Cargo Shorts
Virgin Atlantic Cargo.
Suzy Wardle, Head of Digital
& Distribution was the
keynote speaker at the JFK
Air Cargo EXPO bringing
new ideas to the air cargo
supply chain state-of-mind.
JFK Mail.There are
conversations going on
within JFK Airport between
ground handlers on
how best to fill the void by
handlers who have opted
out of handling international
mail. This current
void of efficient mail handling
and of transport carts
is concerning to terminal
operators. While building
197 will be open all year, to
ease increasing mail arrivals,
plans and companies
are sought to fill this important
loss of operators.
National Airlines,
based in Florida, flew a B747-
400F from both Toronto
and Amsterdam to Cyclone
Idai-affected Mozambique
with 70 tons of relief materials
from the Canadian Red
Cross Society. National responded
to the request from
Air Charter Service (ACS) to
launch an urgent relief supply
mission.
Cyclone Idai struck the
African continent on March
14, killing and displacing
thousands of people and
causing damage all across
Mozambique flooding on
thousands of acres of land.
Dangerous Goods. Air
France KLM Cargo has become
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the first airline group
to adopt the International
Air Transport Association’s
(IATA) newly developed
Dangerous Goods AutoCheck
(DG AutoCheck)
for the acceptance of dangerous
goods shipments.
Air France KLM Cargo
handle in excess of 1.5 million
shipments per year–
173,000 of these shipments
require Dangerous Goods
handling. DG AutoCheck
provides a digital solution
to more effectively manage
the transport of dangerous
goods by air for our customers
while at the same time
enhancing safety and compliance.
It is another significant
step in AFKL Cargo’s
commitment towards a digital
transformation of the
air freight business model,
and we will work closely
with our ground handling
partners to expand the use
of DG AutoCheck beyond
our hubs,” said Marcel de
Nooijer, Executive Vice
President of Air France
KLM Cargo.
WFS news. WFS
thanked Brussels Airport
Company for recognizing
the hard work, success and
commitment of the WFS
team based at this great
European airport gateway.
WFS expressed appreciation
to be the first ground
handler to win the annual
BRUcargo Award! WFS has
signed a five-year ground
handling contract with
easyJet and will be responsible
for easyJet’s check-in,
bag drop, boarding, baggage
loading, aircraft reconfiguration
and pushback
at Edinburgh Airport,
and vice versa for arriving
flights and customers.
United Cargo. and Lufthansa
Cargo have partnered
to jointly manage
sales and booking of standard
and express shipments
on routes between
Europe and the U.S. using
their joint venture framework.
“The combination of
the two strong networks offers
new routing options.
The co-location of our warehouses
is an additional benefit
with customers needing
only one location for export
drop-off and import delivery.
said United Cargo President
Jan Krems. “Through
our joint venture, United
and Lufthansa Cargo offer
transatlantic shippers
more options that produce
these benefits – including
increased frequencies on
a combined network accessible
through either partner’s
booking channels.
Bees. In time for Earth
Day. Forty tons of live honeybees
landed at Ras Al
Khaimah International
Airport on an Egypt Air
Cargo flight from Cairo
on March 14, even as customers
waited to receive
them to take them to various
farms across the UAE.
Sanjay Khanna, CEO, RAK
Airport, said, “The entire
team at RAK Airport put
in immense efforts to join
all the dots together. Lots of
planning went behind this
to achieve the final goal of
handling and delivering
live bees.
ABM Aviation Parking
Offices in bldg.141
On March 27,ABM Aviation,
Parking Services
at John F. Kennedy International
Airport hosted a
Grand Opening Celebration
to meet and greet their new
neighbors in Building 141
(141 Federal Circle).
“The actual move in date
was February 26, 2019; and
now that we are all settled
in, it was time to invite our
newly-found neighbors over
so we can get to know each
other…” said ABM Regional
Customer Service and Training
Coordinator, Cate Moran.
ABM Parking Services
General Manager at JFK, Orlando
Rodriguez, was joined
by his management team and
staff; along with Michael Joseph,
ABM Regional Landside
Director, in cutting the
ribbon and opening the doors!
Orlando thanked his team
and mentioned all by name
for the hard work they put
into the move and office setup.
He also cited the wonderful
efforts by the Port Authority
of New York and New
Jersey in providing such a
wonderful space.
Michael Joseph expressed
deep pride in the operation
and expressed his sincere
gratitude for the ample accommodations.
ABM Parking Services General Manager Orlando Rodriguez cuts ribbon
with (right) Regional Landside Director Michael Joseph with crew
proud of new quarters at Building 141, JFK Airport.
Neighbors sharing the
building space are Star Mountain,
Council for Airport Opportunity,
Queens Air Services
Development Office,
Aurora Electric, Aviation
High School, and badging office
of the Port Authority.
A few of dozens of Humvees delivered by truck from Indiana to JFK Airport for air cargo export overseas.