GERMAN authorities have raided the offices of Deutsche Post (DP) in an investigation about phone-tapping at Deutsche Telekom (DT). Prosecutor…
March 2009
BAWC keeps Stansted as freighter base
12 / 03 / 2009
FOLLOWING a tender process, British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has chosen to continue operating its longhaul freighter programme from London…
Swiss has good 2008 but fears 2009
12 / 03 / 2009
SWISS International Air Lines (Group) achieved earnings before interest and taxes of CHF 507 million (US$426 million) for 2008, a…
Ceva wins Eaton Australian contract
10 / 03 / 2009
CEVA Logistics, has signed a new contract for the management of warehouse operations in Australia for Eaton Corporation’s Electrical Sector….
Zurich goes e-freight capable
10 / 03 / 2009
ZURICH Airport has become the first airport to become IATA e-freight capable in 2009. The first e-freight-compliant transactions were performed…
TKPL wins WCA best agent award
10 / 03 / 2009
THE 114-year-old Tulsidas Khimji Pvt Ltd (TKPL) won the Top Agent of the Year 2008 – Worldwide award in the…
SATS and NACIL ground handle India
10 / 03 / 2009
SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services Limited (SATS) has approval from the government of India to establish a 50:50 ground-handling joint venture…
Champ and OAG IT cooperation
10 / 03 / 2009
CHAMP Cargosystems and Official Airline Guide (OAG) Cargo have announced their global cooperation for the provision of real-time rate and…
Hactl freight down in Feb
10 / 03 / 2009
HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) released its tonnage figures for February 2009. A total of 133,624 tonnes were…
Altimeter to blame for Turkish Airlines crash
09 / 03 / 2009
A FAULTY altimeter was to blame for the crash of the Turkish Airlines flight at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport last month….
Air China to buy East Star
09 / 03 / 2009
AIR China is set to buy East Star Airline. The Chinese carrier is also in negotiations with Cathay Pacific and…
NZ starts new security protocols
09 / 03 / 2009
AS of 9 April cargo into New Zealand must pass new security requirements. The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand…
Vietnam Airlines makes Globe Air Cargo UK GSA
09 / 03 / 2009
VIETNAM Airlines has appointed Globe Air Cargo, part of the European Cargo Services (ECS) group, as its exclusive GSA partner…
KN takes over J Martens
09 / 03 / 2009
KUEHNE + Nagel has announced that it is to take over J Martens Holding, headquartered in Bergen, Norway. Besides providing…
AFC and Nord-Flyg sign cooperation deal
09 / 03 / 2009
AFC (Air Freight Consolidator) and Swedish airline Nord-flyg have signed a network cooperation deal linking Maastricht in the Netherlands, Weeze…
New routes and services
08 / 03 / 2009
AIR Arabia will launch a direct, three-times-a-week service to Athens, Greece starting 21 April. Air Arabia now serves 45 destinations…
PIA moves to seize cargo market share
08 / 03 / 2009
PAKISTAN International Airlines (PIA) is planning to aggressively seize more airfreight market share. One of its first moves has been…
More job cuts to come at Kuehne Nagel
08 / 03 / 2009
SWISS logistics group Kuehne & Nagel has said that it could cut more jobs as the economic crisis continues. Having…
SAA Cargo signs up to Cargo 2000
08 / 03 / 2009
SOUTH African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) is adopting the Cargo 2000 programme making it the third African business and the…
Cargo crash into lake loses all
08 / 03 / 2009
A CARGO plane crashed into Lake Victoria this morning killing all 11 people on board. The IL-76, registration S9-SAB, was…