BRITISH Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has announced the appointment of a new customer service team in Thailand. From 3 November…
November 16, 2008
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…
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…
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…
New cargo Star launches first 747F services
16 / 11 / 2008
STAR Airlines – Macedonia, a cargo carrier based in Skopje, has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) as…
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…
Bluebird invests in new software
16 / 11 / 2008
A COMPLIANCE management solution from Q-Pulse IMS, is helping Bluebird Cargo to streamline their management of Quality and Safety. In…
Rio Grande airport open to foreign cargo
16 / 11 / 2008
VALLEY International Airport (VIA) has announced the re-opening of its US Customs and Border Protection facility. The Rio Grande valley…
Freighter crashes in Iraq
16 / 11 / 2008
An Antonov An-12 freighter crashed in the desert just west of Baghdad on 13 November killing all seven people on…
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…
Moran joins Menzies
16 / 11 / 2008
NEAL Moran has joined Menzies Aviation as its North American vice-president cargo. Moran will report to John Redmond, senior vice-president…
New freight facility for Canberra
16 / 11 / 2008
The new Australian air Express freight facility is near completion at Canberra airport. Scheduled for completion in April 2009, the…
Banks win Qatar finance to buy Boeing 777s
16 / 11 / 2008
A bank consortium has secured a US$500 million 12-year finance lease for Qatar Airways to purchase three Boeing 777 aircraft…
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…
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…
Arnold becomes TCC board member
16 / 11 / 2008
THE Cargo Connection (TCC) has promoted its general manager, Sheena Arnold, to its board of directors. She has also been…
New road to air-cargo facility at Biloxi
16 / 11 / 2008
Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport has given the go ahead to build a new road that will link the nearby highway to…
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…
ACI takes on de Barrena
16 / 11 / 2008
AIRPORTS Council International has appointed Victor de Barrena as director of the Global Training Hub at ACI World in Geneva,…
First freight forwarding diploma for Ireland
16 / 11 / 2008
IRELAND’S first diploma in freight forwarding is now accepting applicants. The course is administered by the Irish International Freight Association…