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THE SOURCE FOR AIRFREIGHT LOGISTICS
International Edition • AirCargoWorld.com • March 2015
CENTER
OF GRAVITY
ARE THE BIG 3 GULF CARRIERS THE NEW
HUB OF GLOBAL FREIGHT LOGISTICS?
p.24
CARGO SECURITY:
ARE WE SAFER NOW?
p.30
HIGHWAY FEVER:
AIRFREIGHT & TRUCKING
p.36
Contents
Volume 18 • Number 2 • March 2015
CENTER
OF GRAVITY
ARE THE BIG 3 GULF CARRIERS THE NEW
HUB OF GLOBAL FREIGHT LOGISTICS?
24
News Inside:
6 UpFront
Virtual reality tech at DHL, petal to the metal for
EVER VIGILANT
Valentine’s, drone-delivered tea in China and more
10 Asia
A new era of bellyhold cargo begins at Taiwan’s EVA Air
14 Europe
30
Five years after Yemen, how pervasive are
Who’s No. 1 in Euro-tonnage? Frankfurt or Paris? advanced cargo security systems?
18 Africa & Middle East
HIGHWAY
Kenya’s Astral Aviation prepares for a big year
in perishables
20 Americas
The latest expansions at Alaska’s Northern Air Cargo
Departments
FEVER
HOW AIRFREIGHT
4 Editorial
8 Cargo Chat: Hugh Flynn AND TRUCKING
ARE INCREASINGLY
36
22 People
40 Marketplace
42 Bottom Line WORKING TOGETHER
44 Guest Column: Doug Brittin
45 Events / Advertiser’s Index
46 Forwarders’ Forum
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Editor’s Note
Every link in the chain matters
THE SOURCE FOR AIRFREIGHT LOGISTICS Have you seen the December issue of Inspire maga-
SENIOR EDITOR
David Harris zine? Let me save you the effort and urge you to avoid it
dharris@royalmedia.com altogether. Although the title sounds like something out of
EDITOR the Martha Stewart or Oprah Winfrey publishing empires,
Randy Woods Inspire is actually the official magazine of Al Qaeda.
rwoods@aircargoworld.com • (206)-801-8478
ASSOCIATE EDITOR In Issue #13, released in December 2014, the English-
Linda Ball language propaganda screed focused on attacks on U.S.
lball@aircargoworld.com • (206)-237-0799
airliners. One article included a “recipe” for building
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Martin Roebuck detection-proof explosives, calling them “another meal
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
prepared in the kitchen” that anyone can make. The arti- Randy Woods
Roger Turney, Ian Putzger cles also discussed which seats would-be terrorists should
COLUMNIST purchase and where to place bombs strategically to inflict the most possible damage.
Brandon Fried Previous issues also provided tips on improvised bomb-making from common house-
hold objects, such as using modified pressure-cookers – the same technique used by
PUBLISHER the terrorists who struck at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
JJ Hornblass
hornblass@royalmedia.com
In the years since the 9/11 attacks, terrorist activity has declined in the aviation
VP OPERATIONS industry, thanks to increased security screening, better intelligence and closer surveil-
Molly Stewart
lance of known terrorist cells. But the Inspire magazine articles are a chilling remind-
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Phil Ryan er that active attempts are still being made to use the airfreight industry to carry out
CREATIVE DIRECTOR monstrous acts of terror. According to the Transportation Security Administration,
Alex Kwanten despite 13 years of ramped-up security warnings for passengers, a record-high 2,210
akwanten@royalmedia.com
guns – 70 percent of which were loaded – were confiscated at security checkpoints
ASSOCIATE DESIGNER across the United States in 2014. That’s a 20 percent spike over the 1,813 seized in 2013.
Adnan Jusupovic
Five years after the infamous 2010 Yemen bombing attempt involving the cargo
CIRCULATION holds of two airliners, our industry is still absorbing the shock waves of that wake
circulation@royalmedia.com
up call. As we see in our security feature article on page 30, not a lot has changed
AIR CARGO WORLD HEADQUARTERS technologically in the airfreight industry since 2010, but the awareness of the threat
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WORLDWIDE SALES we’re only as strong as the weakest link in the supply chain.
U.S. Sales & Emerging Markets
Sales Director Connections that have developed in recent years between forwarders and carriers
Tim Lord
tlord@aircargoworld.com • +1 678 775-3565 have brought other rapid changes to the airfreight industry, notably the gradual shift
Europe, United Kingdom, Middle East of logistics power away from Europe and North America and toward the Persian Gulf
David Collison region. In our cover story (page 24), we look at how the “Big 3” Gulf carriers – Emir-
dci.collison@btinternet.com • +44 192-381-7731
ates, Qatar Airways and Etihad – have grown their market share to such a point that
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore their business decisions are having ripple effects throughout the industry. The recent
Joseph Yap
jospeh@asianimedia.com • +65 6-337-6996 switch to “all-in” pricing and the removal of fuel surcharges, led by Emirates and Qa-
India tar, is just the latest example of their rising influence.
Faredoon Kuka RMA Media
kuka@rmamedia.com • +91 22 6570 3081 We also take a deeper look into the increasingly intertwined relationship between
Japan air carriers and trucking companies (page 36). As road feeder services become more
Mr. Mikio Tsuchiya popular and economical for freight shippers, we discuss how transportation compa-
mikio.tsuchiya@worldmedia.jp • +81 45-891-1852
nies around the world have merged their logistics systems to accommodate the differ-
Korea
Mr. Jung-Won Suh
ences between surface and air modes – some more successfully than others.
sinsegi@igroupnet.co.kr • +82 2785-8222
As these articles demonstrate, we in the airfreight logistics business may play
Taiwan different roles, but we are all connected more closely than we may imagine. We at Air
Ms. Paula Liu
paulaliu99@gmail.com • +886 2-2523-8268 Cargo World want to maintain that connection with our readers as well. Please write
Thailand in, let us know how we’re doing and share your stories with us.
