AN Interisland Airlines freighter has crashed in the Philippines killing three of its six crew. Flying from Mactan to Pampanga…
April 2010
Aviacon grows fleet
21 / 04 / 2010
RUSSIAN carter airline Aviacon Zitotrans has added another Il-76 freighter to its fleet. This takes its fleet up to seven…
Atlanta to focus on airfreight
21 / 04 / 2010
ATLANTA Airport is planning on increasing its market share of cargo, with backing from the new local mayor. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta…
BA demands compensation for Act of God
21 / 04 / 2010
WITH Iceland’s erupting volcano now calming, the ash is clearing and aircraft flying. But it will still be weeks before…
Volcanic ash delay starts to bite deep
18 / 04 / 2010
THE ash from the Icelandic volcano continues to disrupt aviation, but, as the restrictions on aircraft movements continue, airlines and…
Another cargo lawsuit brought in South Korea
18 / 04 / 2010
A SOUTH Korean civic group has brought a lawsuit for cargo price-fixing against 10 Asian carriers. The Citizens’ Coalition for…
Midex cleared for UAE operations
18 / 04 / 2010
MIDEX Airlines has been cleared for resumption of freight operations in the UAE. The cargo carrier had a six-week suspension…
ANA merges cargo subsidiaries
18 / 04 / 2010
ALL Nippon Airways (ANA) will merge its cargo subsidiary, ANA & JP Express Co (AJV), with Air Japan Co from…
Freighters World Conference and Cargo Airline of the Year
18 / 04 / 2010
Due to the ongoing disruption and closure of northern European airspace, caused by the volcanic ash cloud, we have elected…
AA looks to niches for higher yielding traffic
15 / 04 / 2010
IN February the US DoT eventually gave its tentative blessing to anti-trust immunity for American Airlines and British Airways, plus…
Is Air China the future for Jade Cargo
15 / 04 / 2010
WITH two top executives from its major shareholder Shenzhen Airlines under arrest, and that carrier looking set to be absorbed…
Battery rule will cost US$1billion of pain
15 / 04 / 2010
SHIPPERS, freight forwarders and airlines have reacted with anger and dismay to the latest ill-conceived proposed legislation from US lawmakers….
Volcanic eruption causes chaos at European airports
15 / 04 / 2010
AIRPORTS and airlines in northern Europe were thrown into chaos on Thursday 15 April, as a large volcanic ash cloud…
MAS latest target for price-fixing charges
13 / 04 / 2010
AUSTRALIA has charged Malaysia Airlines (MAS) with price-fixing. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which served the statement of…
Korean’s record profits confirm recovery
13 / 04 / 2010
KOREAN Air has posted record results for the first quarter of 2010. Operating profit rose by nearly 3,300 per cent,…
Agility fraud charges pulls in two subsidiaries
13 / 04 / 2010
ALLEGATIONS against Agility for fraud against the US Army have been widened to include two of the company’s subsidiaries: US-based…
AeroUnion freighter crashes in Mexico
13 / 04 / 2010
AN AeroUnion freighter crashed yesterday leaving the northern Mexican city of Monterry on its way to Los Angeles, killing at…
Budapest Airport gets green light for cargo expansion
11 / 04 / 2010
HUNGARY has given Budapest Airport the go ahead to expand its cargo operations. Once finished the new development will include…
New Airbus freighter cleared by EU
11 / 04 / 2010
AIRBUS’ latest freighter – the A330-200F – has been granted type certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) following…
BA-Iberia merged company named
11 / 04 / 2010
FOLLOWING the confirmation that British Airways’ (BA) and Iberia’s on-again/off-again merger is back on the cards, the two companies have…