NEWSWEEK WORLDNEWS


ASIA AIRFREIGHT Terminal Compa- ny has won an award for its waste reduction and has been certified as a platinum member of Cargo 2000. The waste reduction award was a Hong Kong Award for Environmen- tal Excellence that is organised by the Environmental Protection Department.


C.H. ROBINSON Worldwide has com- pleted its rebranding process for the Polish freight forwarder Apreo Logis- tics, which will now trade under the name C.H. Robinson. Warsaw based Apreo was acquired by C. H. Robinson in September 2012. C. H. Robinson is headquartered in Minnesota.


Brazil fines cartel for fuel charge fixing B


razil has imposed a 300 million ($125.9 million) Brazilian Real (BRL) fine on an international air cargo car- tel that includes American Airlines, Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane, ABSA


Aerolineas Brasileiras and Varig Logistics. The four airlines were found guilty of fixing the price and date for additional fuel charges. The collu- sion occurred between 2003 and 2005 and the cartel companies controlled about 60 per cent of the market. United Airlines had also been accused, but was acquitted of all charges. The fine was imposed by Brazil’s economic court, the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Eco- nomica (CADE). The president of CADE, Vinicius Marques de Carvalho says: “The price cartel generated abusive prices that were passed on to consumers and to the supply chain. We are talking about air cargo, this practice clearly had an impact on the country’s logistics costs.” The investigation into the cartel began in 2006


after CADE signed a leniency agreement with Deutsche Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Swiss International Airlines and unnamed individuals linked with the price fixing. The leniency agree- ment means those companies and individuals are either not prosecuted or their penalty is


reduced after giving information to the author- ities. In 2007 the headquarters in Brazil of the companies under investigation were raided by law enforcement. In February 2013 Air France and KLM had to pay a fine of BRL 14 million for collusion.


ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES


INTERVISTAS HAS has appointed Luciano Nunes as a director of its Sao Paulo (Brazil) office. Before joining the management consultancy, he worked for Ode- brecht Transport, where he analysed airports’ business opportunities.


ETIHAD AIRWAYS has appointed Salem Al Mesmari as its airport manager in the Republic of Seychelles. Based in Mahe, Al Mesmari will oversee the airlines three times a week service. Al Mesmari joined Etihad in 2008 as a graduate.


DAMCO HAS appointed Samuel Israel as its regional chief executive officer for Latin America. Israel brings over 30 years experience in the logistics sector to the role. Previously he worked as country manager, Mexico, for Danzas. He has also held posts at Panalpina and DHL Global Forwarding.


ORDERS AND DELIVERIES


WESTJET HAS entered into a letter of intent to purchase 65 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from the US-based aircraft manufacturer. The order will consist of 40 737 MAX 8s and 25 737 MAX 7s. The pending order is valued at $6.3 billion at current list prices. The Canadian carrier’s order is seen as the key component of its fleet modernisation and optimisation programme.


AIRBUS HAS signed an agreement with Russian firm, VSMPO-AVISMA, concerning the supply of titanium to the French aircraft manufacturer. The memorandum of understanding signed by the two parties is intended to further develop strategic col- laboration covering joint study of new alloys, rough machining, extension of Airbus’s product portfolio and recycling of titanium.


AEROLIA AND AIRBUS have taken delivery of the 500th ship-set of nose landing gear bay for the Airbus A320 family. The delivery was made by Russian aircraft man- ufacturer, Irkut.


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