Posted by julian on Mar 5, 2010 in
Airlines,
Company News
The TSA division of the Department of Home Security is moving forward in implementing 100% screening of all air cargo by year’s end. Last year we invested $hundred’s of thousands in screening equipment and this year we trained six specialists in our security screening department in Los Angeles. Many of our brethren forwarders are scrambling [...]
Tags: ATL, CII, DHS, Forwarders, Jeremy Vergara, JFK, LAX, Peter Lamy, screening, TSA, Zachary Zemby
Posted by julian on Feb 24, 2010 in
Airlines
Many shippers and forwarders are still in large numbers sitting on their hands believing TSA will be hard pressed to keep top their deadline of August 1st, of all airfreight having to be screened. They feel because they have the security of numbers, the Department of Home Security will have to back off and [...]
Tags: screening, TSA; DHS
Posted by julian on Feb 2, 2010 in
Airlines
Since the fuel crisis, even the latest 747-400’s are being grounded by many airlines. In the bankruptcy, Japan Air Lines with one of the largest 747 fleets has announced that all forty-seven in the passenger fleet will be left with the Bankruptcy Trustee for him to dispose of. On strongly patronized long route flights the [...]
Tags: 747-400, 777, 787, Airbus, AirNewZealand, Boeing, Cargolux, JAL, MD11
Posted by julian on Jan 7, 2010 in
Airlines
The High Court (equivalent to our Supreme Court) this week ruled that Sal San Filippo must stand trial with five other colleagues in New Zealand for “anti-competitive” behavior. Granted that his bosses fought hard to have him removed as a defendant (the opposite of what happened to Bruce McCaffrey of Qantas) it amazes me with [...]
Tags: Air NewZealand, BAX Global, Bruce McCaffrey, Qantas, Sal San Filippo