AIR Charter Service was recently called on to help with the massive aid relief programme in Goma in the Democratic…
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…
LH confirms Jade rescue measures
23 / 11 / 2008
AS first exclusively revealed by Air Cargo News last month, Lufthansa Cargo has confirmed that it will be taking over…
DVB and Cabot to market converted 747-400SFs
23 / 11 / 2008
DVB Aviation Asset Management has announced that it has appointed Cabot Aviation to jointly work together to remarket six B747-400…
BAA acted against public interest at Stansted
17 / 11 / 2008
THE Competition Commission has ruled that British Airport Authority (BAA), which owns seven airports in the UK, has acted against…
Virgin takes on Australian handler
17 / 11 / 2008
VIRGIN Atlantic Cargo has appointed Australian air Express (AaE), as their cargo-handling provider in Sydney, from 1 December, 2008. AaE’s…
Maximus snapped up while flying high
17 / 11 / 2008
ABU Dhabi Aviation has acquired a 95 per cent stake in Maximus Air Cargo. “Maximus will retain its brand, operational…
Asian airports hit hard by downturn
17 / 11 / 2008
WITH the recent slump in the aviation industry Asian airports are starting to worry about their viability. Rajasansi Airport in…
Europe publishes blacklist of banned airlines
17 / 11 / 2008
THE European Commission has released an updated blacklist of airlines banned from flying into the European Union due to safety…
Lobsters neglected for the holiday season
16 / 11 / 2008
A lack of wide-bodied cargo flights out of Halifax is worrying local seafood shippers. During the holiday season live lobster…
Foreign warehouse income not taxable in India
16 / 11 / 2008
A Delhi High Court ruling means that income from letting out warehousing space by overseas cargo airlines at an airport…
Third Hong Kong cargo terminal in jeopardy
16 / 11 / 2008
CATHAY Pacific Airways may stall the construction of its HK$4.8 billion Hong Kong air cargo terminal, the third for the…
Asian airfreight liberalisation breakthrough
16 / 11 / 2008
A meeting of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has produced a breakthrough airfreight liberalisation agreement. The ASEAN…
LAX traffic plummets
16 / 11 / 2008
Cargo traffic at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has dramatically fallen 17.1 per cent in September, its sharpest decline for…
Frankfurt traffic grows but decline expected
16 / 11 / 2008
CARGO traffic at Frankfurt airport, Europe’s biggest airfreight hub, grew by 1.2 percent in the first nine months of the…
FedEx to cut fleet emissions
16 / 11 / 2008
FEDEX has announced plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its aircraft fleet by 20 per cent and to improve…
Chuang joins SATS
16 / 11 / 2008
SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services Limited (SATS), announced that Lim Chuang will be joining the company as its senior vice-president of…
Aviation in China down but future looks good
16 / 11 / 2008
Chinese airlines have taken a beating recently but the long-term outlook remains favourable, says Liu Shaocheng, director of the aviation…
BAWC appoints customer service team in Thailand
16 / 11 / 2008
BRITISH Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has announced the appointment of a new customer service team in Thailand. From 3 November…
AirBridgeCargo to build on Dutch success
16 / 11 / 2008
AIRBRIDGECARGO Airlines (ABC) claim that Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will be at the heart of “its development strategy to build on…
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