LUFTHANSA Cargo has achieved full compliance of the new, tougher cargo screening requirements imposed by the US Transportation Security Administration…
July 2010
TNT lifts capacity to China
06 / 07 / 2010
DUTCH logistics group TNT is raising airfreight capacity to China thanks to strong demand. According to the Chinese General Administration…
Dell threatens move to ocean freight
05 / 07 / 2010
DELL has threatened to ship its computers by ocean rather than airfreight in future to maximise profits. The computer manufacturer…
JAL cuts cargo surcharge
05 / 07 / 2010
JAPAN Airlines (JAL) has cut its international cargo fuel surcharge on exports. The surcharge is reduced from ¥87 (US98¢) per…
BA’s grassroots staff pray for peace
05 / 07 / 2010
THE British Airways (BA) cabin crew dispute grinds on and it seems that everyone, bar senior management and the union…
Airfreight demand grows in Afghanistan
05 / 07 / 2010
DEMAND for airfreight into and out of Afghanistan is growing, despite the ongoing conflicts. China has become the country’s major…
Tan Jr to buy Johnny Air Cargo
05 / 07 / 2010
TAN Jr Group is expected to finalise its purchase of Johnny Air Cargo this summer. The group, controlled by Lucio…
Support balloons for zeppelins
04 / 07 / 2010
WITH jet fuel projected to pass US$300 per barrel by 2020, support for lighter-than-air freighters is growing. Boeing and Lockheed…
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…
Zombie companies spreading
01 / 07 / 2010
SO-called ‘zombie’ companies – those that exist merely to pay off their debts to survive – are on the increase…
China Eastern, Shanghai cargo merger on track
01 / 07 / 2010
CHINA Eastern Airlines and its subsidiary Shanghai Airlines are busy merging their cargo units. This is despite solid rumours that…
Indian companies fined for uranium in bellyhold
01 / 07 / 2010
THE US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has fined two Indian companies US$422,500 for illegally sending depleted uranium in the bellyhold…
Fresh doubts raised over US cargo screening
01 / 07 / 2010
THERE is fresh doubt over whether the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and aviation industry will manage to meet the…
Pasman new Rhenus MD at Schiphol
01 / 07 / 2010
PETER Pasman (right) is the new managing director of Rhenus Air at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Pasman is taking over from…
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