Indonesia Air Transport Business Log In Difficult Period
CT Issue No. 156
Services industries of air cargo shipment will be in difficult period, following a report of International Air Transport Associations (IATA) on the estimated of the decrease in air cargo was 13.5% in 2009. In fact

Thieves Drill Cargo Airport
CT Issue No. 156
Regions of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport become thieves target. As a result, several cargo companies lose hundreds of millions of money. Soekarno-Hatta Airport’s Metro Police officers arrested 11of thief suspects that some of them are residents around the airport.

Lion Air To Pay Decided Indemnification
CT Issue No. 156
Central Jakarta of District Court punish Lion Air company to pay PT Mitra Jaya Express (MEJ) compensation Rp22, 778 million, in associated with the compensation claim of lost cargo. In that decision, chairman of the board of judges

Qantas to launch NZ-US freight service
CT Issue No. 156
Qantas Freight has confirmed reports it will introduce a direct weekly Boeing 747-400 freighter service between the United States and New Zealand from February. Group General Manager Qantas Freight

Brazil, Chile and Israel airlines fined
CT Issue No. 156
ABSA Cargo, LAN Cargo and El Al Israel Airlines have pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix airfreight prices and have been fined a total of US$124.7 million. LAN Cargo agreed to pay the US Justice Department an $88 million fine over five years

LAN Cargo appoints RTW
CT Issue No. 156
Chilean carrier LAN Cargo has appointed RTW Air Services of Geneva as its GSSA for Switzerland with effect from 1 January 2009. RTW managing director Walter Richner said: “We are very pleased and proud to have been selected as LAN Cargo’s new GSSA.

American and United report heavy losses
CT Issue No. 156
American and United Airlines have reported heavy losses due to the global economic downturn. United’s parent, UAL, said its loss for 2008 was US $5.35 billion having paid $2.9 billion more in fuel costs than in 2007.

New Singapore fleet iPhone compatible
CT Issue No. 156
Singapore Airlines says customers in all classes will be able to enjoy iPod and iPhone connectivity on board its brand new A330-300 aircraft, unveiled in Toulouse on Wednesday. Singapore Airlines is the first in the world to present this unique feature in its Economy Class cabin

Singapore Changi Airport Welcomes Sriwijaya Air
CT Issue No. 156
Singapore, January 16, 2008(STAT):-Sriwijaya Air, an Indonesia-registered airline, was given a warm reception by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) today. The airline, which commenced flight operations at Singapore Changi Airport's Terminal 2 on 18 December 2008

Revitalization of Cross-Train Do not Make Loss
CT Issue No. 156
The establishment of the new cross-train should begin with learning the full potential of the passenger and cargo transportation. Beside that, PT Kereta Api (KA) should not be loss if operated again on died cross-train. The losses only will hinder the railroad revitalization.

The Railway of Soekarno-Hatta Airport Enter Documentation Phase
CT Issue No. 156
Department of Transportation request to companies to the completeness of the pre-qualification document interested to build and manage the railroad project toward Soekarno-Hatta Airport worth Rp4, 7 trillion start this month.

Airport Soekarna-Hatta will be equiped Evacuate Center, Media Center and New Terminal Cargo
CT Issue No. 156
Management of PT. Angkasa Pura II (AP II) will equip Bandara Soekarna-Hatta with development of Gedung Pusat Evakuasi ( Evacuate Center), Pusat Informasi (Media Center) and new cargo terminal. In this time, airport have been equiped by crisis centre and isolated area.

Improving Customers’ Services, RPX Releases RPX Trackers
CT Issue No. 156
“Real Time On Line Scanning and Tracking through Advanced Technology” After its successfully breakthrough, SMS Pick Up & Tracking services on January last year, RPX Group, international class local one stop logistic company, now has released its new feature used by RPX Group’s courier, RPX Trackers.

Choice Logistics Selected by Jabil for Mission
CT Issue No. 156
Critical Service Parts Logistics Management Choice Logistics, the global specialist in outsourced mission-critical service parts logistics services, has announced a new partnership with Jabil (NYSE: JBL)

CEO Frank Appel honors winners of 'DHL Discover Logistics'
CT Issue No. 156
For over nine months they discussed, organized, and made far-reaching decisions. Now the winning team of the DHL Fast Forward business simulation, which triumphed over a field of more than 8,500 competitors from over 120 countries, has been determined.

ITB’s silence sound have opportunity to weared Airbus
CT Issue No. 156
Team Rajawali, student from ITB representing the Indonesia, success enter the second round competition of Fly Your Ideas which performed by the biggest company plane, Airbus, owing to proposal of natural sound silencer.

Brief News : Alitalia
CT Issue No. 156
A deadline of January 29 has been set for companies to bid for the assets of the air cargo unit of Italy's bankrupt national carrier Alitalia. A public tender will immediately follow the sale of five MD-11 freighters organised by Alitalia's bankruptcy administrator.

Brief News : DHL
CT Issue No. 156
International express and logistics firm, DHL, has announced the promotion of Connie Tang from her current post as general manager for DHL Express Hong Kong, to managing director of DHL Express Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Brief News : Ireland's Aer Lingus and America's United Airlines
CT Issue No. 156
Have announced an extension of their relationship on select long haul services between Europe and North America, most immediately between Madrid and Washington, said a United statement.

Brief News : The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
CT Issue No. 156
Will begin screening 50 per cent of all cargo transported aboard US passenger planes on February 9, in line with the 9/11 Commission Act signed in 2007. By August 2010 the TSA will be required to screen 100 per cent of all cargo transported on the nation's passenger aircraft.

Brief News : Open Skies Agreement (OSA)
CT Issue No. 156
Singapore and Icelandic airlines can now operate between and beyond both countries and intermediate points without restrictions on capacity, frequency and aircraft type under an Open Skies Agreement (OSA) signed by the two states in Singapore.

TNT recognised for consistent contributions to community
CT Issue No. 156
Eading global express integrator, TNT Express, was last night recognised for its commitment to and consistent efforts in being socially responsible as it was awarded with the CSR Leadership Excellence Bronze Award at the Global CSR Summit Awards 2009 held at The Raffles Hotel in Singapore.