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Southwest takes diamond in Vancouver

  

Southwest Airlines was the recipient of Air Cargo World's top award in its sixth annual Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) survey of airports and airlines as rated by their customers.

The ACE findings were revealed at IATA's World Cargo Symposium in Vancouver, BC - the first time the winners have been honored in a public ceremony.

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The Week

Southwest takes diamond in Vancouver

Incheon wins as Korean Air adds Hanoi services

Airfreight chiefs plan differently for next recession

100 percent screening “still two years away”

Gloves off as Emirates endangers Canadian economy

Deutsche Post revenue falls but profit is up

Russia expands express post with DPD

Volga-Dnepr performance excels

Hawaiian increases Airbus order

Coyne adds Reliable Unique Services to Iraq

Aerolineas Argentinas becomes a CHAMP performer

China Southern to join SkyTeam Cargo

Bulgaria signs up for drive-by truck screening

DHL sends humanitarian aid team into Chile

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100 percent screening “still two years away”

The US Department of Homeland Security could be two years away from achieving its objective of 100 percent screening for airfreight imports arriving on passenger flights.

Gale Rossides, acting director of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), told the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee it was feasible to screen all domestic cargo by the August 3 deadline. But she estimated that 65 percent was probably the best the TSA could do by that date for international cargo.

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Airfreight chiefs plan differently for next recession

As IATA halves its loss forecast for 2010 from $5.6 billion to $2.8 billion, air cargo operators say they have learned their lessons from the recession. With the market continuing to recover, they are promising to plan more conservatively in future, increase their financial flexibility, diversify risk and pursue closer relationships with freight forwarders and shippers.

A survey of air cargo CEOs by consultants Oliver Wyman, including six of the world’s top 10, revealed cautious optimism for the remainder of 2010.

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Incheon wins as Korean Air adds Hanoi services

Korean Air will boost its summer schedule cargo services from Incheon to Hanoi from two to three a week. The move comes as Air Cargo World announces the results of its sixth Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) survey based on customer input.

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