August 2008

Aeroflot begins new era with MD-11Fs

DESPITE fuel now accounting for 60 per cent of operating costs, Aeroflot Cargo is pressing ahead with an expansion and…

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Airline Management Group ceases trading

UK-based GSSA, Airline Management Group (AMG), has ceased trading, after the loss of several important customers had left them with…

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BIFA talks fail

THE British International Freight Association (BIFA) deeply regrets the failure of the World Trade Organisation talks in Geneva, to reach…

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Hacis welcomes CEVA

HONG Kong Air Cargo Industry Services Limited (Hacis), welcome CEVA Logistics (Hong Kong) Ltd as its new customer of Airport…

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Circle Express acquire further business

FOLLOWING its recent success in acquiring the exclusive UK distribution business of Panalpina worldwide, Circle Express, reports further new business…

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Robin Hood

RECENT freighter activity at Robin Hood Doncaster Airport, resulted in two large freighters arriving and being successfully handled simultaneously. A…

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Servisair

ERVISAIR has expanded its cargo network with the acquisition of the French handling agent GMD Handlair. Handlair’s new flagship operation…

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AMI

THE Australian division of AMI, is launching a Spot Rate Desk, to provide a more competitive airfreight and ocean freight…

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Kenya Airways

BOEING and Kenya Airways took advantage of the airline’s latest delivery of a Next-Generation 737-800 to transport 111 boxes of…

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Hactl July tonnage

HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals announced its air cargo tonnage throughput for July 2008. A total of 219,049 tonnes were…

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Menzies

MENZIES Aviation has been awarded the handling contract at both Luton and Edinburgh Airport, for Aer Arann. The three-year contract…

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BAAA Link-up

SIR Richard Branson, the president of Virgin Atlantic, wrote to both US presidential candidates warning that a proposed alliance between…

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Fraport July traffic

FRANKFURT Airport served 5,067,108 passengers in July 2008, down 2.4 per cent compared to the strong July in 2007. Airfreight…

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Aeromexpress US

AEROMEXPRESS Cargo, announce its new US subsidiary, AMX Cargo Inc. AMX Cargo headquartered in Miami, will focus all its efforts…

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CEIBA

CEIBA Cargo, the national airline of Equatorial Guinea, has appointed ECS Aero Cargo as its general sales agent in France….

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Aeroflot and iPhones

AEROFLOT Cargo’s MD-11 Freighters started airfreight operations to transport APPLE iPhones from Hong Kong to Frankfurt Hahn, in partnership with…

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ASM

PETER MacSwiney, chairman of Agency Sector Management, has echoed industry-wide concerns that businesses will not have enough time to get…

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Lufthansa to Toronto

LUFTHANSA Cargo is laying on a non-stop connection to Toronto from 2 September. The airfreight subsidiary in the Lufthansa Group…

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BA adds two more 777-300ERs

BOEING and British Airways have signed an order for two Boeing 777-300ER jetliners valued at US$529 million at list prices….

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Seko South Africa

EXPORTERS and importers in South Africa, can take advantage of new customised freight management, supply chain and customs clearance services,…

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