PANALPINA is reviewing the future of its Atlas freighter, the “Spirit of Panalpina”, because of the downturn and trends in…
Surprise surprise
15 / 09 / 2009
LESS than a week after Air Cargo News exclusively revealed that LH Cargo was to instigate an almost immediate 25…
India seizes UAE aircraft for illegally carrying weapons
10 / 09 / 2009
A UAE Air Force C-130 Hercules on its way to China was detained at Kolkata (Calcutta) airport for illegally carrying…
Czech Air Logistics makes ISO 9001 cert
10 / 09 / 2009
AIR Logistics Group has been certified to the ISO 9001 standard in the Czech Republic. The standard provides guidelines for…
Treat GSAs fairly or pay the price says NCS
10 / 09 / 2009
THINGS need to change and change soon, according to Howard Jones (right), president of Network Cargo Systems. “You cannot sell…
Bitter fighting ends VatryAvient relationship
10 / 09 / 2009
DC-10 freighter airline, Avient, moved its operations, lock, stock and barrel to Liege airport on 8 September, amidst claim, and…
Boeing predicts 2010 as year of recovery
10 / 09 / 2009
BOEING predicts airfreight traffic to return to ‘normal’ next year. Speaking at the Asian Aerospace Expo in Hong Kong, Jim…
Cargoitalia ready for first scheduled flight
08 / 09 / 2009
CARGOITLAIA will operate its first scheduled service tonight (9 September), following its recent relaunch under new ownership and management. The…
ACG doubles freighter fleet capacity
08 / 09 / 2009
GERMAN regulators have given Air Cargo Germany (ACG) the go ahead to operate a second B747-400SF with immediate effect. It…
Air France to cut 1500 cargo jobs
06 / 09 / 2009
AIR France is to cut an additional 1,500 jobs from its airfreight business, citing “the difficult economic environment”. In a…
Mumbai cargo strike due to new process snarl-up
06 / 09 / 2009
CARGO operations at Mumbai international airport were dragged to a halt last week when its 2,500 customs clearance agents at…
Garuda claims Australia got price-fixing claims wrong
06 / 09 / 2009
AUSTRALIA’S Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has added Garuda Indonesia to its list of airlines that face prosecution for cargo…
Theyre off Airlines start rates rise race
02 / 09 / 2009
APING the recent announcement by Lufthansa Cargo that it will raise its rates by 25 per cent, first reported by…
New COO for DHL Global Forwarding
31 / 08 / 2009
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Paul Schwefer (right), former chief information officer at tyre-company, Continental, as its new chief operating…
Dubai Airports airfreight up
31 / 08 / 2009
DUBAI Airports recorded a 1.9 per cent increase in cargo traffic for July. Dubai Airports Cargo handled 160,289 tonnes of…
Interpol hunts ex-SAS Cargo executive
31 / 08 / 2009
SAS Cargo’s former vice-president global sales, Jan Lillieborg (pictured), is on the run from Interpol for allegedly trying to cover…
AF-KLM pulls out of CSA buy out
31 / 08 / 2009
AIR France-KLM has pulled out of talks to take over Czech Airlines (CSA). The ailing state-owned carrier is up for…
Green light for LufthansaAustrian merger
31 / 08 / 2009
LUFTHANSA has got the go ahead to merge with Austrian Airlines. The European Commission’s (EC) gave its approval on the…
Lufthansa rate rise shock
27 / 08 / 2009
LUFTHANSA Cargo is intending to unilaterally increase rates worldwide by 25 per cent, according to a letter (right) allegedly sent…
An-12 crash in the Congo
27 / 08 / 2009
A CARGO aircraft has crashed into a cemetery in the Congo killing the five Ukrainian crew members and one Congolese…
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