CHINA’S security officials have removed Shenzhen Airline’s president – Li Kun – from his position while they investigate him for…
March 2010
ABC flies pigs to Russia
09 / 03 / 2010
AIRBRIDGECARGO (ABC) has shipped 1,275 breeding pigs to Vladivostok (Russia) from Montreal (Canada) onboard a 747 charter flight. The pigs,…
Cargo volumes swing back in Q1
09 / 03 / 2010
CARGO volumes saw a strong upturn at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 to a level 28…
Midex faces AOC suspension threat
08 / 03 / 2010
CARGO carrier Midex Airlines faces suspension of operations following a recent audit by the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)….
Evergreen loses Boeing contract to Atlas
08 / 03 / 2010
BOEING has unexpectedly chosen not to renew Oregon-based Evergreen International’s five-year contract to operate the manufacturer’s four 747-400 Dreamlifters. Instead…
Kuehne and Nagel profits down
08 / 03 / 2010
KUEHNE + Nagel posted a 13.2 per cent drop in pre-tax revenue, to SFr885 million (US$819 million), for 2009 compared…
Aryan Cargo awarded AOC
08 / 03 / 2010
INDIA’S long-delayed new international cargo airline – Aryan Cargo – has been awarded its air operator’s certificate (AOC). The company…
airBaltic launches BalticCargo
07 / 03 / 2010
LATVIAN airline airBaltic has acquired full ownership of a cargo business at Riga International Airport (Latvia) and will operate it…
BAWC has strong February
07 / 03 / 2010
BRITISH Airways World Cargo (BAWC) recorded a strong recovery in demand for February, with traffic up 9.2 per cent to…
ATSG unit leasing planes to international freight flyer
07 / 03 / 2010
FLORIDA-based Amerijet International has taken possession of its first of two 767-200 widebody freighters from Cargo Aircraft Management, a subsidiary…
AEI delivers 737-400 to MNG
07 / 03 / 2010
AERONAUTICAL Engineers (AEI) has delivered Turkey’s first 737-400 freighter to MNG Airlines. The completed aircraft was the first Boeing-licensed third…
Australia targets Korean
07 / 03 / 2010
AUSTRALIA has charged Korean Air Lines with airfreight price-fixing. This makes korean the twelfth airline to be targeted by the…
Charles Kendall Freight achieves AEO status
04 / 03 / 2010
CHARLES Kendall Freight has become an accredited authorised economic operator (AEO), effective 25 February. The company holds the highest level…
Austrian Cargo falls under LH’s control
04 / 03 / 2010
AUSTRIAN Cargo will effectively become a subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo from 1 July, after the two carriers agreed to “merge…
Volumes return at Swiss, but not revenue
04 / 03 / 2010
CARGO load factors and volumes are back to pre-crisis levels at Swiss International Airlines, but revenues and yields are definitely…
Hahn ends 2009 on a high
04 / 03 / 2010
FRANKFURT Hahn, the airport in Rhineland Palatinate, which pits itself as an alternative cargo gateway to mighty Frankfurt, ended 2009…
Freighter fortunes boost Incheon
04 / 03 / 2010
SEVERE though it was in the first half of the year, the slump in cargo demand did not make much…
Maximus Air Cargo supports An-12 UAE ban
02 / 03 / 2010
MAXIMUS Air Cargo has pledged to back the UAE’s recent An-12 ban. Fathi Buhazza, president and chief executive officer of…
CEVA profits down in 2009
02 / 03 / 2010
CEVA Logistics has reported its revenue dropped 13 per cent in 2009, to €5.5 billion (US$7.5 billion), while profit fell…
LAN resumes flights at Santiago Airport
02 / 03 / 2010
LAN Airlines has resumed restricted domestic and international flight operations at the Santiago airport following the recent Chilean earthquake. “The…