Air Cargo News.For more air cargo air cargo: see aviation. news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Aug 28, 2006 Lawmaker pushes for air cargo reform. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., believes the air cargo industry needs "a vigorous oversight inquiry" and is pushing for a sweeping review. Oberstar hopes a review will trigger reforms including better plane maintenance and technology improvements, among other things. The House Aviation Subcommittee may discuss cargo safety at a Sept. 20 hearing. Aug 27, 2006 AirBridge Cargo, Continental Airlines AirBridge Cargo signed an interline in·ter·line 1 tr.v. in·ter·lined, in·ter·lin·ing, in·ter·lines To insert between printed or written lines. in agreement with Continental Airlines and appointed general sales agent A General Sales Agent (GSA) is a sales representative for an airline in a specific country or region. Typically, the GSA is responsible for selling all products of the airline in its region which includes flight tickets and cargo space. partners in the US as it prepares to launch 747F flights to the US next year. ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. said CO will provide "an important link into its network, notably for the movement of oil and gas equipment from Texas to Sakhalin Island off the coast of Russia." ABC, the scheduled services arm of heavy freight specialist Volga-Dnepr, operates two IL-76 freighters weekly from its Krasnoyarsk hub to Sakhalin. It named Platinum Air Cargo as its GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. representative for Houston, Dallas and Washington and Heavy-weight Air Express as its GSA for New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Chicago. "It is no secret that AirBridge Cargo plans to commence operations to the United States," airline head Stan Wraight said. "This is one reason why we have two new 747-400ER freighters on order with first delivery scheduled for 2007." Aug 23, 2006 FedEx FedEx, Pilots Announce Tentative Deal. Package delivery company FedEx and the association representing its pilots said on Sunday they have reached a tentative agreement on a new four year contract after more than two years of talks. Aug 27, 2006 FedEx FedEx signs $8 billion contract with USPS (1) (Uninterruptible Switching Power Supply) A power supply for a computer that contains its own battery and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) circuitry. See power supply and UPS. . FedEx Express has signed an agreement worth about $8 billion to transport mail in the U.S. for the Postal Service. FedEx says the seven-year agreement, which replaces a previous agreement, takes effect in October. Aug 27, 2006 Great Wall Airlines US sanctions Great Wall parent for Iran support; carrier suspends operations. Great Wall Airlines, the joint venture cargo startup in which Singapore Airlines holds a 25% stake, suspended operations Friday after the US government imposed sanctions against its majority stakeholder for allegedly conspiring to supply Iran with missile components. Aug 22, 2006 |
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