrier’s network ex- pansion is seeing the launch of new services to Vancouver, Cancún and Mumbai.


ASL Aviation orders three B737-400SF conversions from Miami’s AEI


ASL AVIATIONhas chosen Miami- based Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI) to undertake three B737-400SF (Special Freighter) passenger-to- freighter conversions. The aircraft, former Qantas air-


frames, will undergo the modification process at AEI’s Authorized Conver- sion Center, Commercial Jet, Inc, which is also based in Florida. The converted aircraft will incorpo- rate 11 pallet positions, with more


full-height ULD positions than any other B737-400 conversion. Aviation services provider ASL Avi-


ation offers aircraft leasing, as well as other services including maintenance and parts support.


WORLD NEWS P3, 4 & 5 ● PEOPLE P4 ● TRADEFINDER P11 Swissport signs up carriers at Schiphol


ZURICH AIRPORT-BASEDSwissport Cargo Services has inked two new deals covering freight handling at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Swissport will this month (August) begin processing the cargo of Air


China’s daily B747-400 freighter services that fly into the Dutch capital, as well as the trucked freight brought into the airport by Turkish Airlines. The cargo that the latter carrier flies into Schiphol will be handled by Swissport from September. John Batten, executive vice president for global cargo at Swissport Inter-


national, describes Air China and Turkish as “two quality airlines”, adding: “These new partnerships will provide a further significant boost to our vol- umes and consolidate our position in Amsterdam.” The managing director for Swissport Cargo Services in the Netherlands,


Jos Roeven, pointed out that “these wins are a culmination of several months of hard and successful work by our team at Amsterdam, and we will strive to fulfil and exceed their expectations and continue to improve our performance”.


13 August 2012


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