Border Lines

A roundup of North American news:

By Staff -- Logistics Management, 3/1/1999

* Canadian Cargo, the cargo division of Canadian Airlines, has announced that it will apply a 5.0-percent Air Navigation Services Surcharge on all shipments either originating or terminating in Canada. The fee, which will be calculated as a percentage of the chargeable weight rate charge, is subject to a minimum of CDN $1. It goes into effect March 31. The fee was established in direct response to charges that are being levied on airlines by the newly privatized air-traffic control authority. According to John Delaney, director of cargo services for the airline, Canadian cannot absorb those "substantial" additional costs. Air-traffic control services previously were funded through a federal tax on passengers.