21.05.2012 | A PROBLEM with the fire safety system at Germany’s newest €2.5bn (US$3.2bn) airport sparks anger from major airlines over its delayed opening and......
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21.05.2012 | EVERGREEN International Aviation is under legal attack from its ex-general counsel.
Monique DeSpain is suing the freight-friendly airline......
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18.05.2012 | THE trial of the 60-year-old founder of Pan America Airways (US) gets under way.
Robert Hedrick, who was arrested last July, denies five counts......
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18.05.2012 | FUMES from a shipment of mangoes aboard an Air India (AI) flight bound for Chicago (US) are being blamed for a fire alarm setting off,......
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17.05.2012 | MALAYSIA Airlines’ cargo division, MASkargo, launches a new freighter route linking its Kuala Lumpur hub to Bangkok (Thailand) and Ho Chi Minh City......
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17.05.2012 | POOR cargo traffic in Africa and the Middle East drove down Air France-KLM’s overall profits in April.
The Franco-Dutch carrier revealed freight......
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Cargo Champions
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CINDY MILLER talks with Tom Pleasant about the challenges of being the logistics champion of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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One for all and all for one?
IATA wants to prove both it and GACAG will be the cargo industry’s champions
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Just The Facts
Globally, air freight markets show signs of recover. Freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) were more than four per cent higher in March than they were in the fourth quarter of 2011. Compared with March last year, though, the size of the market was up just 0.3 per cent. This is because the Chinese New Year was in February last year, resulting in strong March 2011 shipments as factories reopened following the holiday period.
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