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DHL Cork (Ireland) celebrates with IAM and raises €1015 for Charity (16thAugust 2009)
Congratulations to Linda Foley of DHL, winner of the "IAM and Freight Agents - Raise funds for Charity July Promotion". IAM is delighted to present 2 cheques for €507.50 each on behalf Linda to her nominated charities, the Irish Heart Foundation and the Marymount Hospice.
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GSA welcomes Air Asia flight increase (16th June 2009)
Air Asia X - the low-cost longhaul arm of Malaysian carrier Air Asia – is increasing flights to 7 per week on its recently-launched London Stansted- Kuala Lumpur services. The increase from 5 departures per week was prompted by the strength of early demand, and is part of the carrier’s overall expansion strategy for Europe.
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Business Consultants, TCS strengthens team (June 1st, 2009.)
Following a busy eighteen months providing consulting services to the SME sector, Translogic Consultancy Services (TCS), is to strengthen its team with the addition of Sean McCool to its panel of Senior Consultants with immediate effect.
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AA goes daily ex Dublin (6th May 2009)
American Airlines (AA) has increased its cargo capacity and frequency from Ireland, following the recent reinstatement of daily services from Dublin to Chicago. The carrier now has the same capacity as in the corresponding period of 2008, up from 4 flights per week during the winter.
AA’s Irish cargo GSSA, IAM, has welcomed the addition of the three flights. Says IAM’s MD Ian McCool: “Although the export market is down and capacity is not currently critical, we need to preserve AA’s position as the second largest direct carrier on the North Atlantic. In this respect, frequency is just as important as capacity to the local market.”
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IAM celebrates 20 years (5th March, 2009)
Ireland’s largest airline cargo general sales agent (GSSA), IAM, is poised to celebrate its 20th birthday this year. The company has grown from 3 staff to become the core of a successful aviation services group controlling 20% of Ireland’s entire export airfreight traffic, handling airline exports and imports, linking Ireland with Europe by express trucking services, and offering training in aviation security.
IAM now represents 13 airlines, and still counts its original launch customer Air Canada among its client carriers. The combined networks of IAM’s various client airlines provide Irish freight agents with connections to virtually every major direct export destination across the globe.
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Translogic courses approved for amended Air Cargo Security procedures (7th February 2009)
Dublin-based aviation security training provider Translogic has received approval from Ireland’s Department of Transport for its revised Air Cargo Security courses. Translogic has been providing training in aviation security since 2005.
Following comprehensive re-writing, Translogic’s totally-revised training modules are now certified as complying with the amended guidelines set out by the EC300/2008 amendment to the original EC622/2003 regulations first introduced in 2005.
The air cargo security procedures were designed to ensure that there is no unauthorized interference representing a potential security threat to civil aviation movements. The procedures have now been supplemented and enhanced with additional measures, and set out clear lines of responsibility for all parties involved in the preparation, processing, transportation and loading of air cargo.
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ITC grows road service offering (5th December 2008)
ITC – the road transportation arm of Dublin-based IAM Group – is building on the success of its core airfreight road feeder business, with the addition of nationwide general-, specialised- and temperature-controlled transportation.
For general traffic, ITC now offers same day, next day and timed deliveries, employing vehicles ranging from small vans to artics. It will collect or deliver any consignment – whether palletised, loose cargo or full load - to or from key points in the Republic or Northern Ireland. ITC can often consolidate larger shipments to offer customers the benefit of shared vehicle costs. It also provides related services such as storage at its Dublin, Shannon, Cork and Belfast airport facilities, and build-up or breakdown of air- and ocean containers.
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TCS celebrates first year of helping SMEs (2nd December 2008)
Translogic Limited, the specialist training subsidiary of the International Airline Marketing Group, is celebrating a successful first year in management consultancy, following the launch of Translogic Consultancy Services (TCS) in 2007.
TCS was created to provide corporate clients with a wide array of services spanning strategic direction, business planning, systems, HR, financial management and sales and marketing. TCS handles re-engineering of existing companies, feasibility studies and implementation of new operations both for Irish-based and overseas clients.
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ITC grows Irish import business (5th August, 2008)
The first four months of 2008 saw a 20% boost in import business for International Trucking Consolidators (ITC), the air-interline trucking arm of Ireland’s largest cargo GSSA, IAM.
ITC’s core business of providing scheduled export trucking services commenced in 1995; the company now also offers airlines a full consignee agent marketing function designed to generate inbound business. This is supported by inbound trucking from the UK and Europe for offline carriers, and handling services provided by sister company ITC Handling at four Irish airports.
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New GSA message link enhances AA Cargo service (23rd July, 2008)
Two American Airlines (AA) Cargo GSAs are now able to send FFR (space reservation request) messages to the airline direct from their computer systems, and receive automated FSU (freight status update) messages whenever the shipment’s status changes.
The GSAs – IAM in Ireland and Fly Us BV in the Netherlands – both use the Aircountability for Cargo system developed by DABS. The new FFR facility represents an upgrade to the system’s existing ability to send manual FSR (freight status request) messages to AA, which trigger an FSA (freight status answer) to provide postflight information.
