June 2009

Aegean wins 40 per cent market share

AEGEAN Airlines Cargo has won a 40 per cent market share from France to Athens after only six months of…

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Boeing deliveries up orders down

BOEING has reported that deliveries of its aircraft grew slightly in May but this was brought low by orders falling…

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DHL Qantas sign ATSG

AIR Transport Services Group (ATSG) has secured two deals to provide widebody airfreight services. The first deal is with DHL…

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Forecast worsens for 2009 losses

IATA has revised its airline financial forecast for 2009 to a global loss of US$9 billion. This is nearly double…

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CEVA opens new Brazilian centre

CEVA Logistics has opened its newest and largest distribution centre, in the city of Louveira, in the state of São…

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FedEx fights union law

FEDEX is preparing a multi-million-dollar marketing campaign to fight against a change in labour law. If the change goes ahead…

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Agility buys Trafinsa

AGILITY has bought its long-standing partner in Mexico, Trafinsa and US its affiliate, Trafinsa International. Headquartered in Mexico City, Trafinsa…

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Tyler new IATA chairman

CATHAY Pacific Airways chief executive officer Tony Tyler (right) is the new chairman of IATA. His tenure will last until…

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Cargo down at BAA

BAA has reported a drop of 9.5 per cent in cargo traffic that passes through its airports. The results, which…

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Dachser starts up own company in Brazil

DACHSER and Logimasters are reorganising their businesses in Brazil following the termination of their joint venture on March 31, 2009….

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Cargo optimism for Air France-KLM

AIR France-KLM has reported a one per cent drop in cargo traffic for May, with capacity up 2.1 per cent….

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Maximus pushes airfreight aid programme

MAXIMUS is calling for the air cargo industry to allow humanitarian cargoes to be freighted at cost price. “It would…

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DHL deal slashes ATSG debt

DHL has signed an agreement with Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) to lease up to four 767-200SFs from ATSG’s subsidiary,…

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Cargo B signs up Kales

CARGO B Airlines have appointed Kales Airline Services as GSSA for Spain and Portugal. This will take effect from 1…

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SIA posts further losses

SINGAPORE Airlines’ (SIA) Cargo has reported that cargo yields were down 28 per cent for this year’s first quarter. Cargo…

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Japan cargo recovery short-lived

JAPAN Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) saw their international cargo volumes fall again in April but at less…

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Industry needs sweeping changes says IATA

IATA has called for a major resizing and reshaping of the entire air transport value chain to cope with the…

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Deccan launches Indias first cargo airline

DECCAN 360, India’s first all-cargo airline, was launched on 20 May flying an A310 from Delhi to Hong Kong. Two…

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Iberia goes east

IBERIA Cargo has appointed Air Logistics Group as its exclusive GSSA in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Romania…

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Swiftair starts serving DHL

SWIFTAIR Hellas, reports that his company, through the mother company Swiftair Spain, has started a regular five times per week…

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