Air Cargo Committee Projects

 

2008 Air Cargo Committee Goals and Objectives

  • To share ideas and exchange information among fellow air cargo professionals.
  • To initiate and complete projects that will benefit the airport industry as it related to air cargo business.

Please contact Miranda Horan (mhoran@aci-na.org) or (202) 293-4530 for more information on these working groups.

 

Working Group: China and the Southeast Asia Market

Project Leader:
Rich Wilson
Development Director
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
rich_wilson@dot.state.ak.us


This existing working group will continue to identify trends that apply to the air cargo market with a specific focus on how airports can position themselves to capture a share of the growth. Part of the goal of this project is integration of Asian carriers and forwarders into the Cargo Conference.

 
Working Group: Security and Technology

Project Leader:
Bill Frainey
Assistant Vice President, Market Development
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
bfrainey@dfwairport.com


This group will focus its efforts on the final implementation and interpretation of the final cargo rule, especially screening and other important technology-related security issues.

 
Working Group: Air and Surface Cargo

Project Leader:
Brian Pratte
Manager, Air Cargo Development
Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority
bpratte@renoairport.com


The group will track the changing interface between air and surface cargo with a focus on the modal shifts the industry is facing. It will also focus on how airports can build working relationships with forwarders, researching how airports support their local cargo associations and how to market to freight forwarders.

 
Working Group: Economic Impact of Air Cargo

Project Leader:
Mike Maynard
Senior Airport Planner
Wilbur Smith Associates
mmaynard@wilbursmith.com


This effort will focus on the economic impact of cargo on airports and the region by compiling the various methodologies used and samples of the economic impact studies. This comparison study will be made available to committee members.

Security issues

2007-The subcommittee works with the Transportation Security Administration and Congress to help educate the airport community by assisting with the following projects:

  • House Homeland Security Appropriation Subcommittee

  • 9/11 Bill

  • Iraq War Supplemental

  • TSA Employee Screening 

The subcommittee is developing a Security Chapter which will incorporate the new government mandates, practical implementation recommendations and concerns of air cargo security in general.

Alternative land use development  

2007-This effort examines the use or potential use of on-airport property ancillary and supporting services for air cargo, which includes the development of logistics parks, what makes them successful and what challenges they encounter. The end product for this project is a new chapter for the ACI-NA Air Cargo Guide.

For more information, please contact Miranda Horan (mhoran@aci-na.org).

Open Skies agreements

2007-Recent developments with Open Skies Agreements between the U.S. and other countries have allowed for greater traffic flow between domestic and foreign airports. This effort will develop a status report on the Open Skies Agreement program and relevant conclusions as to how current and future changes impact and will continue to affect air cargo flow at gateway and other airports.


Air cargo Committee page -3Recently, project member Mike Maynard has compiled a list of research papers/links on Air Cargo and China. Click here for a list of research papers on air cargo and China as well as a list of books and articles available for purchase online.

If you know of any other research materials, please contact Miranda Horan (mhoran@aci-na.org) to update the list.

China and Southeast Asian markets

2007-With a rapidly developing economy, China and Southeast Asia have an enormous impact on worldwide economic growth. This effort profiles the Trans-Pacific market with a primary focus on these two areas. Trends identified will be applied to the air cargo market with a focus on how airports can position themselves to capture a share of the growth.


Emergence of secondary gateways

2007-This effort examines industry trends for the emergence of potential secondary gateway airports and identifies growth areas and opportunities for industry to capitalize on the "new capacity."