Air Cargo News.Jan 22, 2007 TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). against plan to check all cargo, may cut no-fly list by half. In his first public comments on a bill approved by the House Jan. 9, TSA chief Kip Hawley Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley is the current Administrator & Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration, part of United States government's Department of Homeland Security. said, "If you spend all your resources opening boxes and not applying your resources more generally, that opens up another vulnerability." Hawley also said the no-fly list may be cut by half after it is checked for accuracy. Jan 18, 2007 US House approves bill mandating cargo inspection. The House on Tuesday approved a measure to require airlines to inspect all cargo placed on passenger jetliners. Critics say the bill would create excessive costs and that it may be impossible for airlines to inspect 100% of air cargo. The White House has opposed several aspects of the bill and says it will not support it as currently drafted. The Senate has not yet taken up the measure. Jan 10, 2007 Air India, Singapore Airport Services Air India JV To Invest In Cargo Hub. State-run carrier Air India said on Friday a joint venture with Singapore Airport Terminal Services will invest INR INR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Indian Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 800 million rupees (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $18.1 million) to set up a cargo handling facility in Bangalore. The facility, to be constructed by January 2008, will have the capacity to handle 150,000 tonnes of cargo, an Air India statement said. It would also handle perishable and specialized cargo including courier and mail. Air cargo is gaining importance in India with the entry of large retailers and rising demand for fresh food and vegetables. Jan 19, 2007 AirBridge Cargo AirBridge Cargo last week became the 22nd member of the Cargo 2000 alliance. It is the first Russian carrier to join the group. AirBridge serves both Moscow airports, Krasnoyarsk, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Nagoya. Parent Volga-Dnepr Group VP Stan Wraight said 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. will add three new 747-400ER freighters in 2007 and 2008 and launch service to Toronto and Houston later this year. Jan 8, 2007 Airbus This July, Airbus plans to deliver the last of its only freighter model, the 35-year-old A300/A310, while the company has announced plans build a freight version of the A330-200. Jan 19, 2007 Airbus, UPS Airbus could announce it will await better times for it to produce a cargo version, UPS rival FedEx canceled an order for 10 A380 freighters citing delays which have put the project two years behind schedule. It bought Boeing's 777 freighter instead. Two other firms -- Emirates and aircraft lessor International Lease Finance -- have converted A380 freighter orders to passenger versions. Jan 19, 2007 Boeing Boeing said Friday that it is making "steady progress toward building the first 787," pointing to the rollout of its second 747-400LCF LCF - Logic for Computable Functions , the Dreamlifter designed to move 787 parts among factories around the world. The manufacturer plans to operate three of the modified freighters at the height of 787 production. It said the first Dreamlifter made a successful pickup last week of the first 787 parts produced in Japan, including a forward fuselage section made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and the center wheel well and center wing tank made by KHI khi n. Variant of chi1. and Fuji Heavy Industries. "Transporting these parts from FHI FHI Family Health International FHI Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd FHI Food for the Hungry International FHI Florida Hydrogen Initiative, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) and KHI is the first step in assembling the first 787," VP-Airplane Development and Production Scott Strode said. Jan 15, 2007 Nippon Cargo Airlines Nippon Cargo Airlines Company, Limited (日本貨物航空株式会社 , Worldwide Flight Services Worldwide Flight Services was awarded a contract by Nippon Cargo Airlines to handle freight at London Stansted. The deal coincides with the appointment of Air Logistics as NCA's 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. in the UK. NCA's cargo formerly was sold and handled by ANA but the carriers now are "pursuing separate cargo strategies," according to WFS WFS Wegfahrsperre (German: drive away blocking system) WFS Web Feature Service WFS World Future Society WFS World Food Summit WFS Wave Front Sensor WFS Wolfram Syndrome WFS Wire Feed Speed (welding) . Jan 19, 2007 UPS UPS yesterday named President-International David Abney COO of the company and president of UPS Airlines, replacing John Beystehner, who retired last week. Alan Gershenhorn, formerly head of UPS Supply Chain Solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the , was tapped to replace Abney as president of UPS International. Jan 9, 2007 UPS, Airbus UPS May Cancel Airbus A380 Order. Airbus could soon be without a single order for the freighter version of its A380 superjumbo, a market the planemaker only recently said held demand for 400 planes. 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