WITH jet fuel projected to pass US$300 per barrel by 2020, support for lighter-than-air freighters is growing. Boeing and Lockheed…
July 4, 2010
First Il-96 flies to Australia
04 / 07 / 2010
AN Air Charter Service (ACS) Il-96 freighter has become the first of its type to fly to Australia. Polet airlines…
Freighter makes emergency landing at Karachi
04 / 07 / 2010
A MALAYSIAN freighter – carrier unknown – made an emergency landing at Karachi Airport (Pakistan) at the weekend. The freighter,…
Lawsuit tangle new Florida cargo airport
04 / 07 / 2010
FLORIDA’S proposed massive, international cargo airport is caught up in a lawsuit between its developers. Mosaic Fertilizer and Van Fleet…
Fuel-thirsty freighters overfly Alaska
04 / 07 / 2010
ALASKA’S ongoing fuel problems are forcing freighters to overfly Anchorage for refuelling. Without being able to stop for fuel at…