AGILITY’s net profits fell 53 per cent in the second quarter 2010 compared to the same period last year. Operating…
Agility cleared to continue US military contract to December
15 / 08 / 2010
DESPITE being in the middle of a fraud investigation that has seen the contract moved elsewhere, Agility has been given…
Police arrest Miami cargo workers for drug smuggling
15 / 08 / 2010
DRUG smugglers have once again infiltrated Miami International Airport’s cargo workers raising questions of how secure cargo really is at…
ACS flies tricky load to Nigerian FPSO
15 / 08 / 2010
AIR Charter Service (ACS) has flown 14 12.5-metre-long oil pipes from France into Nigeria. The cargo was a floating offshore…
LAM and TAM merger will create Latin American super airline
15 / 08 / 2010
IN a surprise announcement, Brazil’s TAM Airlines and Chile’s LAN Airlines have announced the two will merge. Should they receive…
Qantas, Australia Post to merge joint ventures
15 / 08 / 2010
QANTAS plans to merge the two joint freight ventures it operates with Australia Post – Australian Air Express (AAE) and…
Strikes to close UK airports
12 / 08 / 2010
STRIKES are set to close the UK’s largest airports in the coming weeks. The strike will affect not only Heathrow,…
Mexicana woes continue, talks of merger
12 / 08 / 2010
MEXICANA Airlines, which has filed for bankruptcy protection and cut 15 international routes, is now saying it needs US$150 million…
Uzbekistan opens cargo terminal at Navoi Airport
12 / 08 / 2010
UZBEKISTAN Airways (UA) has opened a cargo terminal at Navoi International Airport. The terminal is part of the international intermodal…
Saudi Cargo appoints new Dutch GSA
11 / 08 / 2010
SAUDI Airlines Cargo has appointed Active Airline Representatives its sole GSA in the Netherlands where the airline previously handled its…
Cargoitalia builds on solid start
11 / 08 / 2010
CARGOITALIA carried 18,717 tons of cargo in the first six months of the year, up from 6,800 tons over the…
Australian lawsuit against Qantas gets go ahead
11 / 08 / 2010
AUSTRALIA’S Federal Court has given permission for a group lawsuit for cargo price fixing to proceed. The ruling overturns a…
Frankfurt posts second monthly record for cargo
11 / 08 / 2010
FRANKFURT Airport handled 188,244 metric tons of airfreight in July 2010, registered a new monthly record and a 20.4 per…
Schenker opens fashion facility
11 / 08 / 2010
DB Schenker Logistics offers new sorting facility for shoe logistics. DB Schenker Logistics has opened a new sorting facility in…
Djibouti denies Ethiopian operating permit
10 / 08 / 2010
DJIBOUTI has denied Ethiopian Airlines permits to operate flights into the tiny Horn of Africa country forcing Ethiopian to suspend…
UPS earnings soar 71 per cent
10 / 08 / 2010
UPS reported a 71 per cent jump over the adjusted earnings of the prior-year period. Global revenue increased 13 per…
BAWC upgrades to Boeing 747-8F
10 / 08 / 2010
BRITISH Airways World Cargo (BAWC) reported commercial revenue (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £175 million for the first quarter…
ANA gains JAL’s market share on cargo
10 / 08 / 2010
WITH Japan Airlines (JAL) distancing itself from air cargo, All Nippon Airways (ANA) is moving in to exploit the vacuum….
Skinner to new AMI financial post
10 / 08 / 2010
AIR Menzies International (AMI) has appointed Mark Skinner (right) its new vice-president of finance and commercial development. A chartered accountant,…
Qatar Airways to begin Chicago freighter service
09 / 08 / 2010
QATAR Airways Cargo has announced it will begin scheduled freighter services to Chicago (US), its first dedicated freighter operation to…
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