WEST Atlantic has sold one of its Lockheed Electra (L188) turboprop fleet to the Canadian operator Conair. Conair bought the…
February 2010
AIR CARGO NEWS EXCLUSIVE – DHL admits to being the ‘whistleblower’
11 / 02 / 2010
DHL Global Forwarding has admitted that it was the whistleblower that initiated the massive international investigation into illegal anti-competition activities…
Kuwaiti MP condemns corrupt Customs
11 / 02 / 2010
A KUWAITI member of parliament has accused the local Customs department of corruption.Hassan Jowhar said that large amounts of airfreight…
Arms-smuggling crew deported
11 / 02 / 2010
THE cargo crew of the Il-76 at the centre of the North Korean weapons smuggling operation seized in Thailand are…
WFS to handle Air China cargo at Heathrow
11 / 02 / 2010
WORLDWIDE Flight Services (WFS) has won Air China’s cargo handling contract at London’s Heathrow Airport.The three-year contract will see WFS…
New office update – 11 February 2010
10 / 02 / 2010
Kuehne + Nagel opened an operating centre in Minsk (Belarus) with regular services to points in Chaina, Europe, Kazakhstan and…
AEI to convert MD-80s
10 / 02 / 2010
AERONAUTICAL Engineers (AEI) has launched an MD-80SF passenger to freighter conversion programme. The programme will focus on the MD-81, MD-82,…
EC sends Panalpina pricefixing findings – UPDATE
10 / 02 / 2010
THE European Commission (EC) has sent Swiss logistics company Panalpina preliminary findings of its ongoing anti-competition investigation. The company, along…
Davies Turner awarded AEO status
10 / 02 / 2010
UK-based freight forwarder Davies Turner has achieved Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status. Becoming AEO accredited recognises the company as being…
New seafood screening started at Alaska
10 / 02 / 2010
AS an example to how other perishables entering the US will have to be processed from June, Alaska Air Cargo…
People update 10 February 2010
09 / 02 / 2010
JAPAN Airlines’ (JAL) restructure has a seen a swathe of new appointments. These notably include: Kazuo Inamori (chairman), Kunio Hirata…
Still waters run deep
09 / 02 / 2010
ALL Nippon Airways (ANA) is often considered the shy wallflower of Japanese carriers compared to Japan Airlines (JAL). It is…
MASkargo eyes India
09 / 02 / 2010
MALAYSIA Airlines Cargo (MASkargo) says that it will focus on India in 2010 as it is an important emerging market…
GSSA update 9 February 2010
08 / 02 / 2010
EFFECTIVE 1 February, US Airways has made Globe Air Cargo, part of European Cargo Services (ECS), its GSSA in the…
Liat delays freighter flight
08 / 02 / 2010
REGIONAL Antigua-based airline Liat has delayed the launch of its dedicated freighter until 1 March.Originally due to start operation in…
AF-KLM sells freighters to FedEx
08 / 02 / 2010
AS part of its plan to cut back its all-cargo operations, Air France-KLM is set to sell two 777 freighters…
K Line buys into Air Tiger Express
08 / 02 / 2010
JAPANESE shipper K Line has agreed to buy a 51 per cent controlling share in the Air Tiger Express (ATE)…
Change of plan for Kingfisher’s cargo airline
07 / 02 / 2010
KINGFISHER Airlines has launched a door-to-door express cargo service, Kingfisher Express. The same-day cargo service will launch with pick-up facilities…
NZ judge rules against anti-cartel commission
07 / 02 / 2010
A NEW Zealand judge has ruled that the country’s anti-cartel Commerce Commission abused rules by preventing Air New Zealand from…
Airport update
07 / 02 / 2010
INTERNATIONAL cargo volume at Incheon International Airport in South Korea rose 20 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009…
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