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IAM floats the boats out for Irish team (21st July, 2008)
Air Canada Cargo has carried 20 canoes and associated equipment from Dublin to Edmonton, Canada, destined for the 8th ICF World Canoe Polo Championships, taking place from July 24 to 27.
The shipment of ultra-lightweight, specially-designed canoes belongs to the Irish Senior Men’s, Women’s and Under-21 Men’s teams, all of whom have qualified in this year’s series, and will now face strong competition from other qualifying teams including the USA, the UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
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Quest for quality helps IAM combat falling market (24th June, 2008)
IAM, Ireland’s largest cargo GSSA, reported a market-beating performance in 2007 for the 14 airlines it represents. But the weak US dollar, over-capacity to China and Ireland’s loss of some hi-tech manufacturing are already creating a mixed picture for 2008.
In 2007, IAM’s total tonnages were down less than 1 per cent against 2006, despite the overall Irish airfreight market shrinking by 14%. Star performances came from American Airlines (up 8%), El Al (up 29%), Kuwait Airways (up 29%) and South Africa Airways (up 14%). Traffic to Japan remained stable against 2006, despite a market fall of 45%.
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Out on the town with IAM in the City (20th June, 2008)
23 lucky ladies from the Dublin Airport cargo scene were on hand at The Movies @ Swords Pavillions, courtesy of American Airlines and its Irish General sales Agent, IAM, to witness the return of Sex In the City, at the long-awaited movie’s first Dublin screening.
Four years after production of the iconic TV series ended, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) are back - in an update of their tale of romance and the fashion-obesessed single woman in New York.
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IAM celebrates as three clients win awards (28th April, 2008)
Dublin-based International Airline Marketing (IAM) – Ireland’s largest airline general sales agent – is celebrating the success of three of its airline clients in the prestigious Cargo Airline of the Year Awards, staged by Air Cargo News.
This year’s awards attracted over 19000 votes from freight forwarders in around 90 countries. IAM clients won no less than three of the seven regional awards: South African Airways was named Best African Cargo Airline, American Airlines was voted Best North American Cargo Airline, and Jet Airways was dubbed Best Central Asian Cargo Airline.
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Jet Airways upgrades aircraft, opens new routes(7th
Jan 2008)
Jet
Airways Cargo continues to strengthen its offering to the UK
and Irish markets with the introduction of B777 aircraft on its
London-Delhi route. The new aircraft replace the smaller A340
equipment which originally opened the route.
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Obituary:
Gene Fitzgerald (21st
Dec 2007)
International
Airline Marketing (IAM) Group of Dublin, Ireland, is deeply saddened
to report the death of its Chairman Gene Fitzgerald, aged 75,
following a short illness.
Mr.
Fitzgerald was appointed Chairman of IAM in 1996, following a
distinguished career in Irish politics
and government which began
in 1972, and during which he served as Minister for Labour and
Public Service, and Minister for Finance. He went on to serve
two terms
as Munster’s Member of the European Parliament, before finally
retiring from politics in 1994. He won every election at which he
stood.
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IAM
targets Irish market for Jet Airways (10th
Aug 2007)
Jet
Airways Cargo is following up its success in the UK with a drive
to grab a share of the Irish market. The airline now has plenty
of cargo space following its introduction of larger B777 aircraft
on its primary London-Mumbai route, and can transfer cargo from
all Ireland’s major airports using overnight express road
feeders.
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IAM
to market Jett8 in Ireland (20th
July 2007) IAM,
Ireland’s largest cargo GSSA company, has been appointed
to market airfreight capacity for newly-launched Jett8 Airlines
Cargo - Singapore’s first all cargo airline.
Jett8
has commenced twice-weekly (Thursday and Sunday) B747-200 freighter
services
from the UK’s Manchester Airport via Dubai to its
Singapore hub, with onward freighter flights to Hong Kong. IAM will
link with the flights using its scheduled express road feeder services
from Dublin, Shannon, Cork and Belfast.
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IAM gets immediate support for new SAA freighter (5th
July 2007)
Leading
Irish GSA IAM is already receiving support for the new MD11 freighter
services from Amsterdam to Johannesburg inaugurated by its principal
South African Airways (SAA) in late June.
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IAM exceeds market growth, but warns of falling rates (19th
June 2007)
Official
statistics for Irish air exports for the first quarter of 2006
show IAM, Ireland’s largest GSSA, is still performing ahead
of the market with 8% growth, against an overall market increase
of 7%.
IAM
now controls c.20% of all Irish air exports through its client
carriers, while the largest self-representing global
airline in the
Irish market accounts for just 7%.
“
Destinations in the USA are running at up to 118% year on year,” says
IAM MD Ian McCool. “and with additional direct flights being
added by client carriers such as Air Canada and Austrian during their
summer schedules, we expect other destinations to show good growth
too.”
