BY a more than two to one margin, nearly 900 crewmembers at Atlas Air Inc and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide,…
December 2008
Crystal Cargo ups capacity
21 / 12 / 2008
ETIHAD Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, has upgraded its daily Abu Dhabi to Bahrain route, previously operating an…
Hungary airport strike goes on
21 / 12 / 2008
HUNGARY’S main international airport is still suffering under a strike of its civil aviation workers. Staff went on strike when…
Air France-KLM set to go e-freight
18 / 12 / 2008
AIR France-KLM will operate the first shipment under e-freight conditions from the Charles de Gaulle (CDG) hub, following the successful…
Sheikh denies job layoffs and merger
18 / 12 / 2008
EMIRATES has denied both the threat of job lay-offs and also a merger with Etihad. Speaking at the launch of…
Boeing military deal almost signed
18 / 12 / 2008
A JOINT venture between Boeing and Alenia to assemble C-27J Spartan military transport planes for the US military is near…
Newark tests satellite navigation
18 / 12 / 2008
NEWARK Liberty International Airport is set to trial the US’ first satellite-based navigation system over the current radar system. The…
Isuzu motors signs CEVA Logistics
18 / 12 / 2008
CEVA Logistics recently signed a new contract with Isuzu Motors Co of Thailand to supply warehousing and shipping services for…
Aerolineas Argentinas set for renationalisation
18 / 12 / 2008
ARGENTINA is to renationalise Aerolineas Argentinas (AA) and Austral after the government accused the owner, Marsans, of mismanagement. The airlines…
AMI rebrands Hong Kong operation
18 / 12 / 2008
UAC Asia HK has been re-branded AMI Asia HK. It is the final element of the UAC business – acquired…
New route opens risk of drug smuggling
18 / 12 / 2008
AFTER 60 years of indirect flights between China and Taiwan, criminals ‘celebrated’ the occasion by trying to smuggle drugs between…
First direct cargo flights over Taiwan Straits
17 / 12 / 2008
CHINA Airlines has launched the first cross-straits cargo charter flight between Taiwan and both Shanghai and Guangzhou. As reported in…
BA and Qantas merger talks crash
17 / 12 / 2008
BA and Qantas’s merger talks have collapsed. Their proposed $6.4bn (£4.1bn) merger would have meant a dual-listed company in both…
BAA made to sell airports
17 / 12 / 2008
THE UK’s anti-monopoly agency has warned BAA that it will have to sell three of its airports. The Competition Commission…
US and Vietnam sign open skies deal
17 / 12 / 2008
THE US and Vietnam have signed an opens skies agreement on air cargo. Members of Vietnam’s Civil Aviation Administration and…
Japan Airlines trials bio-jet fuel
17 / 12 / 2008
JAPAN Airlines, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney are collaborating to trial a new bio-jet fuel. Using a 747 the airline…
London Canada secures cargo investment
17 / 12 / 2008
CANADA’S federal government has approved London International Airport’s application to join its International Air Cargo Trans-shipment Programme. Joining the programme…
Schenker moves into Romania with Romtrans acquisition
17 / 12 / 2008
DB Schenker – Deutsche Bahn’s transportation and logistics subsidiary – has bought Romanian freight-forwarding company Romtrans. The Austrian company has…
Chinas starts building first inland free-trade zone
17 / 12 / 2008
CHINA’S first inland free-trade zone will open in Chongqing. Construction of the US$5 billion site started today and is expected…
Qatar secures new financing for 777s
17 / 12 / 2008
QATAR Airways has struck two deals worth US$500 million for the financing of three Boeing 777 aircraft. This is on…
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