CATHAY PACIFIC’s upturn seems to be holding, putting a spring into the step of chief executive officer, Tony Tyler (right)….
June 2010
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…
Aviation’s forecasted loss flip flops to profits
06 / 06 / 2010
FORECASTED profit for the global aviation industry has increased to US$2.5 billion in 2010. This is a complete turnaround from…
SIA Cargo “disappointed” in massive fine
06 / 06 / 2010
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) Cargo is “very disappointed” by the news that the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined…
American sees two-year high in May
06 / 06 / 2010
AMERICAN Airlines (AA) says that May was its busiest month for airfreight in nearly two years. Traffic for the month…
First 747-8Fs in customer livery unveiled
06 / 06 / 2010
BOEING has just revealed the first 747-8 freighter in a customer’s livery. The livery will be on all of the…
Cathay Pacific launches round-the-world freighter service
03 / 06 / 2010
CATHAY Pacific Airways will launch its first round-the-world freighter service on 9 July. The new route will initially be operated…
DHL Express donates Wilmington to locals
03 / 06 / 2010
AFTER long negotiations, DHL Express has finally donated its Wilmington Air Park and 1,500 acres to the local Clinton County…
Nigeria bails out airlines
03 / 06 / 2010
NIGERIA has agreed to bail out its struggling airlines with ?500 billion (US$3.3 billion) ‘intervention fund’. Muhammad Abdullahi, a spokesman…
Volcano disrupts Latin American cargo
03 / 06 / 2010
CENTRAL America airfreight is still reeling after first the eruption of Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano and now being hit by tropical…
No truth in rumours, says Air France
02 / 06 / 2010
AIR France has denounced widely published reports that the carrier is planning on moving out of the airfreight market completely….
China-Taiwan freighter services grow
02 / 06 / 2010
MAINLAND China and Taiwan have agreed to increase the number of weekly freighter flights between the two countries from 28…
New cargo VP for Safi
02 / 06 / 2010
AFGHANISTAN’S Safi Airways has appointed a new cargo vice-president, as well as three other executive appointments. Christoph Götzmann will become…
Tougher Canadian security stance leaves everybody guessing
01 / 06 / 2010
AIR cargo executives in Canada are scratching their heads after a media blitz by Canadian government officials announcing tougher measures…
Hactl record month for May
01 / 06 / 2010
HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited released its tonnage throughput for May 2010. Hactl again achieved another record high in…
Toll Global Forwarding new head of airfreight
01 / 06 / 2010
Former UK airfreight director for DHL Global Forwarding, Mark Wardman, has joined the ambitious Toll Global Forwarding as its new…