NewsWeek Damco adds Australian reach


HAWAIIAN AIRLINES has said that it is responding to “continuing strong demand” for its forthcoming service to Auck- land, New Zealand, by deciding to use an A330-200 instead of a B767-300ER aircraft on the route; this aircraft boasts 25 percent more cargo capacity, as well as more seats, than the B767-300ER. The route will be flown three times a week by Hawaiian from 13 March next year.


AIRPORTS COUNCIL International (ACI) has said that the volume of freight traffic passing through European airports fell by 0.9 percent in August compared to the same month of 2011.


DELTA AIR LINES flew 201.7 million cargo ton-miles in September, up by 3.2 percent on the same period of last year. The January - September figure of 1.8 billion cargo ton- miles was up by 1.1 percent year-on-year.


MELBOURNE AIRPORT CEO Chris Woodruff welcomed the arrival of the first Emirates A380 service into the gateway earlier this month, flying in on its daily Dubai - Auckland flight. He noted that Melbourne was the first major Australian airport to be “A380 ready”.


MALAYSIA AIRLINES is to employ only the A380 on its double-daily connection between Kuala Lumpur and London from 24 November. It currently uses a B747 on the route for one of the daily connections. It is also to deploy the super- Jumbo on its Paris link from 1 March next year, replacing the B777 presently in use on the route.


Etihad Cargo continues to grow revenue as fleet expands


ETIHAD CARGO, the freight division of Etihad Air- ways – the Abu Dhabi-based flag-carrier of the United Arab Emirates – has reported sig- nificant growth in its operational performance in the third quarter of 2012. Freight revenues for the


July - September quarter reached US$181.6 million, an increase of 6 percent year-on- year. Etihad Cargo carried a total


of 93,560 tonnes of freight over the period – a leap of 18 percent when compared to the equivalent period of 2011. “Our third quarter saw


continued progress across the business ... we remain confi- dent of delivering full-year profitability based on current market conditions,” noted James Hogan, president and CEO of Etihad Airways. Etihad Cargo expects to


take delivery of two B777 freighters and one A330 freighter next year, as well as a


The latest statistics from Inter- national Transport Forum show Germany is weathering the current economic storm. Germany’s external trade vol- ume has risen 12 percent above pre-crisis levels, bucking a prevailing trend of decline


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Hogan – confident of delivering full-year profitability


number of new passenger air- craft. Etihad’s current freighter


fleet of six aircraft serves eight cargo-only destinations – namely Amsterdam, Benghazi, Djibouti, Dubai, Frankfurt- Hahn, Hong Kong, Kabul and Sharjah – in addition to the destinations also served by Etihad’s extensive passenger network.


Germany weathering storm


across the many European Union member states. However, much of this growth has been driven by sea freight, with air cargo volumes receed- ing significantly from 46 percent to 19 percent above their pre-crisis peak.


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DAMCO, the freight for- warding arm of shipping group AP Moeller-Maersk, has signed a deal that will see it acquire Pacific Network Global Logistics (PacNet) , a freight forwarder active in not only its home market of Aus- tralia but also across the China region. Damco confirmed that it


has been looking to boost its presence in Australia and described PacNet’s acquisi- tion as “a very logical step and an almost perfect fit”. It said that the agreement would see it gain “market leadership positions” in the retail and lifestyle sectors in Australia, while also improv-


ing its position in relation to air freight forwarding from China into Australia. Rolf Habben-Jansen,


CEO of Damco, considers: “PacNet has a high reputa- tion for service in Australia. We are combining two busi- nesses with very aligned strategies, complementary skills, customer bases and geographic strengths, and we have already seen that our cultures match very well.” Paul Milborrow, PacNet


CEO, notes: “We have seen a growing demand for a broad- er outreach in recent years and we feel that by joining Damco we can provide our customers with a strong glob-


al presence. “We will now create a


leading freight forwarding business in our region with a market leading-position in key industries, enabling us to better cater to the demands our customers are raising,” he


added. The PacNet senior man-


agement team is expected to join Damco, with the same people continuing to serve in the business and there being no disruption to ongoing operations.


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