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IAM
sees high-value exports drive premium airfreight demand (8th
June 2007)
The
high value and urgency of many Irish airfreight exports is
driving a mini-boom in express and time-definite airfreight
services, according
to IAM - Ireland’s largest cargo GSSA.
Dublin-based
IAM – which
represents 13 leading airlines, and accounts for around 20% of
all Irish airfreight exports – has
seen steady growth in demand for premium-rated services such as
American Airlines’ (AA) Expeditefs product, which promises
priority loading and reduced transit times or a full money-back
guarantee.
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IAM
salutes China Airlines boss’s award (3rd
May 2007)
The
Chairman of China Airlines – one of the most important
cargo carriers in the Irish market – has received a lifetime
achievement award in the globally-renowned Cargo Airline of the
Year Awards.
The
Award – presented in London on April 28 – recognised
Chairman Philip Wei’s visionary role in the air cargo industry
and exceptional management of CAL's own cargo operations. It is
the first time that the senior executive of an Asian airline has
received
the award.
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IAM wins Jet Airways in Ireland (7th
March 2007)
Jet
Airways of India has appointed IAM as its cargo GSSA for Ireland,
with immediate effect. The appointment of IAM - Ireland’s
largest cargo GSSA - marks the first active marketing of Jet Airways’ cargo
capacity in Ireland, since it began international services to London
in 2005.
Jet
Airways now operates a total of 27 flights per week from London
Heathrow to Mumbai, Delhi and Amritsar, using A330 and A340 aircraft
with approximately 14 tonnes’ capacity per flight. These
flights link to the airline’s extensive domestic network
which uses B737 and ATP aircraft.
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AA
restores direct Shannon and Dublin services (2nd
March 2007)
American
Airlines (AA) is boosting cargo capacity from Ireland with the
reinstatement of direct daily services from Shannon to its Chicago
hub throughout the 2007 summer schedule.
The
new direct services from Shannon, starting May 1st and using B757
aircraft, complement the airline’s existing daily B767 Dublin-Chicago
services. The latter will now operate direct once again as they
did in summer 2006, and dropping their winter 2006 Shannon stop.
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ITC
goes open-market to exploit its full potential (23rd
Feb 2007)
International
Trucking Consolidators (ITC) – the airfreight road feeder
arm of Dublin-based IAM Group – has launched an all-out drive
for new business both from and to Ireland, offering its services
on the open market for the first time.
The
company was launched in 1995 with the sole task of managing the
road feeder requirements of the carriers represented by its sister
company IAM – Ireland’s largest cargo GSSA. As Ireland
has limited direct scheduled services worldwide, reliable trucking
to European gateways was seen by IAM as an essential requirement
for any carrier wanting to sell effectively in the Irish market.
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AirBaltic
7-fold Irish cargo growth (8th
Feb 2007)
airBaltic
has seen a 7-fold increase in cargo from Ireland following the
introduction of daily flights to Vilnius and Riga in its winter
2005 schedule. All flights operate during the night, providing
late closeouts in Ireland and next-day delivery capability to all
major cities throughout the airline’s Baltic and Scandinavian
network.
The
airline is now adding more aircraft to its fleet, and expanding
its network to 45 destinations, during spring 2006.
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Translogic
launches UK DGR courses (22nd
Jan 2007)
Dublin-based
aviation training company Translogic is entering the UK air cargo
training market with the staging of its first IATA Dangerous Goods
Revalidation course in February. The course is suitable for anyone
whose job involves the processing or handling of hazardous cargo.
The
two-day course, for an IATA-stipulated maximum of 12 candidates,
will take place on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th February from 0900-1700
at the Stanwell Hall Hotel adjacent to London Heathrow’s
Cargo Village.
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AA push on Ireland-Mexico business (9th
Jan 2007)
IAM,
Ireland’s largest cargo GSSA, is staging a new drive for
traffic to Mexico, following the recent signing of an interline
agreement between its principal American Airlines (AA) and freighter
operator Aerounion.
The
interline agreement means AA can now offer capacity to both Mexico
City and Guadalajara on its daily wide-body services from Dublin
and Shannon, connecting with the twice-daily A300 freighters in
Los Angeles.
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AA’s
largest ex-Ireland winter capacity to date (23rd
October 2006)
American
Airlines (AA) is maintaining greater cargo capacity from Ireland
throughout
this year’s
Winter schedule. The
airline will operate daily B767-300s to Chicago until mid January,
when it will drop back to 5 times per week,
as in winter 2005.
This
winter’s AA flights will all transit
Shannon also – the
first time the airline has operated widebodies through the airport.
Last winter, AA only operated smaller-capacity B757s from Shannon.
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SAA
beats Irish record twice in 2 months (5th
Sept 2006)
South
African Airways continues to enjoy significant growth
in its cargo uplift
from Ireland, with two consecutive records
in June and July.
July
2006 saw the best single months’ performance
for SAA since it appointed IAM as its general sales agent
in 2002.
The July record beat June 2006, which was the previous
record month, by a further 30%.
Traffic
for 2006 to date is already up 25% on the same
period of 2005, while 2005 as a whole showed a 50% increase
on 2004.
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