ARROW Air has ceased operations, effective immediately. In a statement, the company said: “Like many companies in our industry, Arrow…
June 2010
Chinese corruption probe causes suicide
30 / 06 / 2010
A SENIOR civil aviation official has committed suicide due to ongoing investigations into corruption of civil aviation officials. Liu Yajun…
EU, US make open skies permanent
30 / 06 / 2010
THE EU and US have made permanent their open skies agreement. As well as ensuring the elimination of protectionist restrictions…
Boeing crows at WTO anti-Airbus ruling
30 / 06 / 2010
BOEING has praised the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling that declared some of the EU’s subsidies to Airbus illegal. Under…
Maximus looks to expand
29 / 06 / 2010
MAXIMUS Air Cargo is looking to buy more freighters and to expand out of Abu Dhabi. “We’re now looking for…
Garuda returns to Amsterdam
29 / 06 / 2010
INDONESIA’S national airline, Garuda Indonesia, has resumed daily services from Jakarta to Amsterdam via Dubai. The airline has awarded a…
Nick Fadugba Resigns from AFRAA
29 / 06 / 2010
NICK Fadugba, the new secretary general of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), has unexpectedly quit his position. Barely eight months…
Fraudster implicated in end of Ghana Airways
29 / 06 / 2010
AN investigation has revealed how fraud committed by the ‘nephew’ of the former president allegedly led to the demise of…
e-freight goes live in Austria
29 / 06 / 2010
AUSTRIA is the latest country to implement the International Air Transport Association (IATA) e-freight programme. Led by Emirates SkyCargo and…
EU may be lenient with cargo price fixers
28 / 06 / 2010
JOAQUIN Almunia (right), the European Union’s (EU) new competition commissioner, has said that he may be willing to negotiate more…
Allied Air Cargo leases second MD-11F from World
28 / 06 / 2010
WORLD Airways has leased a second MD-11 freighter to Allied Air Cargo until December 2011. Allied Air is a Nigerian…
MAS threatens A380 cancellation
28 / 06 / 2010
MALAYSIA Airlines is threatening to cancel its orders for six A380s due to long delivery delays. “We do not rule…
Air cargo recovery strengthens in May
28 / 06 / 2010
GLOBAL airfreight traffic grew 34.3 per cent in May compared to the same month last year, up from the 26…
New president for Aloha Cargo
28 / 06 / 2010
ALOHA Air Cargo has appointed Lee Steele – former vice-president of operations at Aloha Airlines – its president. Steele replaces…
TCC wins Hellenic contract
27 / 06 / 2010
JOHANNESBURG-based GSSA The Cargo Connection has won the contract to represent Hellenic Imperial Airways throughout South Africa. The airline launched…
Dubai’s new airport opens for business
27 / 06 / 2010
Dubai opened its second airport on 27 July after the new airport passed a series of operational tests conducted during…
Brussels Airlines extends African reach
27 / 06 / 2010
BRUSSELS Airlines Cargo is launching operations to four more destinations in West Africa in conjunction with its global GSA partner,…
Nigerian airlines questioned by corruption agency
23 / 06 / 2010
NIGERIA’S anti-corruption agency has launched an investigation into the country’s domestic airlines over their unpaid debts. The Economic and Financial…
LAN predicts 30 per cent rise in cargo for 2010
23 / 06 / 2010
ENRIQUE Cueto, LAN Airlines’ chief executive officer, says the airline will increase cargo traffic by 30 per cent this year….
Lufthansa Cargo lobbies for night flights
23 / 06 / 2010
LUFTHANSA Cargo and a group of German logistics associations have launched the ‘Cargo needs the night’ initiative to promote the…
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