CATHAY Pacific’s troubles continue with news that it has asked its 17,000 staff to take up to a month of…
April 16, 2009
EU bans all Benin carriers
16 / 04 / 2009
ALL airlines based in Benin, six from Kazakhstan, one Thai and one Ukrainian have been banned form flying in EU…
Emirates take off now an accident
16 / 04 / 2009
AUSTRALIAN investigators have upgraded the Emirates near crash in Melbourne last month from ‘incident’ to ‘accident’. On 20 March, the…
Airport update
16 / 04 / 2009
KOLKATA (Calcutta) airport’s international cargo section received an anonymous phone call warning of a bomb last month. Security evacuated the…
Air France-KLM to cut 3000 jobs
16 / 04 / 2009
AIR France-KLM has confirmed that it is to cut between 2,500 and 3,000 jobs by March 2011. To avoid mandatory…
Lufthansa Cargo expands activities in Africa
16 / 04 / 2009
LUFTHANSA Cargo is offering seven new destinations in Africa in cooperation with the Kenyan cargo carrier Astral Aviation. Under the…
IATA and IAC sign safety deal
16 / 04 / 2009
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed an agreement with the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC, also known by its…