BOEING’S latest biennial cargo forecast once again looks at the future with rose-tinted glasses. The aircraft manufacturer predicts that global…
November 2010
Police catch Mumbai gold cargo raiders
17 / 11 / 2010
INDIAN police have arrested the perpetrators of last year’s gold heist at Air India’s cargo area at Chhatrapati Shivaji International…
Bout extradited to the US
16 / 11 / 2010
THAILAND has finally extradited Viktor Bout (right), the airfreight arms dealer, to the US. Bout will now stand trial in…
US forwarders call on Congress for calm
16 / 11 / 2010
THE US Airforwarders Association has called on Congress for moderation when determining its response to the cargo security crisis. Brandon…
US charges Japanese airlines execs with price fixing
16 / 11 / 2010
THE US has charged three Japanese airline executives with cargo price-fixing. Takao Fukuchi, JAL’s former vice-president of cargo, and Yoshio…
Cathay, Air China Cargo joint venture gets green light
16 / 11 / 2010
LESS than a fortnight after Cathay Pacific’s chief executive officer, Tony Tyler (right), confirmed a delay in approval for Cathay…
Drug smugglers turn to airfreight
15 / 11 / 2010
SOUTH American drug smugglers are increasingly buying old freighters and flying their shipments of cocaine to Africa for subsequent distribution…
Air Transat brings cargo back inhouse
15 / 11 / 2010
AIR Transat has brought its cargo operations back inhouse after 15 years of being run by a third party. From…
Cathay, Air China JV delayed
15 / 11 / 2010
CATHAY Pacific and Air China Cargo’s proposed cargo joint venture now looks to get the green light to start only…
Ogiermann steps down as Cargolux CEO
15 / 11 / 2010
FOLLOWING the price-fixing charges brought against Cargolux’s chief executive officer (CEO), Uli Ogiermann, the carrier has appointed Frank Reimen (right)…
Big four cargo groups join forces
14 / 11 / 2010
FOUR of the world’s largest cargo organisations have decided to form an industry advisory group to liaise with the world’s…
Virgin’s vice-president shuffle
14 / 11 / 2010
ALL change at the top at Virgin Atlantic Cargo. James Williams, previously the carrier’s regional vice-president for Asia-Pacific, is its…
Ex-TradeWinds boss wants crooked politician’s evidence
14 / 11 / 2010
DONALD Watkins, former owner of cargo airline TradeWinds, is trying to question a corrupt former Detroit City council member for…
Industry’s lobbying of government criticised
14 / 11 / 2010
RECENT fears of poor air cargo security has meant the industry’s prior decision making and lobbying to prevent total screening…
The trend is upwards – but for how much longer
11 / 11 / 2010
CAUTIOUS might be the best way to describe the mood at Inter Aviation Services, with a steady recovery being overshadowed…
Asian goals for Helsinki
11 / 11 / 2010
HELSINKI is looking to get a larger share of cargo flows between Asia and a number of markets within its…
Panalpina’s painful saga in Nigeria reaches closure
11 / 11 / 2010
PANALPINA has announced the final resolution of claims against the company arising from a US Department of Justice (DoJ) and…
EU fines airlines US$1.1 billion
11 / 11 / 2010
EUROPE has fined 11 airlines €800 million (US$1.1 billion) for their part in price fixing airfreight fuel and security surcharges….
Airfreight does not need 100 per cent scanning, says Shippers’ Voice
08 / 11 / 2010
“KILLING the airfreight industry with draconian security procedures would be giving the terrorists a result they would long to see,”…
Atlas Air Worldwide expects “record year”
07 / 11 / 2010
ATLAS Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) announced increased revenues and earnings for the third quarter of 2010, reflecting improving commercial airfreight…
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