Air Cargo News.Jul 9, 2007 ABX Air, ASTAR Air Cargo ASTAR Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates regularly secheduled cargo charter services to over 34 US airports and nine international airports, as well as worldwide charter freight services. Cargo airline ABX Air said that ASTAR Air Cargo Holdings LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is seeking to buy the company for $7.75 per share in cash. Jun 26, 2007 Air India, Airbus Air India last week launched its first freighter dedicated to European service. The converted Airbus A310 will be one of two operating four-times-weekly flights from Mumbai to Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle via Bangalore and Chennai. The A310s were converted by EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study at a cost of $7.95 million each, AI said. Chairman and MD V. Thulasidas said, "Post the merger, cargo is going to be one of the most important strategic business units for Air India. Our vision is to see a full-fledged Air India cargo airline." AI currently holds a 9%-11% share of exports and a 5%-7% market share in imports. "Owing to the upsurge in the import-export demand coined with the Open Sky policy and globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation factors, Air India has decided to ramp-up cargo operations," it said. Jul 3, 2007 All Nippon Airways All Nippon Airways ANA and Tokyo-based Overseas Courier Service announced they jointly will develop a new international express delivery service called BEAM that will focus primarily on Asian deliveries. BEAM initially will offer overnight express delivery from Osaka and Tokyo to Shanghai by using ANA cargo flights on the Tokyo Haneda-Osaka-Shanghai route and later will expand to other Chinese cities. Jun 26, 2007 Atlas Air Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. , a leading provider of global air cargo services, today announced that its subsidiary, scheduled-service operator Polar Air Cargo Polar Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, USA. It operates scheduled all-cargo services to Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Its main base is John F. Worldwide, Inc. , closed on a strategic transaction with DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature Express that includes the acquisition of an equity stake in Polar for $150 million in cash and a landmark 20-year commercial arrangement, with opportunities for AAWW AAWW Asian American Writers' Workshop AAWW Alpaca Association of Western Washington AAWW Anti-Air Warfare Warship companies to provide additional service and for future growth. Jun 29, 2007 DHL DHL said it officially completed the previously announced transaction to form a strategic partnership with Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings subsidiary Polar Air Cargo. DHL is investing $150 million for a 49% stake and 25% of voting rights Voting rights The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors. voting rights The type of voting and the amount of control held by the owners of a class of stock. in Polar. Jun 29, 2007 DHL DHL yesterday launched next-day express delivery from New York JFK to nine European destinations, available Monday to Thursday. The service includes pickup by DHL couriers of parcels from businesses in New York and transfer of the shipments by helicopter to JFK to bypass ground traffic. Service is available to Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , London, Madrid, Paris and Zurich. "The interdependence between the US and Europe and volume of transactions between the business centers of both requires a service that can facilitate time-critical transactions," Executive VP-International Lindsay Birley said. Jun 26, 2007 DHL, Precision Conversions, Boeing Precision Conversions received a Boeing 757-200PCF PCF - A simply typed, functional language. ["Fully Abstract Translations Between Functional Languages", J. Riecke, 18th POPL, pp. 245-254 (1991)]. ["LCF Considered as a Programming Language", Theor CS 5:223, 1977]. order from DHL. The ex-VIM Airlines aircraft will be modified at Flightstar Aircraft Services in Jacksonville and will be redelivered in October. It is owned by DHL's European Air Transport European Air Transport is a cargo airline based in Brussels, Belgium. It operates express parcel services in Europe on behalf of DHL. It also operates ad hoc charter services including livestock transport. Its main base is Brussels Airport[1]. but is expected to be operated by Blue Dart Aviation Blue Dart Aviation Ltd. is a cargo airline based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It operates scheduled night express cargo flights including domestic and regional charters. It has an in-house maintenance capability and provides aircraft maintenance and engineering support to other in Chennai. Jul 2, 2007 Etihad Airways, Heavyweight Air Express Etihad Crystal Cargo appointed Heavyweight Air Express as its 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. in Ireland to support belly cargo service on the four-times-weekly Abu Dhabi-Dublin service that Etihad Airways launched this week aboard an Airbus A330-200. Jul 4, 2007 FedEx Package-delivery company FedEx Corp.'s FedEx Express unit on Thursday said its next-business-day service is now available to customers in China. Jun 25, 2007 FedEx FedEx SmartPost renewed its lease for 180,200 square feet of warehouse and distribution space at One Beeman Road where the company has been located since 2001. Jun 25, 2007 LAN Cargo LAN Cargo will introduce two new Boeing 777Fs into its fleet during the first quarter of 2009. It also is negotiating for two additional freighters that would be added by 2011. The four will join the airline's nine 767-300Fs. Jul 3, 2007 Lufthansa Cargo Lufthansa Cargo will transfer all flights from Cologne to East Asia and the US to Leipzig beginning Oct 27. LHC LHC Large Hadron Collider LHC Lahore High Court LHC Lonely Hearts Club LHC Lake Havasu City (Arizona, USA) LHC Log Homes Council LHC Left-Hand Circular LHC Les Horribles Cernettes (band) said the move is related to the opening of the new DHL Express Europe hub at LEJ LEJ Leipzig, Germany - Leipzig (Airport Code) next year. Since March 2004, the two companies have partnered on a joint network connecting Europe, the US and Asia. LHC will operate its own flights from LEJ to Atlanta, Seoul Incheon and Istanbul Ataturk. Jun 27, 2007 Lufthansa Cargo, Deutsche Post Lufthansa Cargo and Deutsche Post plan to set up a joint freight airline. Jun 26, 2007 Lufthansa Cargo, DHL Lufthansa and Deutsche Post plan to set up a joint freight airline, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. Deutsche Post's DHL Express delivery business and Lufthansa's Cargo unit want to operate a fleet of cargo planes from 2009, the source said. Germany's daily Die Welt reported earlier the companies would each hold a 50 percent stake in the operation. Lufthansa had been cooperating with Deutsche Post, its largest customer in the freight business, in various ways -- including with DHL. Jun 27, 2007 Lufthansa Cargo, DHL Lufthansa Cargo and DHL set up a cooperation deal in 2004, which can be canceled in 2009, which is also when the new cargo plane fleet is expected to be ready for operation. Lufthansa spokeswoman said several issues still needed to be solved, such as the difficulty of getting the needed planes on time. DHL is setting up its European cargo hub in Leipzig/Halle in eastern Germany, the location of the operating base of the new airline. Lufthansa would still keep its cargo business in Frankfurt, sources said. DHL's rival Luxembourg-based Cargolux Airlines and Dubai-based airline Emirates had also shown interest in seeking bids for a joint cargo fleet. Jun 27, 2007 UPS United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. Inc. again has received tax breaks from the state to help offset some of the costs of the $1 billion expansion project under way at its Worldport air cargo hub at Louisville International Airport Louisville International Airport (IATA: SDF, ICAO: KSDF) is a public airport centrally located in the city of Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. The airport covers 1,200 acres (4.9 km²) and has three runways. . Jun 26, 2007 UPS A national United Parcel Service Inc. employee union debate saw local action in Kansas City on Monday. Jun 25, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. |
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