Ms. Anchana Nararidh
anchana@worldmedia.co.th • +66 26-412-6938
Marketplace Randy Woods,
Alyssa Stebbins
astebbins@royalmedia.com • +1 212 991-6735 Editor, Air Cargo World
rwoods@aircargoworld.com
Special photo credits: Emirates A300-600 (p26): ©Aero
Icarus/Flickr, Etihad 777-300ER (p26): ©Steve Walsh
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UpFront Century mark for 777F
Photo: ©Alex Kwanten
On January 15, China
Southern Airlines took
delivery of the ninth of
twelve 777 freighters it has
on order with Boeing – the
100th delivery of a 777F.
Boeing delivered the first
777F to launch customer
Air France in February
Valentine’s Day 2009, and has since deliv-
ered 99 more to 11 carriers
keeps UPS busy and five lessors. Boeing
says it has 44 outstanding
orders for 777Fs.
Love is a big business. To get
flowers, sweets and gifts to
consumers by February 14,
Cupid needed help from global
Mangoes anyone?
logistics networks. UPS said it This past December,
shipped more than 110 million LAN Cargo set a
flowers, or 10 million pounds, new monthly record
to florists around the United for the transportation
States in the weeks leading up of mangoes from Peru to
to this Valentine’s Day. Many Europe, shipping 525 tons of the
of the flowers came from Latin tropical fruit using two 767 freighters. The
American countries, with more mangoes were flown from Lima to São Paulo,
than 90 percent of the imported where operations teams at Guarulhos ensured that
flowers traveling through Miami. the cold chain was maintained before onward ship-
UPS arranged for 40 additional ment to Europe. LAN is responsible for transport-
ing approximately 35 percent of Peruvian mangoes
flights to make sure they came
out smelling like a rose. to Europe. Expect tropical salads to be a big hit
this year in Parisienne cafés.
DHL’s vision of the future
Glasses tend to make people
Lifting lions
look smarter. Logistics firm
Photo: Alibaba/Taobao
DHL wanted to find out if
Two rescued lionesses trav- wearing high-tech “smart
eled from Belgium to their glasses” could make their staff
new home in South Africa by work smarter as well. In a pilot
way of Heathrow on January test the company recently
20. The big cats, named Mag- completed in the Netherlands,
gie and Sonja, made history DHL asked 10 of its warehouse
by becoming the first lions to staff to use various forms of
travel by Eurostar rail, before “augmented reality” gear,
boarding the inaugural Kenya such as Google Glass and
Airways 787 Dreamliner flight VuzixM100, to guide them
to Johannesburg via Nairobi. through the warehouse and
Some drones with your tea? After landing in Johannesburg
Jan. 21, Maggie and Sonja were
identify items to be pulled – a
method called “vision picking.”
While Amazon’s Jeff Bezos continues to fight the taken by road to their new The results? By the end of the
FAA over his plan to launch an air force of deliv- home at the award-winning three-week trial, the staff
ery drones, his chief rivals in China began test- Shamwari Game Reserve in reduced errors and boosted
ing the concept last month with five quadcopter Port Elizabeth, South Africa. efficiency by 25 percent.
drones, fitted to deliver ginger tea packages to
450 selected customers of Taobao.com, an online
retail site operated by e-commerce giant, Alibaba.
For a charge of 49-renminbi (US$7.84), custom-
ers were allowed to order within a 6.2-mile radius
of the three cities taking part: Beijing, Shanghai
and Guangzhou. Could this be the future of “last
mile” delivery? Maggie the Lioness.
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ASL’s Hugh Flynn on the Farnair purchase
Late last year, Ireland-based ASL Aviation Group purchased the Farnair Group of companies.
Before the purchase, ASL already owned European carriers Air Contractors and Europe
Airpost; had partial ownership of South Africa-based Safair; and had ownership of supplier
ACLAS Global, and MRO ACLAS Technics. With the addition of Farnair, ASL now has some
level of control over four other airlines: Farnair Switzerland, Farnair Hungary, Quikjet
India, and K-Mile Air (45 percent).
All of these companies are now overseen by Hugh Flynn, CEO of ASL. After graduating from
a South African military academy in 1972, Flynn became an assistant transport procurement buyer for AECI Chemi-
cals and Technology before securing a role as marketing manager for a transport company called Tanker Services.
Later, he served in various aviation roles at Safair and Hunting Cargo Airlines before the ASL Aviation Group was
officially formed in 2008, following the acquisition of several companies. Air Cargo World caught up with Flynn to see
how all of these new moving parts are fitting together at ASL.
What was the main reason ASL Aviation Group Will the acquisition of Farnair have an impact on the
purchased Farnair? operation of your existing carriers?
Farnair’s business is very similar to the core activities of the We are already seeing a very positive impact, with comple-
ASL Aviation Group, making it a perfect fit for us. We have mentary capabilities providing an opportunity to develop
now combined the reach, assets and strengths of ASL and synergies throughout the ASL Group’s operations, enabling
Farnair as we work to position ourselves as a competitive us to build and focus on centers of excellence.
leader in the industry. How do your cargo services and passenger businesses
With Farnair, ASL has gained greater access to cargo work together?
markets in South Asia. What is your strategy for Asia Our passenger business is an excellent match for our core
in general? business. We largely use the same type of aircraft – variants
As Asian markets expand, so our customers also expand of the Boeing 737 – and we apply the capabilities in our cen-
their services, and we build our capability to meet the ters of excellence that are common to the operations, such
requirements of the major integrators as they grow their as flight operations, technical and maintenance.
Asian business. This includes providing a platform that is As part of your fleet renewal strategy, you have said
equipped with aircraft, [air operator certificates], traffic you plan to convert Europe Airpost’s six 737-300QCs
rights and bilateral agreements. into freighters. Why?
