V AUSTRALIA has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Los Angles to provide cargo handling for its new Boeing 777-300ER…
March 2009
NZ carriers pass security costs to forwarders
23 / 03 / 2009
NEW security measures imposed by New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority are already leading to increased charges on cargo. International cargo…
US should sub screening says ACSA
18 / 03 / 2009
THE Air Cargo Security Alliance (ACSA) has proposed that the US government provide a US$400 million fund to subsidise the…
Lufthansa Cargo sees opportunity in adversity
18 / 03 / 2009
LUFTHANSA Cargo presented its 2008 annual report yesterday, revealing that it had been the company’s second-best year to date. Operating…
Future optimistic for Kent International Airport
18 / 03 / 2009
THE future remains bright for Kent International Airport, according to its owner Infratil Airports. Kent International lost out to Stansted…
SIA signs up NAS for Kuwait
17 / 03 / 2009
NATIONAL Aviation Services (NAS) is to provide the ground handling and support services at the Kuwait International Airport for Singapore…
Japans airfreight falls further
17 / 03 / 2009
JAPAN Airlines (JAL) reported that its international cargo volume fell for six consecutive months in a row ending with January,…
DHL talks to ABX
17 / 03 / 2009
DHL has, in an unexpected move, turned to current partners ABX Air and Astar Air Cargo to increase their current…
American awards two-year contract to WFS
16 / 03 / 2009
WORLDWIDE Flight Services (WFS) has won a two-year contract to provide cargo handling and customer service for American Airlines at…
Schaecher appointed as DHLs new global head of airfreight
16 / 03 / 2009
AIR Cargo News has learned that Michael Schaecher has been promoted as new global head of airfreight for DHL Global…
Alis buys Alitalia Cargo
16 / 03 / 2009
ALIS has bought the remains of Alitalia Cargo from Augusto Fantozzi, the state commissar who controls what is left of…
Chinas aviation industry loses 28 billion yuan
16 / 03 / 2009
CHINA’S aviation industry lost 28 billion yuan (US$4 billion) in 2008, according to Yang Guoqing (right), vice-minister of the Civil…
Indias new cargo airline starts up
16 / 03 / 2009
AIR Deccan is to start operations of its news cargo airline – Deccan Cargo Express Logistics – in May. Deccan…
Swiss Airlines cargo down 23
15 / 03 / 2009
SWISS International Air Lines cargo traffic fell 23 per cent in 2008. The airline saw 6.5 per cent drop in…
New routes and services
15 / 03 / 2009
AirBaltic will fly twice-weekly between Riga, Latvia and Dushanbe, Tajikistan from 1 June using Boeing B737s. Air Europa – Spain’s…
Pet store receives corpse not fish
15 / 03 / 2009
A PET store in Pennsylvania, US received the corpse of an elderly man instead of an airfreight shipment of tropical…
JAL cuts fuel surcharges
15 / 03 / 2009
JAPAN Airlines (JAL) is to decrease its fuel surcharge for international cargo flights departing Japan from 1 April, 2009. JAL…
BAA Feb traffic down
15 / 03 / 2009
BAA’s cargo traffic fell by 21.4 per cent in February compared to January. BASA, which operates Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow,…
Record number of planes grounded in desert
15 / 03 / 2009
NEW figures reveal that a record total of almost 2,300 jet airliners are now parked. 1,167 of these aircraft were…
Çelebi bids for Indira Ghandi airport services
15 / 03 / 2009
ÇELEBI Ground Handling has submitted bids for two Indian airport tenders. The Turkish company bid to upgrade, modernise, finance and…
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