ANGLO Overseas, the UK freight forwarder, has gone into insolvency. The administrators, Vantis Business Recovery Services, blamed “a prolonged period…
January 2009
Air Tahoma grounded
18 / 01 / 2009
AIR Tahoma, the Ohio-based air cargo transport operator, has been grounded. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued and emergency revocation…
Brawl in Calcutta cargo offices
18 / 01 / 2009
CARGO operations at Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata (Calcutta) were halted last week as employees took part in a…
BA World Cargo ups Dubai flights
18 / 01 / 2009
BRITISH Airways World Cargo has announced the launch of a fourth daily Dubai flight, as part of its winter schedule….
Fraports airfreight down
18 / 01 / 2009
FRANKFURT Airport cargo throughput (airfreight plus air mail) for 2008, dropped by 2.7 per cent to 2.1 million metric tons….
New Heavyweight regional managers
18 / 01 / 2009
HEAVYWEIGHT Air Express announced a series of commercial measures aimed at supporting and building upon its expanding US air cargo…
Air Cargo Germany launch pushed back
15 / 01 / 2009
THE expected launch this month of Air Cargo Germany (ACG) has been pushed back until late February due to “incomplete…
Fraport to sell Hahn
15 / 01 / 2009
FRAPORT is considering selling its 65 per cent stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, which specialises in budget and cargo airlines, to…
A320 ditches into the Hudson River
15 / 01 / 2009
A US Airways A320 made a splash landing into New York’s Hudson River last night. Shortly after taking off from…
Cathay defers HK cargo terminal
15 / 01 / 2009
CATHAY Pacific Airways has finally confirmed that it will defer its new Hong Kong cargo terminal by up to two…
Delta cuts jobs
15 / 01 / 2009
DELTA Air Lines has offered an early retirement programme for its staff in an attempt to trim capacity by eight…
Air France-KLM buys into streamlined Alitalia
14 / 01 / 2009
AFTER a three-month battle with Lufthansa Air France-KLM has won a 25 per cent stake in troubled Italian flag carrier…
Possible more cuts at Boeing
14 / 01 / 2009
FURTHER rumours are circulating that the planned 4,500 job layoffs at Boeing are only the start of a much wider…
Go ahead for third Heathrow runway
14 / 01 / 2009
GOVERNMENT ministers have confirmed their approval to build a third runway at Heathrow today. Transport secretary Geoff Hoon also announced…
FedEx order 15 more Boeing 777s
14 / 01 / 2009
EXPRESS cargo carrier FedEx has ordered 15 new 777 freighter aircraft from Boeing despite the plummet in global cargo demand….
Antonov lands without nose gear
14 / 01 / 2009
A DAALO Airline Antonov landed without its nosewheel in Bender Qassim International Airport, Somalia on Monday. The cargo and passenger…
Shipping manager overcharges own company
14 / 01 / 2009
A FORMER shipping manager of pharmaceutical company Wyeth Medica Ireland is being charged with overcharging his ow company for shipping…
Singapore Airlines withdraws Indian flights
13 / 01 / 2009
SINGAPORE Airlines (SQ) is to cut flights from India from the 26 January. Daily flights from Delhi on Thursdays and…
Lufthansa cuts cargo and World Airways
13 / 01 / 2009
LUFTHANSA Cargo, Europe’s largest air-cargo carrier, has reported a 21.4 per cent drop in traffic for December 2008 from the…
Vietnam Airlines see profits shrink
13 / 01 / 2009
VIETNAM Airlines has reported a dramatic drop in pre-tax profits; from US$23 million in 2007 to $14 million in 2008….