Most of the airlines under Farnair operate for other This is more of an aging aircraft program than anything else.
carriers. Do ASL’s carriers offer any scheduled or We have converted two QCs into pure freighters, mainly
charter service of their own? because those particular aircraft were getting older. At the
At the moment we operate both scheduled and charter same, time we have brought 737-700 Next Generation air-
and ACMI passenger flights in Europe, South Africa and craft into the fleet.
on trans-Atlantic routes. We would look at opportunities How has the drop in oil prices affected ASL’s operations?
to introduce scheduled cargo operations, but only if they Any drop in oil prices is good for the economy generally, for
complemented our operations and would not impinge on business and of course for the aviation industry. However, at
our core business. this time we consider that the current price fall may only be
a short- to medium-term occurrence.
Photo: Aero Icarus/Flickr
Now that the Farnair acquisition is completed, what
are the greatest challenges that ASL Group faces?
The significant challenges are those facing the aviation in-
dustry generally, including the status of the eurozone and
the value of the euro against the United States dollar and
other major international currencies. Heavy regulation is
also an issue, particularly in Western Europe, where a more
light-touch approach to regulation would increase stability
and promote growth.
What is your economic outlook for the airfreight
industry in 2015 and beyond?
ASL Group’s holdings include Air Contractors, Europe Airpost, and I think the outlook is very different for different parts of
Farnair. In the case of the latter two carriers, both fly a single type – the world. Europe, unfortunately, will probably be flat for a
variants of the 737, with the associated benefits of reduced cost and while, and that is why we are looking beyond the continent
complexity. Europe Airpost has 737NGs in its fleet for passenger to other accessible regions that will see growth, such as
operations, though this may presage cargo use. Asia, Africa and the sub-continent. ACW
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ASIA EVA Air’s final 747-400M, registered B-16409, departs
from Taipei in 2009. The aircraft was retired to San
Bernadino on January 26, 2015.
Photo: © Michael Rehfeldt
A New Era for EVA
By Ian Putzger
J
anuary 5 was a small watershed for Clearly, maindeck capacity is going to cargo accounted for 28.9 percent of
EVA Air. It was also a day that could play a lesser role in the Taiwanese car- total revenues. Tonnage was down 4.1
have meaningful implications on rier’s strategy. But the question many percent from the year before, but load
how forwarders schedule cargo in shippers and forwarders would like to factors rose from 82.64 percent in 2013
the region. ask is: Will this reduce the role of cargo to 85.07 percent and the yield was up
The 747-400 used for flight BR868, in EVA’s overall strategy? 2.6 percent.
which landed in Taipei that day, sub- “The global cargo market landscape “Our cargo business improved sig-
sequently exited EVA’s fleet, marking has evolved over the last five years nificantly in 2014, thanks to falling oil
the demise of combi aircraft from the due to a number of factors,” Chai said. prices and greater trade demand. Our
lineup. Its retirement leaves Asiana the “More goods are transported intermod- profits increased in Q4 2014,” Chai re-
lone operator of 747 combis in Asia. ally. Bellyhold capacities have grown. marked.
The 747 is also on the wane in EVA’s Electronic products have become One target area is the e-commerce
freighter lineup – now down from ten smaller and smaller. And demand for sector, which offers opportunities for
to eight units – although the MD-11Fs the kind of capacity provided by full- express traffic solutions. EVA is beefing
are heading for the exit faster. cargo freighters has fallen. We accom- up its sales force to get a larger piece of
modated these trends by adjusting our this pie.
“We will gradually take some MD- freighter fleet and long-term plans.”
11 freighters out of service over the Temperature-controlled moves are
course of this year but that won’t have Rather than chase volumes, the focus another key focus. To that end, EVA
a significant effect on our freighter net- at EVA appears to be shifting to ramp- is initiating a master lease agreement
work or schedule. We will accommo- ing up load factors and targeting pre- with Envirotainer, Chai revealed. “With
date our air cargo customers’ consis- mium traffic more than before. this infrastructure in place, we will
tent space needs by making full use of Indeed, the carrier’s monthly statis- launch cold chain services to major
bellyholds on our passenger aircraft,” tics show cargo revenues of US$987.3 cities worldwide, including Amster-
said Glenn Chai, executive vice presi- million for last year, comprising 26.7 dam, London and Paris in Europe, Los
dent, corporate planning division. percent of overall revenues. In 2013 Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago
in the USA, and Taipei, Singapore and
Bangkok in Asia,” he said. “We expect
More goods are transported intermodally. Bellyhold to commence our cold-chain initiative
around mid-2015.”
capacities have grown. Electronic products have become
The mix of longhaul and intra-re-
gional traffic is not likely to change this
year, he indicated. The latter accounts
smaller and smaller ... We accommodated these trends for about 37 percent of EVA’s overall
tonnage.
by adjusting our freighter fleet and long-term plans. However, Chai is decidedly more
bullish on the trans-Pacific market than
the intra-Asian arena. “We expect cargo
—Glenn Chai, executive vice president, corporate planning, EVA Air Continued on page 12
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volume to and from the USA to remain
strong but intra-Asia demand appears Japan charters rise with port crisis, air bag recall
to have less momentum because Chi- A recent recall of automobile
na’s economy is not as robust as it was, air bags, paired with the ongoing
and Japan has not regained strength,” West Coast port crisis in the United
he added. States, has provided another boon
EVA’s belly lift to the U.S. market is to airfreight charter flights from
set to go up in June with the launch of Japan, much like what happened to Subaru has turned to a signficant amount
777-300ER service to Houston. On the eastbound traffic from Asia to North of charter work to keep production run-
sectors to Vancouver, Toronto and Se- America during peak season. ning at its U.S. factory in Indiana.
attle, the carrier said it intends to step Air bags made by Takata Corp., a shore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
up its frequencies this year. Next year, major Tokyo-based auto part supplier, labor dispute and the air bag recalls.
