DUBAI’S Emirates Group has stated that it is not in any financial risk due to its home state’s debt crisis.Emirates’…
November 2009
Italy targets forwarders
30 / 11 / 2009
ITALY’S competition authority is investigating 20 forwarders for price fixing. Among those named are Agility Logistics, DHL Global Forwarding, Gefco,…
Hong Kong peak surprise
30 / 11 / 2009
HONG Kong has started to see signs of a peak season re-emergence after last year’s dismal offerings. Hong Kong Air…
Sale may herald Chinese consolidation
30 / 11 / 2009
CHINESE logistics giant, Sinotrans, may sell all or some of its 51 per cent controlling stake in its struggling Grandstar…
FedEx to start domestic Indian service
29 / 11 / 2009
FEDEX has announced that it will start operating a domestic express service in India. This will place it in direct…
China approves new cargo operator
29 / 11 / 2009
THE Civil Aviation Administration of China has approved an air operator’s certificate for new freighter operator Shunfeng Airways.The carrier will…
October better but rebound still distant
29 / 11 / 2009
INTERNATIONAL scheduled traffic results for October show conditions are slightly improving. Demand for international cargo rose to 0.5 per cent…
AirBridgeCargo adds 747 freighter to fleet
29 / 11 / 2009
AIRBRIDGECARGO Airlines (ABC) has added another Boeing 747-400ER freighter to its fleet.The new aircraft takes the total number of extended…
Avient’s new MD-11F crashes In Shanghai
29 / 11 / 2009
Days after being delivered to the airline, Avient’s first MD-11F has crashed at Shanghai-Pudong’s International airport, claiming the lives of…
EU updates airline blacklist
26 / 11 / 2009
THE European Commission’s (EC) latest update to its airlines’ safety blacklist has added all airlines from the Democratic Republic of…
Europe’s airfreight falls 14 per cent
26 / 11 / 2009
EUROPEAN airfreight fell 14 per cent in September compared to last year, the smallest decline since December. Total traffic was…
El Al profits drops 60 per cent
26 / 11 / 2009
EL AL Israel Airlines saw its profits drop 60 per cent in the third quarter, from US$31 million last year…
US government joins Agility fraud case
26 / 11 / 2009
THE US government has joined the private lawsuit brought against Agility, trading under its old name of Public Warehousing Company…
Aeroflot to ditch freighters
25 / 11 / 2009
Air Cargo News has learned that Aeroflot is negotiating to return its MD-11Fs to the lessor, after electing to end…
Nippon Yusen looking to leave airfreight
25 / 11 / 2009
JAPAN’S Nippon Yusen has hinted that it is looking to consolidate its airfreight services with another operator so that it…
AF-KLM takings down 40 per cent
25 / 11 / 2009
AIR France-KLM (AF-KLM) Cargo revenue plummeted over 40 per cent in the second quarter ending 30 September to US$851 million…
CEVA profits fall a third
24 / 11 / 2009
CEVA Logistics has posted third quarter profits that dropped by a third compared to last year, from US$152 million to…
Corruption raid at Chennai cargo centre
24 / 11 / 2009
NINE Customs officials at Chennai airport’s air cargo complex have been arrested for corruption. The nine, which included four superintendents,…
JAL scores another government bailout
24 / 11 / 2009
AFTER months of negotiation struggling Japan Airlines (JAL) has finally secured another government loan. This is the fourth time since…
Thai to operate freighter fleet
23 / 11 / 2009
THAI Airways’ managing director cargo, Pruet Boobphakam (right), has confirmed the carrier’s plans to operate its own freighters eventually.“That will…