Tag: USA

Federal Express allots USD450mln for Philippine hub

Posted by | Mar 4, 2005 | |

FedEx has alloted USD450 million to relocate its hub in Asia by 2007 to the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) from its present site at the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA).

FedEx has a 12-year lease contract with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). Though its contract has yet to expire in 2007, the firm needs to start constructing its new hub in Clark this year to ensure smooth transition of its cargo operations.

Adelberto Yap, president and chief-executive-officer of Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC), said FedEx has yet to maintain Subic for two years after 2007 for scaling down operations.

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DHL reaches deal with US MobileMail

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

DHL announced March 1 an arrangement with MobileMail, a company that forwards mail to Americans spending a significant amount of time away from home.
MobileMail provides forwarding for customers who frequently travel and need their mail to follow them wherever they go. Truck drivers, actors, musicians and traveling nurses are typical customers. Recipients of MobileMail have their mail addressed to a private P.O. box at the MobileMail facility in Atlanta. When they are ready to receive mail, the MobileMail customer selects the time, date and location for delivery by calling in with a secure passcode. Under the arrangement, MobileMail customers can get their mail at any location served by DHL using its Next Day 10:30 a.m. service in the United States.

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The changing shape of the air cargo market

Posted by | Mar 1, 2005 | |

The early, and somewhat unexpected, success of the Airbus A380F freighter
>program could prompt a major rethinking of the way the cargo aircraft
>market, estimated to be worth around $ 130 billion over the next 20 years,
>will develop.
>There is one area where Airbus and Boeing broadly agree: At current rates
>of growth, the world will need around 725 new all-cargo aircraft by 2023.
>Both companies also agree that widebody aircraft will represent about 60%
>of the all-freighter fleet by 2022, and only disagree slightly on how this
>number will be reached — with Boeing suggesting more
>passenger-to-freighter conversions, rather than all-new cargo aircraft
>sales.

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Airlines seek USPS Reinstatement

Posted by | Feb 28, 2005 | |

American Airlines and US Airways hope to quickly resolve their differences with the U.S. Postal Service and return to hauling domestic mail. Citing poor service, the Postal Service this month stopped using the two airlines to carry domestic mail until service improved, USPS spokesman Jim Quirk said. Click to Enlarge At least one of the carriers is conferring with Postal Service officials daily about a program to improve its service, an industry source said. Under contracts awarded to the airlines in 2003, the Postal Service imposed strict on-time standards, which are monitored by a tracking system. Failure to meet those standards for any route could result in the airline losing business to competitors. In addition to American and US Airways, 16 other companies were awarded contracts.

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