EVA plans to start passenger flights which were installed in automobiles Japan Airlines, Atlas Air, All Nippon
to Chicago. from model year 2002 to 2008, could Airways and Kalitta Air are all reaping
For EVA management, the 777-300ER deploy explosively, and are being the benefits.
certainly is the type to embrace. So far recalled in as many as 18 million ve- Business Insider Australia reported
it has brought 18 into its fleet, replac- hicles. that the chief labor negotiator for
ing most of the 747-400 contingent, The problem is getting new air bags the terminal operators warned that
which is now down to three aircraft in to the U.S. from Japan. A nine-month the West Coast ports were days away
passenger configuration. EVA has four labor dispute has left U.S. West Coast from complete gridlock in the first
more 777s on order, and has also been ports with weeks-long backlogs, and week of February. Union officials, in
talking with Boeing about the 777X, Japanese automakers now have limit- turn, played down the potential for
signaling further interest in the 777 ed options, so they have begun work- shutdowns, suggesting management
series. ing with forwarders to ship the parts was exaggerating the situation as a
The 777s bring ample belly capac- by air. Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., negotiation tactic.
ity into the fleet as its maindeck space which makes Subaru cars, said in Feb- But the airbags and other auto parts
continues to shrink. Last year the ruary that it had moved to chartered have got to move. Six people in the
reductions in its all-cargo fleet led to cargo flights to avoid U.S. production U.S. to date have been killed by ex-
the suspension of freighter service to from coming to a halt. ploding Takata air bags, and 10 differ-
Tokyo and New York. About 42 airfreight charters from ent automakers have recalled vehicles
Japan to the U.S. were booked in with the Takata air bags that are on
February due to the port congestion either the driver’s or passenger’s side
caused by the International Long- of the vehicle. –Linda Ball
Photo: ©Alex Kwanten
Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal has busy first year
n its first full year handling cargo, three hours for passenger flights and
The capacious hold of the 777-300ER has Cathay Pacific Services Limited five hours for freighters. In addition,
largely eliminated the need for the 747-400 (CPSL) reported that the new Ca- airlines can make transshipment con-
combi, and only KLM now operates that type. thay Pacific Cargo Terminal (CPCT), nections at CPCT, within five hours, or
at Hong Kong International Airport, three hours with prior arrangement.
At this point it is still unclear what handled 1.45 million tonnes of cargo.
the carrier’s future freighter lineup The HK$5.9 billion CPCT opened in
On Nov. 8, 2014, the terminal set its February 2013 and was designed and
will look like when the 747 and MD-11
highest daily tonnage record of 5,476 constructed by CPSL, a subsidiary of
cargo planes are all gone. Senior execu-
tonnes of cargo processed. CPCT’s traf- Cathay Pacific Airways, which also
tives have indicated over the past year
fic was 54 percent transshipment. The operates the facility under a 20-year
that the 777F as the likely future main-
percentages of import and export cargo lease agreement with HKIA. The new
stay of the freighter fleet. How many?
tonnes throughout were 15 percent terminal has an annual air cargo capac-
No announcement has been made, but
and 31 percent, respectively. ity of 2.6 million tonnes. CPSL started
a ten-unit fleet has been hinted at –
which would be down from 15 freight- “2014 was Cathay Pacific Cargo providing ramp-handling service for
ers two years ago. Terminal’s first full-year of operations. freighters since July 2014.
With concerted efforts by our dedicat- CPSL currently serves seven customer
Chai labels the 777F “definitely a ed team, we were able to achieve the
contender to replace existing freight- airlines, including AirAsia, Air Hong Kong,
highest level of service performance Cathay Pacific Airways, Dragonair
ers” but added that management is still that we promised our customers from
evaluating its aircraft options and has (a Cathay subsidiary), EVA Airways,
the beginning,” said CPSL chief execu- Royal Brunei Airlines and Thai AirAsia.
not made a final decision. ACW tive officer Kelvin Ko. CPSL employs more than 1,800 people
At CPCT, consignees can collect to support the round-the-clock opera-
inbound cargo after its arrival within tions at the terminal. –Linda Ball
12 MARCH 2015 ACWAround the world
EUROPE
Frankfurt top dog again? Well, maybe.
By Roger Turney
E
urope’s top cargo airport? Well, imposed on the airport, literally almost As far as cargo is concerned, Fraport
surely that would be Frankfurt. Or overnight. Take-offs and landings were has set itself the daunting task of hit-
maybe Paris? banned between the hours of 11 p.m. ting the 3 million tonne mark by the
It’s a good question, because and 5 a.m. The ban affected 17 night- end of 2020. Given that last year’s 2.2
through last year both gateways were time cargo flights, of which about 11 million tonnes represented an incre-
trumpeting the fact that their cargo were operated by Lufthansa Cargo. ment of only 1.7 percent; that is quite
figures for 2013 clearly showed they The German carrier argued, in vain, a challenge.
were each the busiest cargo gateways that the ban would cost it US $45 mil- But Frankfurt is definitely, and per-
in Europe. lion a year. It threatened to move its haps defiantly, on the move. Much of
On paper, at least, Frankfurt ap- operations to another German airport, the airport’s cargo handing operations
peared to be the underdog with 2.1 or even (mein Gott) another Euro have shifted to the south. It is here, on
million tonnes of cargo handled, while hub, outside of Germany. what was an area largely covered by
Paris, combining the figures of Charles Three years later and, remark- the former U.S. Air Force base, that
de Gaulle and Orly airports, came in at ably, Lufthansa Cargo is still fully Frankfurt’s cargo future is being built.
