Continental Breakfast 8:00 am - 9:00 am Princessa Ballroom
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Session One 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Eliza Anderson Amphitheater
Air Freight and Express Industry Market Dynamics
Edwin C "Ned" Laird, Managing Director Air Cargo Management Group
The history, current structure and near term changes affecting the worldwide air freight and express industry will be examined in detail, focusing on the industry players, types of services they offer, recent financial results, and how they compete in their market niche.
Opportunities for growth in developing markets
The effect of the 2008 recession on air freight and express industry performance in 2009
The near-term impact oil price fluctuations will have on freighter aircraft choices
Current threats: unstable oil prices, cargo screening, modal shifts and CO2 Cap & Trade
Coffee Break
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Lunch 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Princessa Ballroom
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Session Two 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Eliza Anderson Amphitheater
The Global Freighter Aircraft Fleet and Freighter Conversion Opportunities
Bob Dahl, Project Director,
Air Cargo Management Group
The worldwide freighter fleet will be analyzed to provide an overall understanding of the composition of the current fleet and how it will change in the near term and more than double by 2025.
Does size matter? Attributes of successful freighters
When do conversion vs OEM freighters make sense?
Comparative analysis of four new freighter types -
A330-200F, 777F, 747-8F, and A320/A321F
Optimum freighter characteristics for various cargo
applications
Near and long-term freighter forecasts by aircraft
type
Coffee Break
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Reception & Buffet 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Leonesa III
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Continental Breakfast 8:00 am - 9:00 am Princessa Ballroom
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Session Three 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Eliza Anderson Amphitheater
Case Studies of Key Participants in the Air Cargo Industry
Alan Hedge, Research Director Air Cargo Management Group
The performance of the leading and up-and-coming express companies, freight forwarders, combination carriers and companies providing ACMI/all-cargo charter services will be presented in order to provide a clear understanding of how the industry functions. As a part of this specific company review, ACMG will provide its opinion of which companies will be the leaders and laggards over the next three-to-five years.
Competitive dynamics of FedEx, UPS, TNT & DHL
What key drivers will impact future growth in the
air freight and express industry?
How important is IT in forwarder profitability?
How Emirates, LAN Cargo, AirBridge and
Yangtze River Express have become major players in the airfreight industry
Coffee Break
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Workshop Wrap-up 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Eliza Anderson Amphitheater
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