Tag: Air Transport

Air Berlin carries letter post

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

At monday 31st March Air Berlin started to carry letters for the German post office – Deutsche Post AG – for the first time.

From Monday to Friday night two Boeing 737-800s carry up to 12,500 kilograms of post each between Berlin-Tegel and Frankfurt am Main. Deutsche Post AG also distributes letters destined for Dresden, Rostock and Schwerin via Berlin, and from Frankfurt am Main the post is sent to Cologne – and back.

The Air Berlin planes operate under special licence, allowing them to take off from Berlin-Tegel at 23:50 hours to land in Frankfurt am Main at around 00:55 hours. The aircraft taking off from Frankfurt am Main leave the ground at about 01:00 hours and arrive in Berlin-Tegel at approximately 02:00 hours. The initial contract concluded with Deutsche Post AG is due to run until the end of the winter schedule in 2009/2010.

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Local airlines and USPS plan for Aloha Airline shutdown

Posted by | Mar 26, 2008 | |

Local airlines and the U.S. Postal Service are making contingency plans in case Aloha Airlines shuts down next week.

Aloha Airlines’ cash plan runs for just 5 more days. They’ll let the bankruptcy court know Monday whether they’ve found a buyer or a loan to continue business.

Others are getting ready in case Aloha can’t go on.

Two additional Go! airplanes have shown up at Honolulu International Airport.

Hawaiian Airlines employees have been told it could be all hands on deck next week.

It’s all part of the back-up plan in case Aloha Airlines stops flying.

“There’s nobody that can fill the gap right away. I’ll tell you that right now,” said Randall Cummings, an Aloha Airlines pilot. “There’s nobody who can fill the gap right away if aloha goes out of business. It will be a crisis.”

A crisis starting with passengers. Hawaiian is already planning to add more flights to move more people if necessary.

“The expanded flight schedules are simply part of a larger contingency plan as a result of Aloha Airlines’ recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy,” said Mark Dunkerley, president and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines.

Hawaiian could also make use of 1 spare 717. Their larger 767s are currently assigned to transpacific routes.

The 2 additional Go! planes on the ground now carry 50 people each, but Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of Go!’s parent company, said, “We are monitoring situation closely and we will respond to the market demand.”

As for Aloha’s 3,500 employees, the unions are coaching members about how to cope with possible job loss — including help with bill payment, unemployment filing, and even getting enough food for the family.

“We’re all trying to be positive,” said Ed Paulo of the machinists union. “We went through this once and hopefully we can pull this out again.”

Besides passengers and employees, other sectors of the economy are working on contingency plans, too.

Aloha is the state’s largest air cargo carrier — including items for FedEx and UPS. It’s one of only 2 carriers handling interisland deliveries for the U.S. mail.

The postal service has seen similar disruptions elsewhere, and its Hawaii spokesperson Duke Gonzales said: “We have been able to overcome those challenges in the past and are confident that we’ll be able to continue to serve our customers.”

The postal service is exploring short-term emergency contracts.

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New managers for UPS freight forwarding

Posted by | Mar 25, 2008 | |

UPS has chosen new management to lead its global freight forwarding team.

UPS, which spends more than USD 1 billion a year on technology, wants to use its electronic records platform in the freight forwarding line of business, so that large manufacturers can follow their shipments around the globe, just like customers can track their packages.

Freight forwarding — moving large shipments via third-party air, ocean and train shipping lines — is a highly-competitive industry.

The new President of Freight Forwarding is Eric W. Kirchner, who is replacing Dan Brutto, now President of UPS International.

Everette C. Riley has been promoted to President of Freight Forwarding for North America, and Terry Gavin Sambrook to Vice President of Global Brokerage.

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DHL in deal with Dubai Industrial City

Posted by | Mar 22, 2008 | |

DHL has entered into a strategic partnership with Dubai Industrial City.

Under the agreement, leading contract logistics company DHL Exel Supply Chain, in collaboration with sister companies DHL Express, Danzas AEI, and DHL Global Forwarding, are developing a unique supply model, said the company said in a statement.

The transPARK is a dedicated logistics park that will provide a single control point for, and access to, a full range of end-to-end logistics services to the companies at Dubai Industrial City.

Dubai Industrial City chief executive officer Rashed Al Ansari said transPARK stands to support the massive demand for logistics services that is being generated by the booming industrial and manufacturing sector.

Considered the third largest non-real estate project in Dubai, Dubai Industrial City aims to promote the continued expansion of the industrial sector in the region, particularly high-value manufacturing and production in the small and medium sector industries. The ultimate objective is to make Dubai less dependent on imports.

Using DHL’s global network, the transPARK complex will be positioned to provide services that include freight, inventory management, distribution and consultancy. transPARK’s warehousing includes storage areas for machinery and vehicles, bulk storage, bonded storage, racked storage, or temperature-controlled storage for perishable goods. Storage space will be leased on an individual or multi-user basis.

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Blue Dart to replace Boeing 737 with 757

Posted by | Mar 17, 2008 | |

Move will help the company increase its carrying capacity without increasing fleet size.

The Chennai-based air cargo company, Blue Dart Aviation, has decided to replace all its four ageing Boeing 737 cargo aircrafts with the Boeing 757. The move is primarily aimed at augmenting carrying capacity without increasing the current fleet size of seven.

Last year, the company inducted a 757 freight carrier, which was its seventh from DHL Expresses’ European Air Transport. DHL Express holds 81 per cent stake in Blue Dart.

Tushar Jani, chairman, Blue Dart Aviation, said, “We cannot increase our fleet size because of lack of parking space at airports and hence will replace the Boeing 737 with Boeing 757.”

The company intends to have a mix of leased and owned 757-200 SF (special freighters). At present, the cost of a Boeing 757-200 SF (special freighters) is about USD 80-85 million.
The replacement of aircrafts will help the company increase its carrying capacity by 32 per cent from 148 tonnes to 196 tonnes by the end of 2011.
The replacement initiative comes at a time when the company is optimistic about starting scheduled overseas operations, perhaps this year.

Company executives said the move would help improving aircraft utilisation due to increased flying hours. The company currently is evaluating commercial viability of flying to overseas destinations.

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