2.18 million tonnes. entrenched at Frankfurt and even That has manifested itself most re-
Game over? Well, not quite. Both committed to building a new cargo cently with the decision by Fraport to
figures contained airmail traffic, which terminal. It appears to have accommo- finally move ahead with a major
put the French in front. But in terms dated the imposition of the night flight expansion of what is termed CargoCity
of pure cargo traffic, it was apparently ban and even managed to provide for South. A 27-hectare site has been
Frankfurt that won the day. So, yes both the dispersal of five new 777Fs into its cleared, and bids called in to develop
were able to claim victory – of a kind. constrained schedules. the first phase, which will cover about
Now, it seems, they are going to be As a reward for quieter nights half of the site area. Would-be bidders
sniping at one another again. Frankfurt, around the neighborhood, Frankfurt are expected to include a mix of air-
confident of gaining overall supremacy, did at least gain the concession of an lines, handlers and express operators.
has reported figures for 2014 of 2.2 extra runway, opening just a day after The first tenants are projected to move
million tonnes. But wait, those Frenchies the nighttime ban came in. But the is- in around mid-2017.
are at it again. Curiously, posting its sue of nighttime operations continues Off the airport and adjacent to the
results a month later than its German to stalk the airport. Calls have been airport’s newest runway, Fraport has
rival, Paris says its 2014 total was made for the ban to be extended to a further 110-hectare area for devel-
2,201,726 tonnes, thereby just shading what are described as the “shoulder opment at its disposal. Known as the
its Teutonic neighbors … again. hours” – one hour on either side of the Monchof Logistics Park, this project is
No doubt, the caveat of who handled current curfew. already being implemented, with the
the more pure cargo will once again be The issue is due to be resolved aim of providing logistics companies
played to Frankfurt’s benefit. in time for the start of the summer and other airport-related businesses the
But it is the German cargo hub schedule. The likelihood is that some opportunity to acquire plots of between
that appears to have regained its kind of runway rotation could be intro- 5,000 and 100,000 square meters.
self-confidence and self-belief. That duced, but airport owner and operator So far, more than 400,000 square
confidence took a serious knock three Fraport argues that this will be difficult meters has been allocated, with the
years ago when a night flight ban was to implement. goal of full site occupation by 2019.
14 MARCH 2015 ACWEuropeNews
Typically, DHL Express Germany and
Expeditors International are among
the early tenants. Swiss WorldCargo, Cargologic,
Photo: ©Alex Kwanten
Fraport, though, is also a major
cargo operator in its own right. Fraport SATS form partnership
T
Cargo Services (FCS) is the largest in-
hree powerhouses of airfreight and
dependent cargo handler at the airport,
airport services have joined to-
responsible for moving over 450,000
Lufthansa Cargo not only dealt with gether to improve their cool-chain
tonnes a year through its terminals,
Frankfurt’s night ban, it added capacity handling abilities. Oliver Evans, Swiss
reflecting a 22 percent market share.
with 777Fs and is looking to build a new World Cargo’s chief cargo officer;
Those figures will be given a signifi- cargo terminal at the airport. Marco Gredig, managing director
cant boost with the recent news that of Cargologic; and Alex Hungate,
the company has won over the con- and promote the gateway, while at the president and CEO of SATS, signed a
tract from a rival operator to handle same time aiming to improve its work- memorandum of understanding Jan.
the cargo business of China Southern ing processes. Initially, 15 companies 13, outlining the collaboration.
Cargo. Operating five weekly 777F signed up for membership, among
The three said they will focus on
flights between Frankfurt and Guang- them Lufthansa Cargo.
value-added services and improving
zhou, and six to Shanghai, plus ad- Frankfurt has the advantage over performance at their facilities. They
ditional passenger services to Guang- its French rival of being at the heart of have agreed to foster good distribu-
zhou, the airline is expected to gener- Europe’s manufacturing base. But it is tion practices (GDP) at Cargologic’s
ate annual volumes of 70,000 tonnes a noted curiosity that while 90 percent certified cool-chain facilities and SATS’
moving through FCS facilities. of all French airfreight flies via the two facilities across Asia to promote phar-
But Fraport is by no means going it Paris airports, Frankfurt only attracts maceutical and other temperature-sen-
alone in plotting Frankfurt’s long-term around 48 percent of all German air- sitive airfreight for Swiss World Cargo.
future as Europe’s leading air cargo freight traffic. Specialized handling solutions will be
hub. Early last year, a new association, For the time being then, Frankfurt implemented to ensure improved care
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, was and Paris will, presumably, continue of valuable freight for Swiss.
created with the intent of providing to argue over the top-dog spot in Eu- With this new alliance, the trio will
representation for all the major cargo rope… It must be one of them. ACW share knowledge and best practices
players on the airport to help develop Continued on page 16
To understand how the Maastricht Airport’s cargo product can
give your supply chain a competitive edge in Europe, please contact
Mr. Wiel Dohmen, Cargo Development Manager at +31-43-358-9999
or by email: w.dohmen@maa.nl
ACW MARCH 2015 15EuropeNews
Continued from page 15
Photo: ©Alex Kwanten
in IT, facility development, joint train-
ing, staff/management enrichment and
joint innovation workshops.
Cargologic is a specialist in airfreight
handling and has been a contractor
to airlines and forwarding companies
for more than 50 years. It operates
in Zurich, Basel, Bern and Lugano in
Switzerland, with a presence in Am-
sterdam and Brussels through its sister
company, Skylink.
In business for over 60 years, Sin-
gapore-based SATS provides gateway
and food services in 42 airports and 12
countries in Asia and the Middle East.
AirBridgeCargo completes record year
In its tenth year of doing business, er, ABC’s fleet now stands at thirteen
Swiss World Cargo, the airfreight
AirBridgeCargo (ABC), the sched- 747 freighters, which includes six -8Fs.
division of Swiss International Air
uled-service subsidiary of the Volga- ABC also added new routes to Dal-
Lines, with its headquarters in Zurich,
Dnepr Group, carried a record 401,000 las/Ft. Worth, Leipzig, Munich, Basel
offers logistics services to approxi-
tonnes of cargo in 2014, which is a and Malmo, while adding frequencies
mately 120 destinations in over 80
17.6 percent increase over 2013. to Chicago, Milan, Amsterdam, Hong
countries. Part of the Lufthansa Group,
it is supplemented by daily truck con- Investing in improvements at its Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul. ABC
nections between key business centers main hub in Moscow, and reacting offers 218 scheduled freighter flights
in Europe. quickly to market changes, ABC aver- a week to 11 countries and more than
–Linda Ball aged a load factor of 72.6 percent, 400 connections, with a delivery time
which is above the industry standard. within 48 hours on most of its origin-
By adding an additional 747-8 freight- destination pairs via the Moscow hub.
