GENEVA International Airport handled more than 12,500 tonnes of freight during the first three months of 2008, with a year-on-year…
April 2008
Italian government courts Aeroflot
22 / 04 / 2008
ITALY’s incoming prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has opened discussions with Russian president Vladimir Putin, over involving Aeroflot in a takeover…
KN remains on growth path despite downturn
22 / 04 / 2008
THE Kuehne + Nagel Group continued its growth course during the first three months of the year and delivered strong…
ABC appoints new GSA
22 / 04 / 2008
AIRBRIDGECargo has appointed new general sales agents in Vietnam and Korea. In Vietnam, Indo-Trans Logistics Aviation Services (ITL Aviation), has…
Kent measured for A1 performance
22 / 04 / 2008
TWO B747 freighters, carrying single seat racing cars, touched down at Kent International Airport as the A1GP World Cup moved…
IATA sign up to environmental targets
22 / 04 / 2008
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed a historic commitment to tackle climate change. IATA director general and chief…
Japans forwarders raided
21 / 04 / 2008
JUST as Japan Airlines was entering court to plead guilty to price-fixing among airlines, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission launched a…
Fraport looks to invest abroad
21 / 04 / 2008
THE German government agreed to pay Fraport AG €41.9 million under the federal government’s investment guarantee for capital investments outside…
New French appointment for Chapman Freeborn
21 / 04 / 2008
CHAPMAN Freeborn Airchartering announced the appointment of Yannis Gerault (right), as general manager in France, with responsibility for the day-to-day…
JAL hit by US110 million cargo cartel fine
21 / 04 / 2008
JAPAN AIR LINES has become the fourth airline in the worldwide air cargo cartel conspiracy to plead guilty to price-fixing….
Group7 shows fashion form
21 / 04 / 2008
SINCE the beginning of the year, Group7 AG has been operating the worldwide logistics centre of the fashion company, Etienne…
Air Canada exits freighter market
21 / 04 / 2008
AIR CANADA is putting its freighter ambitions back on the shelf. In June, the airline will end its MD-11F operation…
Emirates hits Newcastle milestone
21 / 04 / 2008
EMIRATES Airline has revealed that cargo carryings on its services to and from Newcastle, have passed the million kilo mark,…
Dubai demand sees Schenker double capacity
15 / 04 / 2008
TEN months after the start of round-trip air services from Dubai to Toledo, Ohio via Frankfurt-Hahn, Schenker AG is doubling…
B777 freighter training contract signed
15 / 04 / 2008
AEROLOGIC GmbH has concluded a contract with Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH on the simulator training of its pilots. The contract…
TNT begins service to Singapore
15 / 04 / 2008
TNT Airways will commence B747 freighter services to Singapore on 25 May, the 10th all-cargo airline to operate to the…
Singapore reduces cargo capacity as traffic declines
15 / 04 / 2008
SINGAPORE Airlines’ cargo traffic showed a 4.9 per cent decline in year-on-year growth for March, following a similar decline in…
Boeing clarifies Dreamliner delays
15 / 04 / 2008
BOEING officially announced its revised plan for first flight and initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner that includes additional schedule…
Hi-tech sector a catalyst for TNT investment
14 / 04 / 2008
TNT announced it will invest €100 million (approximately US$158.3 million), over the coming five years to strengthen its network coverage,…
Management cull begins at British Airways
14 / 04 / 2008
In the wake of the disastrous opening of the new Terminal 5 at London’s Heathrow Airport, British Airways has acted…