Air Cargo News.Jun 18, 2007 Atlas Air Atlas Air is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, United States. It operates scheduled freight flights on an ACMI contract basis for some of the world's leading airlines, flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. , Polar Air Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air and 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. , yesterday said it has entered into a joint venture agreement to build a new cargo warehouse at Seoul Incheon. The 12,000-sq.-m. Atlas Air Cargo Terminal, slated to open early next year, will be operated by AACT AACT Alpha-1-Antichymotrypsin AACT American Association of Community Theatre AACT American Academy of Clinical Toxicology AACT American Association of Candy Technologists AACT Advanced Application Certification Testing (NMCI) Co., a JV comprising Atlas Air and Sharp, a South Korean provider of maintenance, ground and related airline support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . It will be the first facility at Incheon to be at least partly owned by a foreign airline. Atlas Air has a 30% stake in AACT, Sharp holds 29% and the remainder is held by several individual South Korean investors. Jun 15, 2007 Bedek Aviation, Airbus Israel's Bedek Aviation plans to develop cargo conversion for Airbus A340. Bedek Aviation Group has emerged as potentially the first company to launch a cargo version of the passenger A340 aircraft. Jun 12, 2007 Boeing Boeing Sees 28,600 New Planes Over 20 Years Boeing forecast that 28,600 new aircraft worth about 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. $2.8 trillion will be bought over the next 20 years on the back of rising demand for passenger travel and air cargo air cargo: see aviation. . Jun 14, 2007 Boeing Engineers Boeing have completed 50 percent of the design for the new 777 Freighter. The completion of this work means that half of the detailed design of the 777 Freighter is defined and has been released to Boeing factories and its suppliers to begin building parts, assemblies and tools for the new cargo airplane. "We are seeing strong market acceptance for the 777 Freighter, along with a growing cargo market around the world. We have a broad set of customers for the new airplane that includes traditional cargo operators, airlines and leasing companies." Boeing is on schedule to complete the detailed design work and is on track to meet its commitments for the 777 Freighter's performance capabilities, Pastega said. The 777 Freighter will provide more capacity than any other twin-engine freighter and the lowest trip cost of any large freighter. The 777 Freighter has a revenue payload capability of 229,000 lbs (104 metric tonnes) and a range of 4,885 nautical miles (9,045 kilometers) with a full payload and general cargo Cargo that is susceptible for loading in general, nonspecialized stowage areas or standard shipping containers; e.g., boxes, barrels, bales, crates, packages, bundles, and pallets. market densities, making it the longest-range twin-engine freighter. Boeing launched the 777 Freighter in May 2005 with an order from Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde for five freighters. Boeing continues to work closely with Air France and other customers to complete the new cargo airplane's design. Jun 11, 2007 CHAMP Cargosystems CHAMP Cargosystems said 28 "of the world's leading cargo carriers" are switching over to the new Web-enabled and Java-based version of ULD ULD Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein (Germany, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein) ULD Unit Load Device (shipping) Manager. Among them are Air China, Finnair, Icelandair and Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in . Jun 13, 2007 China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空公司) (SEHK: 1055, NYSE: ZNH) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. , Air France KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) China Southern expects to join SkyTeam by year end, which President Liu Shaoyong noted will help to boost cargo capacity through deeper cooperation with members whose networks are concentrated in Europe and North America. China Southern already is discussing a cargo joint venture with Air France KLM. Jun 13, 2007 China Southern Airlines, Airbus, Boeing China Southern Airlines has outlined its strategy to seize a greater share of the international cargo market. It will begin by converting six Airbus A330 passenger aircraft into freighters over the next two years in addition to taking delivery of six Boeing 777Fs in 2008-10. It intends to add to its domestic network but will commit most of the increased capacity to international routes. It aims to build a medium-haul network in the Asia/Pacific region with the reconfigured A330s and expand its long-haul network into Western countries with the 777s and the two 747s that constitute its current freighter fleet. Dalian, Guangzhou and other cities in the Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta Region (PRD) in China occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl river flows into the South China Sea. Since the "Open Door Policy" was adopted by the Communist Party of China in the late 1970s, the portion of the delta in region will serve as hubs for medium-haul flights while Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen will operate as its global hubs. It expects to have 14 freighters in 2010, giving it the biggest cargo fleet among Chinese carriers. Jun 13, 2007 Royal Jordanian Cargo Royal Jordanian Cargo will shift its five-times-weekly A310F service to Brussels from Maastricht-Aachen. Jun 14, 2007 Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines will add two frequencies to its Brussels cargo schedule on June 20, bringing to 20 the number of weekly flights it operates at the airport with MD-11Fs and 747-200Fs. Saudi Arabian is the largest freighter operator at BRU. Jun 14, 2007 Seabury, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. Aviation Services Seabury said it acquired a global cargo, freight and logistics advisory group along with a proprietary cargo/trade database. It also formed a new affiliate, SGI Aviation Services, based in Amsterdam, that has completed the acquisition of International Aircraft Management, "an independent aircraft technical advisory firm." Jun 14, 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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