“Thanks to this growing support,
ABC has been able to grow consistent-
ly with a compound growth rate of 11
percent over the last five years,” said
Denis Ilin, ABC’s executive president.
He said the company aims to further
increase its network with additional
destinations to support smaller, niche
or even short-term project business
opportunities.
“The geographic location of our hub
in Moscow positions us perfectly to
introduce services to literally any point
in Europe and beyond. The global
market will remain challenging in 2015
but I look forward with confidence that
we will keep pace with the demand
and opportunities that exist for us,”
Ilin added.
AirBridgeCargo also added Helsinki,
Finland, to its international network,
with twice-weekly 747F service. The
flights will operate from Moscow’s
Sheremetyevo Airport to Helsinki, re-
turning to Moscow via Frankfurt. The
new service offers 48-hour connec-
tion opportunities for ABC’s custom-
ers between Asia and Helsinki. In the
past five years, ABC has been one of
the world’s fastest growing interna-
tional cargo, airlines with a compound
growth rate of 11 percent. –Linda Ball
16 MARCH 2015 ACWEuropeNews
Nordic countries quickly reach e-AWB milestone Qatar’s new Pharma Express
In just five months, Scandinavia’s Qatar Airways Cargo is introducing
Photo: ©Alex Kwanten
air freight sector collectively hit a new service this month, dubbed the
IATA’s global 22 percent target for “Pharma Express,” that will expedite
adoption of electronic air waybill pharmaceutical cargo from Brussels
(e-AWB) technology in their cargo and Basel to Qatar’s network via the
operations. Alexander Kohnen, Luf- carrier’s Doha hub.
thansa Cargo’s director for Nordic and The two European cities are estab-
Baltic countries, made the announce- lished pharmaceutical manufacturing
ment during his opening remarks at centers, with Brussels Airport becom-
the Nordic Air Cargo Symposium in ing the world’s first to be certified by
Stockholm last month. the Center of Excellence for Indepen-
Nine IATA member airlines – SAS 22 percent. The industry total was dent Validators (CEIV Pharma) last
Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, Air France/ 23.4 percent for December 2014, year. Brussels and the surrounding
KLM, Finnair, Korean Air, Cathay which was 2.3 percent more, month area is home to 146 life sciences and
pacific, Qatar Airways and Emirates over month. biotechnology companies.
– have taken the lead in the Nordic Implementing electronic airway Pharma Express will be serviced by
market to implement the e-AWB for bills involves the World Customs Or- A330Fs. In January 2014, Qatar Air-
their air freight shipment. IATA’s vi- ganization (WCO), ground handlers, ways Cargo launched QR Pharma – an
sion is to see its members go 100 per- freight forwarders and airlines. The airfreight service for pharmaceutical
cent paperless by the end of 2017. implementation is performed locally and healthcare products. QR Pharma
At the close of 2014, global e-AWB in each country, and the nine lead air- offers temperature-controlled contain-
adoption stood at 24.9 percent. lines have agreed to a single process ers, designed to maintain a constant
Denmark scored 23 percent, Finland for the forwarders to deliver cargo to temperature throughout the entire
25 percent, Sweden 15 percent and the cargo terminals and ground han- transportation chain, keeping the
Norway at 7 percent, which exceeded dlers. This process completely elimi- product within a defined temperature
those countries’ combined goal of nates the need for paper. –Linda Ball band at all stages of the journey.
–Linda Ball
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&MIDDLE EAST
Kenya’s Astral Aviation to increase intra-Africa service
By Randy Woods
L
ater this month, the fifth general ing equipment into Tanzania, and gas Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to
election will be held in Nigeria since equipment into Mozambique,” he said. London Stansted on an ACMI-leased,
the official end of military rule in The only downside to 2014, Gadhia Atlas-operated 747-400F. Last year, the
1999. For Kenyan cargo airline said, was an embargo on relief flights carrier also acquired a 5-tonne-capaci-
Astral Aviation, the scheduled March from Kenya into the Ebola-stricken ty Fokker 27, which complimented As-
28 vote will be good news, not only for countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and tral’s fleet of DC-9 and 727 freighters.
democracy in Africa, but also for the Liberia in West Africa, which arose out Plans are also being made to acquire
expected rise in charter shipments of of regulatory restrictions. Now that the a second 747-400F in the first quarter
election materials to Nigeria. reports of Ebola cases appear to be on of 2015 to keep up with demand for
According to Astral’s CEO Sanjeev the decline, he said he hopes to be able increased intra-Africa service, Gadhia
Gadhia, such connections between to resume flights to the region later said. New markets being considered
Kenya and other African nations via this year. for scheduled service include Angola,
African-owned carriers are a welcome In general, Gadhia said, oil, gas and South Africa, Democratic Republic of
development in a region that has been mining equipment – mostly shipped to the Congo, Zambia, the Congo Repub-
dominated by larger European and Nigeria and Angola – are the carrier’s lic and Zimbabwe, “which will be done
Asian airlines. “African countries have highest-yield businesses, but those cautiously,” he added.
started to trade more with each other shipments are being threatened by the Despite this optimism for 2015,
than before, resulting in an increase of dramatic drop in oil prices in the last Gadhia says there are many obstacles
intra-African logistics,” he said. nine months. The rise in the election- facing African cargo carriers, such as
Now entering its 15th year of opera- materials charters to Nigeria this the lack of airport and cargo infra-
tion, Astral uplifts various types of month, he said, will help make up for structure in certain airports in Africa.
cargo, including oil and gas equipment, the expected lower volume of oil and Inadequate facilities lead to “higher op-
telecommunication equipment, aid gas exploration equipment shipments. erating costs, hence there is a need of
and relief supplies, mining equipment, Another sector of business that is greater foreign and local investment to
and medicines and vaccines. Last year, expected to fill the gaps left by oil and upgrade or install modern equipment,”
Astral experienced higher demand gas at Astral is the perishables market he explained.
