SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) Cargo has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a US$48 million fine for its part in…
November 2010
South Korea slams batteries rules
28 / 11 / 2010
SOUTH Korean officials will visit the US tomorrow to protest at proposed changes to the shipment of lithium batteries. The…
Nigeria raids PLS on bribery charges
28 / 11 / 2010
NIGERIAN officials raided and arrested 11 members of Premier Logistics Solution (PLS) on Friday on charges of bribery. Officers of…
Doubt over what October’s results mean
28 / 11 / 2010
INTERNATIONAL cargo traffic rose 14.4 per cent in October compared with the same month last year. This was marginally weaker…
Il-76 crashes in Karachi killing 11
28 / 11 / 2010
A SUN Way Il-76 freighter crashed into a Karachi naval base on Sunday 28 November killing all eight crewmembers. The…
LAN boosts freighter fleet
25 / 11 / 2010
WITH revenues up nearly 50 per cent, LAN Cargo is ramping up its maindeck capacity. Latin America’s leading cargo carrier…
Dubai prepares for new ‘game changing’ security regulations
25 / 11 / 2010
THE air cargo industry should be ready to adapt and embrace any new security regulations that are imposed following the…
Carriers mull Rockford alternative to O’Hare
25 / 11 / 2010
CHICAGO Rockford International Airport (RFD) seems a step closer to its goal of hosting regular international freighter flights, as Southern…
Delta ups international flying
25 / 11 / 2010
BUOYED by the outlook of a relatively stable year ahead, Delta is moving to step up its international capacity in…
FAA decrees new aircraft fatigue rules
25 / 11 / 2010
AIRCRAFT must be protected against structural fatigue according to new regulations brought in by the US. The Federal Aviation Administration…
Swiss makes Gehrig Jetzer’s replacement
21 / 11 / 2010
BRUNO Gehrig (right) has been elected chairman of the board at Swiss International Air Lines. He succeeds Rolf Jetzer, who…
ICAO says blowing up aircraft illegal
21 / 11 / 2010
IN a move sure to worry terrorists, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), part of the United Nations, has made…
Air India fires Arora
21 / 11 / 2010
AIR India’s (AI) board has unilaterally fired Pawan Arora, the chief operating officer for Air India Express, two months after…
IAI Bedek delivers first new 737 to TNT
21 / 11 / 2010
TNT has taken delivery of the first of 11 converted 737 freighters, a 737-400. The total order is for eight…
US brings strict new rules against old aircraft
18 / 11 / 2010
AIRCRAFT must be protected against structural fatigue according to new regulations brought in by the US. The Federal Aviation Administration…
Forwarder group loses appeal to sue BA
18 / 11 / 2010
BRITISH Airways has won its appeal against an attempt by a group of its air cargo customers to bring a…
LAN Cargo order new freighters
18 / 11 / 2010
LAN Cargo has signed an order to lease three 767-300 and buy two 777 freighters. The cargo unit already has…
Namibia cargo bomb a fake
18 / 11 / 2010
THE bomb discovered being loaded onto the Air Berlin flight from Namibia was a fake, it has been revealed. Sabina…
Gregg new LCC head, Asia Pacific
17 / 11 / 2010
MURRAY Gregg (right) is the new general manager Asia Pacific for Lufthansa Cargo Charter. He will be based in Hong…
Boeing, the glass half full company
17 / 11 / 2010
BOEING’S latest biennial cargo forecast once again looks at the future with rose-tinted glasses. The aircraft manufacturer predicts that global…