AS a founding member of IATA’s e-freight programme, SAS Cargo has operated e-freight trade lane between Gothenburg and Hong Kong…
PhD student wins award to study air cargo safety
01 / 12 / 2008
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has awarded a PhD student in the UK US$25,000 to study airworthiness risk assessment…
Hope for Bangkok flights
01 / 12 / 2008
CARGO flights have resumed at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok after a week-long blockade by anti-government protesters. Estimates suggest that…
Aramex wins Green award
26 / 11 / 2008
THE Green Association, has highlighted Aramex’s wide commitment to community development, through its cost-effective environmental and sustainable business practices. The…
Airfreight decline gathers pace
26 / 11 / 2008
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA), announced international air traffic for October showing a second consecutive month of global decline….
Delta stays with Descartes
26 / 11 / 2008
DESCARTES Systems Group logistics solutions provider, has extended its relationship to provide Delta Cargo with technology underlying Delta Cargo’s electronic…
Virgin strikes back against BAAA deal
26 / 11 / 2008
VIRGIN Atlantic has urged the European Commission to reject the planned virtual merger between British Airways and American Airlines. In…
CEVA plans Malaysian expansion
26 / 11 / 2008
CEVA Logistics, recently unveiled its facility expansion plan to support its growing operations in Malaysia. The new 350,000 sq ft…
New system cuts transport costs
25 / 11 / 2008
LUFTHANSA Cargo, which recently acquired bmi in the UK, claims it has achieved both a major drop in its European…
Avient completes animal transport
25 / 11 / 2008
ON 5 November, 2008, Avient shipped six elephants from Windhoek, Namibia to Valencia, final destination to be the Bio Parc…
IATA slams UK aviation tax reform
25 / 11 / 2008
THE International Air Transport Association labelled the increase in UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) and its reform into four bands…
Abu Dhabi remains on the up
25 / 11 / 2008
DESPITE global slowdowns in the aviation industry in 2008, Abu Dhabi International Airport has continued to buck the trend as…
Maximus wins big aid contract
25 / 11 / 2008
The mission is funded by the UAE government as a gift to Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission. Maximus will dedicate…
Activairs MD to leave family business
24 / 11 / 2008
MATT Evans, managing director of Activair, is to leave the company. From the start of 2009 he will step down…
End of an era as Intavia disappears
24 / 11 / 2008
LONG-STANDING African all-cargo specialists African International Airlines, suspended operations at the end of September as the huge rises in fuel…
WCA launches perishable partnership for forwarders
24 / 11 / 2008
THE WCA Family of Logistic Networks, has launched a new alliance in a sector of logistics and freight forwarding that…
Newcomer ACG ready for take-off
24 / 11 / 2008
A BRAND-NEW long-haul widebody freighter airline, called Air Cargo Germany (ACG), intends to start operations second half of January 2009…
Doomed An-12 linked to Bout
24 / 11 / 2008
AN Antonov An-12 freighter carrying FedEx cargo and belonging to an airline associated with a notorious gunrunner, has crashed in…
Boeings flagship freighter delayed
23 / 11 / 2008
STILL smarting from the delays that have plagued the development of its much anticipated B787, Boeing now had to inform…
New Russian state airline is named Rosavia
23 / 11 / 2008
A NEW airline, being created by the Moscow city government and state-run Russian Technologies, will be called Rosavia, according to…