JANEL World Trade, integrated freight logistics provider, has appointed two high-level sales people to increase revenue in 2009 by US$15…
January 2009
flyLAL operations suspended
22 / 01 / 2009
LITHUANIAN Airlines – flyLAL – has ceased operations as of 17 January. The airline had run up debts of US$26…
Brazil Chile and Israel airlines fined
22 / 01 / 2009
ABSA Cargo, LAN Cargo and El Al Israel Airlines have pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix airfreight prices and have…
Report reveals industrys trends
22 / 01 / 2009
ACMG’s has released its International Air Freight and Express Industry Performance Analysis 2008. The analysis provides a detailed assessment of…
Angolan airport upgrade underway
21 / 01 / 2009
LUENA airport in Angola is no longer receiving large-sized aircraft while reconstruction work is happening on its runway. For the…
GAC Group opens new office in France
21 / 01 / 2009
GAC, the Dubai global logistics group has opened a logistics business development office in Lille, France. The office will be…
Gatwick has six bids for sale
21 / 01 / 2009
OWNER of London Gatwick, BAA, has received six bids in its race against time to sell the airport. Ferrovial, the…
Nagpur airport ownership doubt continues
21 / 01 / 2009
NAGPUR Airport in India is still in its ownership deadlock, which puts its future status of a cargo hub in…
Air France-KLM drops services
21 / 01 / 2009
AIR France-KLM has suspended its cargo service to Guangzhou, China and discontinued its Paris-Philadelphia service. The Guangzhou service stopped as…
Lay offs at Kalitta
21 / 01 / 2009
KALITTA Air is to lay off most of its contract workers due to the slump in global airfreight demand. The…
EGSAC takes in Denmark
20 / 01 / 2009
EGSAC has appointed Cargo Care International (CCI), as its exclusive member for Denmark. CCI has a close association with EGSAC’s…
New Skybridge manager in Bucharest
20 / 01 / 2009
SKYBRIDGE Networks has appointed Catalin R?dulescu as general manager of its Bucharest office. Radulescu has spent 20 years in the…
More lax security at Calcutta
20 / 01 / 2009
NEW evidence has come to light concerning the lax security at Calcutta (Kolkata) airport. Following the brawl between employees over…
Cascade delivers first Q400-PF
20 / 01 / 2009
CASCADE Aerospace has delivered the world’s first Q400-PF Package Freighter to launch customer, Nord-Flyg of Eskilstuna, Sweden. This latest Cascade…
LAN Cargo appoints RTW
20 / 01 / 2009
CHILEAN carrier LAN Cargo has appointed RTW Air Services of Geneva as its GSSA for Switzerland with effect from 1…
Turkish Airlines expands network
20 / 01 / 2009
TURKISH Airlines will add five new destinations to its network between 23 February and 20 April. They are Nairobi (Kenya),…
Singapore Airlines cuts more than 200 flights
20 / 01 / 2009
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is cutting its flights to Australia, China, Europe and India by more than 200 due to plunging…
Light aircraft crash at Manila
19 / 01 / 2009
A CARGO Beechcraft Baron aircraft (model unknown) crashed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippines at the weekend disrupting…
Fatal Russian crash pilot error
19 / 01 / 2009
PILOT error was the likely cause for the fatal two-plane collision in Russia’s North Caucasus last week. The two Il-76…
Frankfurt to build new runway
19 / 01 / 2009
FRANKFURT’S international airport has received permission to build a fourth runway despite local protest. Expected opening is due in 2012…