ALTHOUGH the volcanic ash disruption that resulted in massive flight cancellations had a big effect on the recovery in passenger…
May 2010
Buoyant Saudi Airlines adds routes and freighters
27 / 05 / 2010
NEW freighter services to Europe, Africa and South East Asia are all under consideration at Saudi Airlines Cargo, as the…
El Al posts shrinking losses
26 / 05 / 2010
EL Al Israel Airlines reduced its operating loss by 59 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 largely thanks…
Lufthansa Cargo and Austrian Airlines found joint subsidiary in Vienna
26 / 05 / 2010
LUFTHANSA Cargo and Austrian Airlines have formed a joint company, Austrian Lufthansa Cargo, which will be headquartered in Vienna. The…
South Korea fines airlines
26 / 05 / 2010
SOUTH Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined 19 airlines a total of 120 billion won (US$98 million) fine for…
Obituary David Brooksbank
26 / 05 / 2010
DAVID Brooksbank MBE passed away on 5 April. He enjoyed a successful career in the commercial aviation industry, notably at…
Swire, Cathay pull out of Hactl
24 / 05 / 2010
SWIRE Pacific and Cathay Pacific have agreed to sell their stakes – nearly 20 per cent and 10 per cent…
A380F on “backburner” or “write-off”
24 / 05 / 2010
AIRBUS’ chief executive officer, Tom Enders, has admitted that the A380 freighter version is on the “backburner”. Speaking at the…
Givens, Superior in the dock for Pentagon bribes
24 / 05 / 2010
US-based freight forwarder Givens Air Freight, operating under the name Superior Air, is being prosecuted for allegedly bribing Pentagon managers…
China’s big three told to merge cargo
24 / 05 / 2010
CHINA’S government has decreed that the country’s three main airlines – Air China, China Eastern and China Southern – have…
Dubai cargo traffic up
24 / 05 / 2010
DUBAI International Airport (DIA) has reported a 19.6 per cent increase in cargo traffic for April. Year-to-date, cargo grew by…
Air India crash kills 158
23 / 05 / 2010
AN Air India Express 737-800 has crashed at Mangalore killing 158 of the 166 people on board. Arriving from Dubai,…
Protesters halt flights at Manchester
23 / 05 / 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL protesters brought Manchester airport to a standstill this morning in protest at airfreight. Six members of the Manchester Plane…
Global Aviation Holdings names Brian Bauer CCO
23 / 05 / 2010
GLOBAL Aviation Holdings – parent company of World Airways – has named Brian Bauer (right) – the former president of…
SIA Q4 profits increase six-fold
23 / 05 / 2010
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has posted a six-fold increase in profits for the fourth quarter. Net profit from January to March…
UPS axes 260 pilots
20 / 05 / 2010
UPS is to lay off Alaska-based 260 pilots this year in reaction, it says, to the US recession. “I left…
Farmer destroys Carlisle airfreight plans
20 / 05 / 2010
PLANS to develop Carlisle Airport into a freight storage and distribution centre have been scuppered by a local Irthington farmer,…
BAWC struggles through 2009
20 / 05 / 2010
BRITISH Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has posted revenues of £550.3 million for the financial year 2009/10, a fall of 18.2…
Polet, MNG fly to Hong Kong
20 / 05 / 2010
BOTH Polet Cargo Airlines and MNG Airlines have launched new cargo services to Hong Kong. Russian-based freighter carrier Polet Cargo…
Qantas gets awarded Korean capacity
20 / 05 / 2010
AUSTRALIA’S International Air Services Commission has awarded Qantas unlimited cargo capacity and frequency on its Korean route for 10 years….