for intra-African scheduled service on from East Africa to Europe. “This year, Also, the current patchwork of over-
routes to destinations such as Juba in we expect to see an increase in perish- lapping airfreight regulations imposed
South Sudan, Pemba in Mozambique, able exports into Europe and an in- by the many countries has created a
Mwanza and Zanzibar in Tanzania, and crease in intra-African transit cargoes regulatory framework in which “certain
Mogadishu in Somalia. “There was also from our Nairobi hub,” Gadhia said. countries are over-regulated while oth-
a significant increase in aid and relief ers are under-regulated.” As a result,
cargoes into South Sudan and Central The all-cargo carrier currently of-
fers twice-weekly flights from Nairobi’s African governments have tended to
African Republic, in addition to min- favor foreign carriers by granting fifth
freedom rights. Today, about 90 percent
of the African air cargo market is now
This year, we expect to see an increase in perishable dominated by these foreign carriers.
On a positive note, Gadhia added,
exports into Europe and an increase in intra-African trade blocks in Africa are becoming
stronger. “The possibility of a single
transit cargoes from our Nairobi hub. trade block in Africa will soon be a
reality, which will encourage lower
tariffs, greater trade and movement of
—Sanjeev Gadhia, CEO, Astral Aviation cargoes within Africa.” ACW
18 MARCH 2015 ACWAfrica & MiddleEastNews
Two Djibouti airports planned, with Chinese funding Airlink responds to flooding
The tiny African nation of Djibouti for the Airbus 380. The second airport, Airlink, a humanitarian response
measures just 23,200 square kilometers to be named Ahmed Dini Ahmed Inter- organization, and its partner airlines,
and is home to only about 800,000 peo- national Airport, after one of the nation’s have responded to a severe flooding
ple, but within a few years – and a little former prime ministers, is expected to crisis in Malawi, caused by above
help from the Chinese – it expects to open in 2016, to the north of Djibouti average rainfall in January. Airlink
have two brand-new airport hubs large and will have an annual capacity of brings pre-qualifed nonprofits to-
enough to handle 100,000 tonnes of roughly 767,000 passengers per year. gether with airlines.
cargo and 2 million passengers annually. With the help of funding from China The situation is dire, with 1.15 mil-
Located in the Horn of Africa, where Civil Engineering Construction Corpora- lion people affected by the flooding
the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden, Dji- tion, the Djibouti government said the and 336,000 of them displaced. It’s
bouti is vying for a piece of the lucrative cost to build both airports is estimated been reported that 176 people have
long-haul international air traffic that to be nearly US$600 million, as part of a died and hundreds more are unac-
has been increasing across East Africa larger US$5 billion investment in indus- counted for. Crops have been de-
and the Middle East in the last decade. trial and seaport infrastructure. stroyed and poor sanitation systems
At a January dedication ceremony in the Other projects in the master plan in- have been washed away.
town of Ali-Sabieh, the nation’s Presi- clude a direct rail link to Addis Ababa in All Hands, a 501(c)3, has already
dent, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, kicked off neighboring Ethiopia, a petroleum and deployed six relief workers into the
construction of the first of the two hubs, liquefied-natural-gas terminal, to open country. Airlink is working with the
located about 25 kilometers south of the later this year, plus four new ports that International Red Cross to bring in
capital, Djibouti City. will quadruple seafreight capacity to latrines to reduce waterborne ill-
The proposed airport, to be called nearly 80 million tonnes per year. ness while sanitation systems are
Hassan Gouled Aptidon International restored.
According to a recent forecast by
Airport, after Djibouti’s first president,
the World Bank, Djibouti’s economy is For more information, please
is expected to open in 2018. It will be
expected to grow by 6.5 percent visit airlink-info.org/severe-flooding-
capable of catering to 1.5 million passen-
this year. –Randy Woods response. –Linda Ball
gers and will have runways long enough
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Northern Air Cargo assists in ‘The Last Great Race’
By Linda Ball
T
he Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, operating one flight a day, three or expedited on-demand charters, mostly
called “The Last Great Race,” has four days a week, to drop supplies at carrying auto parts between the U.S.
been held every year in Alaska since three hub locations along the trail – and Mexico. Approximately 68 percent
1973. The race is the re-enactment of the the towns of McGrath, Unalakleet and of cargo on NAS carriers is freight and
dogsled freight route from Anchorage Nome, where the race ends. 32 percent is mail.
to Nome, Alaska, covering a distance of No stranger to flying in sub-zero In recent years, NAC has experienced
1,049 miles in harsh, cold winter condi- conditions, NAC, founded in 1956, flies a growth spurt. The addition of Aloha
tions. Before the advent of aircraft, dog to 14 points in western and northern and the L.A.-to-Honolulu route, ground
sled drivers, known as mushers, deliv- Alaska. One of NAC’s largest customers handling services for Shell Oil’s passen-
ered goods to isolated villages, and the is the Red Dog Mine, a zinc-lead mine ger terminal and a four-year contract
race follows their historic path. in Northwest Alaska near Kotzebue, with the U.S. Postal Service to carry
Just like those early mushers, North- which NAC has been servicing for 20 international mail are just a few of the
ern Air Cargo (NAC), Alaska’s largest years. The oil companies that are ac- new roles the company has taken on.
all-cargo airline, also delivers goods tive in Prudhoe Bay, at the origination “Every piece of the company is
in support of the race that celebrates of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, are also growing,” Squier said. He said that
their arduous journey. frequent customers. MRO subsidiary Northern Air Mainte-
This year the ceremonial start is NAC also provides flights for the nance Services (NAMS) has also taken
March 7 in downtown Anchorage, as Alaska Bypass, a federal mail delivery on maintenance support for Conoco
usual, but the actual race will start in system for small, isolated villages. By Phillips aircraft that service Anchor-
Fairbanks for only the second time avoiding the U.S. Postal Service, the age, Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay.
