ATLAS Air Worldwide Holdings is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its flagship brand, Atlas Air. William J Flynn, President and…
February 2008
Swiss welcomes new capacity
25 / 02 / 2008
SWISS WorldCargo will increase capacity to Tel Aviv, with a new A340 daily connection from Zurich from 12 March 2008….
Schenker chairman steps down
25 / 02 / 2008
HANS-Jörg Hager, chairman of the board of management of Schenker Deutschland, will leave the company earlier than foreseen. An official…
TNT boosts green rating
25 / 02 / 2008
TNT has enhanced its ‘green’ credentials by gaining the ISO 14001 accreditation, an official acknowledgement that TNT is making significant…
New e-direction for NCA
24 / 02 / 2008
NIPPON Cargo Airlines, has re-jigged its website to provide customers with more information and additional opportunities to familiarise themselves with…
BA strikes could ground cargo
24 / 02 / 2008
THE threat of British Airways pilot strikes still loom as the union enters a conciliation process in a row over…
New head for Schenker UK
24 / 02 / 2008
SCHENKER has appointed Jochen Müller to the position of managing director. Based at the company’s London Heathrow office, he takes…
BOC signs for A330Fs
24 / 02 / 2008
SINGAPORE-based aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation, has ordered five Airbus 330-200Fs. The current list price of each freighter is US$175…
New e-direction for NCA
24 / 02 / 2008
NIPPON Cargo Airlines, has re-jigged its website to provide customers with more information and additional opportunities to familiarise themselves with…
BDP re-groups in logistics standoff
21 / 02 / 2008
BDP International (BDP) is forming a new global alliance of small- to medium-sized firms to challenge the dominance of the…
BDP re-groups in logistics standoff
21 / 02 / 2008
BDP International (BDP) is forming a new global alliance of small- to medium-sized firms to challenge the dominance of the…
West Air banks seed run
21 / 02 / 2008
WEST AIR will, on behalf of DHL, perform the first in a series of historically important transports of seeds to…
Russia extends airspace agreement
21 / 02 / 2008
THE Russian transport ministry has extended Lufthansa Cargo’s permission to fly over Russian Federation territory until the end of March….
Cost reduction drives revenues
21 / 02 / 2008
AIR France-KLM recorded an operating income of €311 million (+23.4 per cent) for Q3 2007-08. Cargo saw a slight improvement,…
Forwarders sign up for Impatex
21 / 02 / 2008
IMPATEX added 25 new companies to its customer base in 2007. Between them, the new users have added a further…
GSAs meet at ACF
21 / 02 / 2008
FEDAGSA, the Federation of Airline General Sales Agents, is timing its 2008 AGM to allow some 100 GSA executives from…
Latin America buys into A350s
21 / 02 / 2008
SYNERGY Aerospace, the Latin-American consortium, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 10 A350-800s and 10 options. This further…
KN improve cool chain quality
20 / 02 / 2008
KUEHNE + Nagel has gained Envirotainer’s QEP accreditation at more than 50 key airfreight stations across the world, including major…
TNT 2008 objectives rest on economic outlook
20 / 02 / 2008
REVENUES were up 9.5 per cent for TNT in Q4 2007. Profit stood at 986 million euros, up 4.5 per…
Ocean buys time
20 / 02 / 2008
FINREP will haul Ocean Airlines out of the red, covering its negative capital account. The move is a “gesture of…