b'40American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(FLIGHTcontinued from page 34) nations, contends its cargo director. InSchaeferistightlippedabouta(IMPACTcontinued from page 36)to the US and Canada.On flights tosome cases, its 50% again and for otherreport that Condor may be working oneconomy slows, you see it first with Las Vegas, the bellies of the A330sstations only 30%. But whats importanta cooperation with a larger airlinetruckers, Earle adds. While he wel-heldcontainersfilledwithhigh- is that we can now load standard palletsthat flies widebody aircraft through- comes the assistance so far announced valueslotmachines,hesays.Losthat did not fit on the 767s. outSouth Americawith,ofcourse,bytheCanadiangovernment,heis AngelesandSanFranciscoCondorgreater cargo capacity. hopingthattheB.C.government flights transport technology productss ChedulingM orea ttraCtive toIndeed, Condor is clearly spread- will also do more to refurbish lumber and spare parts made in Amsterdamf orwarders ing its cargo wings globally.It hassupply and its availability. and Eastern Europe. Schedulingchangeshavemadea little-known partnership with giantIn terms of rail services, CPKC has Schaefer has also teamed up withCondormoreattractivetoforward- EmiratesCargoandoperatesfourseen its forest product shipments rise another airline, which he will not iden- ersandshippers,hepointsout.Inflights a week between Frankfurt andthis year to date based on revenue ton tify, that flies thousands, millions oflargertransatlanticgatewayslikeBangkokonayear-roundbasisandmiles. CPKC remains laser-focused iPhones from China to Frankfurt andToronto,Seattle,LosAngeles,wedailyflightswithitswintersched- on what we can control through driv-then Condor flies them to the US westhave gone from seasonal or summerule.AccordingtoSchaefer,theairing synergies and extended length of coast. Its a nice contract. to year-round service, says Schaefer.cargo demand from Asia to Europe ishaul, which is helping to offset some CombinethatwithCondorseffortsreally, really high.macro-economicheadwinds,says b luew aterd estinations to work with partner airlines in largerAs for the Emirates linkup, thereCPKCspokespersonTerryCunha. Its not just the major US marketshub markets such as Alaska Airlines,isverylittleactivitynow.SchaeferInaddition,throughourexpanded like Boston and Miami that SchaeferJetBlue,CanadasWestJetwhichadds that Condor does not fly to Hongnetwork and single-line solution, we andhiscargocolleaguesaretarget- gives us great connectivity and makesKong or Singapore and would not sayhave seen tremendous lumber growth ing.Weflytoalltheseniceblueit easier for forwarders to book andwhen service might be launched. into the Dallas-Fort Worth area, one of waterdestinationsbutthereislittleblock with confidence, he says.Nevertheless,CondorCargoisthe fastest growing construction mar-cargovolumeontheoutbound,heCondorhasmovedintoMexiconot constricted by time or distance inkets in the US.explains. But on the return, we areandLatinAmericainacleverway.forming new airline partnerships. InCN says only that it continues to filled with perishables. In fact, we areInstead of flying directly to crowdedfact, in mid-2024, the airline took amonitor the situation in close commu-the second biggest importer of perish- MexicoCity,itstickswithitstradi- major leap forward by partnering withnication with its customers.ables into Germany.tional philosophy of serving a vacationcargo.one, the worldwide digital plat- At the Port of Vancouver in British Afteryearsofhandlingso-calledmarket, in this case, Cancun, and usingformforinstantaircargocustomerColumbia, the potential to export more leisure cargo as accommodation to itsroad feeders throughout the county toquoting,pricing,bookingandsales.lumber is significant with approximately vacationingpassengers,Condorhasdeliver and collect cargo. Also, forThis contributes significantly to ourhalf of last years containers leaving the quite quickly transformed itself into seri- greater flexibility, it has daily Cancundigitization strategy, says the Condorport empty. So there remains a lot of ous player with its modern fleet of bellyflights to give forwarders with urgentcargo director. capacity to move additional container-aircraftandgrowingroutenetwork.freight options instead of just one flightSums up Schaefer: This collabo- ized forestry exports, says Alex Munro, UnderSchaefer,itbecamecertifieda day, Schaefer says. ration with cargo.com can guaranteetheVancouverFraserPort Authoritys totransportpharmaceuticals,serving Asthisiswritten,Condorhasthat every Condor customer receivessenior communications advisor. How-prime destinations like Switzerland andwhat Schaefer calls a close coopera- an excellent experience in 121 coun- ever, the sector is typically beholden to Boston among many others. tion with COPA Airlines for movingtries.Butwearealsoworkingwithfreight rates with shippers this year, for SwitchingfromolderBoeingair- its freight deeper into South America,other partners to ensure that our cus- example, having prioritized reposition-craft to new generation Airbus jets hasvia the Dominican Republic, the longtomerscanbookviaallavailableing containers to Asia to be read to ship given Condor and its forwarder/custom- popularvacationdestination.Butcargo sales channels and have a 24/7goods east to get around U.S. tariffs.ers greater efficiencies on certain desti- COPA only flies narrow body jets.booking opportunity. (IMPACTcontinued on page 44)RankedTop 25 in U.S.#1 in MSin total gross tonnage'