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  Monday, May 12 2008
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COVER STORY
     
Cover Story   May 2008  
   
 

Big not necessarily better for JAL Cargo

 
While every carrier has its own unique strategy for dealing with an impending air cargo slowdown, Japan Airlines and its cargo division have taken a somewhat contrarian position by downsizing its aircraft types to maximise yield and flexibility to react to adverse conditions.
 
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JAPAN : Anti-collusion probe hits Japanese forwarders

 
   
 
A number of leading Japanese forwarders are being investigated for alleged price fi xing in the air freight market after the Japanese Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is said to have conducted a series of raids last month involving over a dozen companies including Nippon Express, Kintetsu World Express, Yusen Air & Sea, Vantec Groupand Nishi-Nippon Railroad. Th ese fi ve companies dom...
 
 
 
 
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TNT to invest in Asia-Europe network

 
   
 
TNT announced it will invest €100 million over the next fi ve years as it seeks to tap the robust trade volumes between Asia and Europe. TNT COO James McCormac said the investment is aimed to "strengthen its network coverage, connectivity and infrastructure" as a result of "soaring demand for freight express services between Southeast Asia, China and Europe."...
 
 
 
 
         
 
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ULD & PERISHABLES SUPPLEMENT~ Death penalty for ULD damage

 
  Capital punishment for ULD damage? This may seem rather harsh even in the world's most repressive societies, but the use of this statement caught the attention of senior air cargo executives recently, putting the issue in the spotlight.  
 
Although used purely for its shock value, senior members of the IATA cargo team at the recent World Cargo Symposium in Rome took the wake-up call and elevated the awareness of the negative impact of ULD damage highon their work agenda for 2008. Rightly so, ULD damage through inadequate handling and storage has reached totally unacceptable levels. Airlines are spending in excess ...
 
 
 
 
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DHL

 
   
 
DHL has announced the appointment of Troy Shortell as senior vice president, DHL Global Customer Solutions (GCS) for the Asia Pacific region, with immediate effect. GCS is the industry-first customer management unit that was established in 2004 to manage DHL's top global customers...
 
 
 
 
     
     
     
 
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