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Study available by fax (+49/611/71 92 90) or e-mail
DENVER / RAUNHEIM, GERMANY – November 3 , 2005 — For years, the aviation sector has been characterized by a steady rise in the scope of outsourcing, above all in the areas of IT and ground handling. More and more airlines are also starting to outsource ULD management (Unit Load Device) for the efficient bundling of large amounts of cargo (baggage, freight, and mail) in aircrafts. And according to the first study on worldwide ULD management, there are good reasons to do so. As part of the study, Jettainer surveyed 60 international air freight and ground handling experts. Some 89 percent of the respondents (multiple responses were allowed) consider “little purchasing power as an individual airline” to be the biggest problem of internal ULD management. A total of 82 percent feel that “the cost structure of the ULD is difficult to measure.”
The study cited a total of 19 hurdles for internal ULD management. The two biggest problems, little purchasing power and cost structure, are followed by “lack of planning/demand forecasting” in third place according to 71 percent of the respondents. In addition, close to two thirds of the experts (61 percent) identified the following three points as important to very important obstacles:
• “Airline management does not see ULD management as a core business”
• “Network imbalances and poorly distributed inventory”
• “Empty containers generate less revenue”
Another point followed close behind: Some 59 percent of the respondents said it is problematic to very problematic that “the supply chain is not optimized and responsibility is not clear within the organization.”
About Jettainer
Jettainer is the leading international service provider for outsourced ULD management. Established as a joint venture in 2003, the company operates the largest ULD fleet in the world from 400 stations worldwide. Jettainer offers airline clients including Lufthansa Cargo and US Airways higher availability of ULDs, economies of scale gained from combining fleets, increased savings on purchasing, better repair contracts, decentralized maintenance for faster repairs, continuous engineering of ULDs and a standardized fleet. The primary shareholders of Jettainer are mobile asset management company TrenStar Inc. headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and Lufthansa Cargo, one of the world’s largest international airfreight carriers, based in Frankfurt, Germany. Jettainer is headquartered in Raunheim, Germany. On the Net: www.jettainer.com
Further Information: Jettainer, Dr. Mohammed Ali Seiraffi, Am Prime Parc 13, D-65479 Raunheim, Germany, Phone: +49 6142 1770 320, Fax: +49 6142 1770 420, E-mail
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