in the history of the race, due to lack bypass allows residents of those towns
Squier is new in his role, having
of snow. NAC will be there in its 33rd to ship and receive goods for far less
previously served as vice president
year of ferrying about 75 tons of dog than commercial rates. Squier said
of cargo services for NAC and, before
food, sleds, kennels, snow machines, bypass mail is more than just letters;
that, as manager of ground operations
chainsaws, camera equipment, ply- it must be a minimum of a thousand
in Anchorage for Alaska Airlines.
wood, heaters, propane tanks, perish- pounds and is often supplies for gro-
ables and general gear to support the cery stores and restaurants. This month, however, all eyes will
mushers and their dogs. be on Alaska, which is the heart of the
But NAC is also tied to freight routes
Northern Air Cargo operation. NAC
Dave Squier, the chief operating of- in much warmer – even tropical –
is one of the earliest sponsors of the
ficer of Northern Air Services, NAC’s climes. When Hawaii’s Aloha Airlines
upcoming Iditarod, said Stan Hooley,
parent company, said weather and went bankrupt in 2008, Saltchuk Re-
CEO of the Iditarod Trail Committee.
timing are the two main logistical chal- sources, which bought NAC in 2006,
Each year, at the annual “musher’s
lenges in staging the Iditarod. The du- bought the airfreight portion, Aloha Air
banquet,” the carrier gives away a
ration of the race, for example, is a big Cargo, based in Honolulu. Squier said
brand-new ATV to one of the mushers
variable. Winners have arrived in Nome it is predominantly inter-island service,
who completes the formidable jour-
after eight days, but the last musher with one weekly frequency between
ney. NAC also awards the musher who
might not come in for a month after Los Angeles and Hawaii.
displays the best sportsmanship and
starting, so it can be difficult to know NAC in Alaska and Aloha Cargo in spirit with the Herbie Nayopuk award,
how long NAC will have to have an air- Hawaii make up the vast majority of named after an Iditarod legend, in addition
craft ready to fly in new supplies. Northern Air Service’s business, Squier to $1,049 in one-dollar bills stuffed in
The carrier uses a 737-200 freighter said, but the company also keeps a the pockets of a Carhartt jacket. ACW
and a 737-300 freighter for the race, couple of aircraft in Laredo, Texas, for
20 MARCH 2015 ACWAmericasNews
DHL Global Forwarding finishes Chicago facility
DHL Global Forwarding, the for- The DHL facility has also been vali-
warding arm of Deutsche Post DHL, dated by the Customs-Trade Partner-
completed construction of its US$35 ship Against Terrorism and is certified
million, 491,000-square-foot container by the U.S. Transportation Security
freight station in Chicago, which will Administration as a cargo screening
be the company’s largest cargo facility facility. By the second quarter of 2015, Opening DHL’s new ORD facility.
in the United States. the facility is expected to be designat- In addition, the DHL facility is in the
The three-story building, contain- ed by the Transported Asset Protec- process of obtaining a Leadership in
ing both office and warehouse space tion Association-Americas, as meeting Energy and Environmental Design
to hold 500 workers, is located in federal security handling guidelines. (LEED) certification, a third-party
Chicago O’Hare International Airport’s The new facility includes two tempe- verification program for energy-effi-
cargo zone and took about a year to rature-controlled chambers, totaling cient buildings. Some of its “green”
complete. Part of the building has 10,000 square feet, plus a 1,000-square- aspects include high-efficient light and
been designated a Foreign Trade Zone, foot ambient-temperature receiving area. water fixtures, use of drought-resistant
which is a secure area under the su- These areas are designed to handle plants in the landscaping, spaces
pervision of U.S. Customs and Border pharmaceutical, biotech or medical for bicycle storage and fuel-efficient
Protection and considered outside the products, and the new Chicago facility vehicles, and use of materials with
customs territory of the U.S. for the is one of eight certified Life Sciences low-emitting indoor-air contaminants,
purpose of duty-payment. Stations that DHL has completed in the U.S. among others. –Randy Woods
FedEx Trade Networks rolls into Latin America
FedEx Trade Networks, the freight area,” said John Gazitua, managing The U.S.-to-Mexico trade lane also
forwarding and customs brokerage director for FedEx Trade Networks, includes moving cargo from FedEx
segment of FedEx Corp., is adding to Latin America-Caribbean region. Trade Networks in Dallas to Mexico
its trade lanes with Mexico and South The Germany-to-Mexico forwarding City, Guadalajara and Monterrey air-
America. program bridges European businesses ports by truck.
There are two new routes origi- to manufacturing and high-tech hubs in In addition to airport-to-airport ser-
nating in Frankfurt, Germany; one Mexico. The service consolidates and vice, FedEx trade networks provides
goes to Mexico City and Guadalajara moves cargo from Frankfurt Interna- airport-to-door, door-to-airport and
and the other flies to São Paulo and tional Airport to Mexico City and Gua- door-to-door pricing options.
Campinas, Brazil. Other new trade dalajara. Commenting on the expansion of
lanes are Hong Kong to Mexico City Frankfurt to Brazil delivers goods to services to and from Latin America,
and Guadalajara; and Dallas to Mexico both Guarulhos and Viracopos Airports FedEx Trade Networks said that
City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. in São Paulo. The air consolidation trade between the Asia-Pacific region
“Mexico and Brazil are two strong service also helps customers avoid and Latin America has grown at an
examples of key markets for the delays by having consignees and their average annual rate of 20 percent for
automotive, aircraft and electronic brokers verify shipping documents be- more than a decade, while trade be-
industries, and we are very focused fore arrival. tween the European Union and Latin
on providing total end-to-end inter- The Hong Kong flights go into America has doubled to approximate-
national freight forwarding solutions Mexico City and Guadalajara five days ly US$280 billion in the past 10 years.
and greater market access in the a week. –Linda Ball
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