STILL smarting from the delays that have plagued the development of its much anticipated B787, Boeing now had to inform…
November 2008
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Asian airlines post record losses
16 / 11 / 2008
Korean Air Lines has recorded its largest loss in ten years: 684.1 billion won (US$493 million) in the three months…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…