INVESTORS have bought the controlling interest of Israeli cargo carrier, CAL Cargo Air Lines. The group, led by Yarom Oren…
June 2010
AirBridgeCargo sues Ilyushin
14 / 06 / 2010
RUSSIAN cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has filed a lawsuit against Ilyushin Finance Company. Filed on 24 May, the suit is…
EU seizes Russian nuclear cargo to Iran
13 / 06 / 2010
RUSSIA’S main nuclear exporter – JSC AtomStroyExport, the export arm of Russia’s Atomic Energy Ministry – may have broken European…
Frankfurt records busiest month ever
13 / 06 / 2010
FRANKFURT Airport handled 204,332 metric tons of airfreight in May, the busiest airfreight month in the airport’s history. Fraport executive…
Money’s short for Aryan Cargo
13 / 06 / 2010
AFTER months of delays to its launch, now, barely two months after it technically started operations, luck still isn’t plentiful…
e-freight goes live in Chile
13 / 06 / 2010
CHILE has implemented e-freight for exports on 9 June at Santiago Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL). So far it is…
A step-up in cargo capacity to Canada
10 / 06 / 2010
IN January AirBridgeCargo Airlines issued another signal about its long-standing ambitions to mount freighter services between Russia and North America….
BA optimistic despite strike strife
10 / 06 / 2010
STEVE Gunning (right), managing director of British Airways World Cargo, remains cautiously upbeat about the company’s prospects despite the recent…
Emirates places mammoth order
10 / 06 / 2010
AIRFREIGHT yields have risen significantly, capacity is being held in check and freighter airlines are making money again, after the…
Geodis Wilson breaks record for longest cargo moved
10 / 06 / 2010
USING an Antonov AN-225, the biggest aircraft in the world, Geodis Wilson has transported two wind-turbine blades for LM Wind…
SAS sells UK ground handling operations
10 / 06 / 2010
SAS Group has sold its UK ground-services operations (SGS) to BBA Aviation. The sale was completed by auction, with BBA…
Kuehne and Nagel looks to expansion
08 / 06 / 2010
AT Kuehne and Nagel’s (KN) review of 2009, Klaus-Michael Kuehne, chairman of the board of directors, said he was pleased…
Cargoitalia gets new MD-11F
08 / 06 / 2010
BOEING has delivered Cargoitalia’s third MD-11 freighter under a long-term lease. Boeing Capital Corporation, the company’s aircraft financing arm, structured…
Smaller companies still struggling
08 / 06 / 2010
SMALLER aviation companies are struggling to recover from the recession, according to market analysts, Plimsoll. In the UK, 75 small…
Are robo-freighters the future
08 / 06 / 2010
SCIENTISTS at the US Federal Aviation Administration’s have started testing early prototypes of pilotless freighters. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have…
AEI starts first MD-82 conversion
08 / 06 / 2010
AERONAUTICAL Engineers (AEI) has started work on converting its first MD-82 passenger-to-freighter conversion. The company bought the aircraft from GA…
Qantas sells express airfreight to Toll
07 / 06 / 2010
QANTAS has sold its Asian express airfreight business to the Toll Group. The sale of the DPEX Group – Asia’s…
BA and union at stand off
07 / 06 / 2010
WITH British Airways’ cabin crew just starting their third five-day strike, chief executive officer, Willie Walsh (right), has made it…
FedEx appoints new EMEA boss
07 / 06 / 2010
FEDEX Express has appointed Gerald Leary its regional president for Europe, the Middle East, Indian subcontinent and Africa. Leary –…
Emirates orders a further 32 Airbus A380s
07 / 06 / 2010
DUBAI-based Emirates Airline has ordered a further 32 A380s from Airbus. This takes their total firm orders for the aircraft…
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