THE last calendar year was undoubtedly the toughest period for cargo in its history at Vitoria Airport. The combination of…
March 2010
Uncertain outlook at SDV
18 / 03 / 2010
OTHER freight companies might be reporting a strong bounceback in volumes, but Herbert de Saint Simon, chief executive officer of…
Air Berlin cuts Boeing order
16 / 03 / 2010
AIR Berlin – Germany’s second largest airline after Lufthansa – has cancelled US$1.7 billion worth of orders for 787 aircraft…
UAE toughens up flying regulations
16 / 03 / 2010
CARGO airlines in the UAE have until the end of the month to comply with new regulations or they will…
Panalpina losses signal management shake-up
16 / 03 / 2010
PANALPINA’S disappointing airfreight slump in the last quarter of 2009 has heralded a major reorganisation of senior management at the…
Second 747-8 freighter completes first flight
16 / 03 / 2010
A SECOND Boeing 747-8 freighter successfully completed its first flight last Sunday. “The airplane performed well on its first flight,”…
NIIT and SATS market Cosys to the world
16 / 03 / 2010
INDIA’S NIIT Technologies and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) are to jointly market their Cargo Operations Systems (Cosys) IT system…
AerCap selects PFW for cargo loading system
15 / 03 / 2010
AIRCRAFT- and engine-leasing company AerCap has chosen PFW Aerospace to design and manufacture the main deck cargo loading system (CLS)…
Lufthansa, Jettainer pilot lightweight containers
15 / 03 / 2010
AFTER around 120,000 trial runs on Lufthansa flights and six month of materials tests, Lufthansa Cargo and Jettainer have successfully…
CEVA manages modest wins
15 / 03 / 2010
CEVA Logistics has announced it made full year revenues of €5.5 billion in 2009, compared to €6.3 billion the year…
BA strikes disrupt cargo
15 / 03 / 2010
BRITISH Airways (BA) has pledged to keep more than 60 per cent of its long-haul and 30 per cent of…
New IL-76TD-90VD for Volga Dnepr
11 / 03 / 2010
VOLGA-Dnepr Airlines is adding a third IL-76TD-90VD freighter to its fleet in April. This takes the company’s investment of the…
LAN Cargo predicts 18 per cent growth
11 / 03 / 2010
CHILE’S LAN Cargo says that it expects its cargo capacity to grow about 16 to 18 per cent in 2010….
Turkish places large Boeing order
11 / 03 / 2010
TURKISH Airlines has ordered 20 Next generation 737s from Boeing. The order includes 10 737-800s and 10 737-900ERs. The Turkish…
China Eastern buys into Great Wall Airlines
10 / 03 / 2010
ALL-cargo carrier Great Wall Airlines (GWL) is assuring customers that a recent change in majority ownership will not affect the…
2010 loss forecast cut in half
10 / 03 / 2010
PREDICTED losses for the aviation industry in 2010 have dropped to US$2.8 billion compared to the $5.6 billion loss forecast…
BA union losing credibility
10 / 03 / 2010
NEGOTIATIONS have broken down between British Airways (BA) and its cabin crew union, Unite. Union leaders are meeting now to…
Gefco block books Air China capacity
10 / 03 / 2010
FRENCH international logistics company, Gefco, has signed a deal with Air China to block book belly capacity on inbound and…
Juneyao sells Okay stake to DTW
09 / 03 / 2010
CHINA’S Juneyao Group has sold its 71.4 per cent stake in Okay Airways to cargo and logistics company Datian Wu…
Suspicious arrest at Shenzhen Airlines
09 / 03 / 2010
CHINA’S security officials have removed Shenzhen Airline’s president – Li Kun – from his position while they investigate him for…