AIR Charter Service (ACS) has flown 14 12.5-metre-long oil pipes from France into Nigeria. The cargo was a floating offshore…
August 2010
Police arrest Miami cargo workers for drug smuggling
15 / 08 / 2010
DRUG smugglers have once again infiltrated Miami International Airport’s cargo workers raising questions of how secure cargo really is at…
LAM and TAM merger will create Latin American super airline
15 / 08 / 2010
IN a surprise announcement, Brazil’s TAM Airlines and Chile’s LAN Airlines have announced the two will merge. Should they receive…
Mexicana woes continue, talks of merger
12 / 08 / 2010
MEXICANA Airlines, which has filed for bankruptcy protection and cut 15 international routes, is now saying it needs US$150 million…
Strikes to close UK airports
12 / 08 / 2010
STRIKES are set to close the UK’s largest airports in the coming weeks. The strike will affect not only Heathrow,…
Uzbekistan opens cargo terminal at Navoi Airport
12 / 08 / 2010
UZBEKISTAN Airways (UA) has opened a cargo terminal at Navoi International Airport. The terminal is part of the international intermodal…
Schenker opens fashion facility
11 / 08 / 2010
DB Schenker Logistics offers new sorting facility for shoe logistics. DB Schenker Logistics has opened a new sorting facility in…
Australian lawsuit against Qantas gets go ahead
11 / 08 / 2010
AUSTRALIA’S Federal Court has given permission for a group lawsuit for cargo price fixing to proceed. The ruling overturns a…
Frankfurt posts second monthly record for cargo
11 / 08 / 2010
FRANKFURT Airport handled 188,244 metric tons of airfreight in July 2010, registered a new monthly record and a 20.4 per…
Saudi Cargo appoints new Dutch GSA
11 / 08 / 2010
SAUDI Airlines Cargo has appointed Active Airline Representatives its sole GSA in the Netherlands where the airline previously handled its…
Cargoitalia builds on solid start
11 / 08 / 2010
CARGOITALIA carried 18,717 tons of cargo in the first six months of the year, up from 6,800 tons over the…
UPS earnings soar 71 per cent
10 / 08 / 2010
UPS reported a 71 per cent jump over the adjusted earnings of the prior-year period. Global revenue increased 13 per…
ANA gains JAL’s market share on cargo
10 / 08 / 2010
WITH Japan Airlines (JAL) distancing itself from air cargo, All Nippon Airways (ANA) is moving in to exploit the vacuum….
Djibouti denies Ethiopian operating permit
10 / 08 / 2010
DJIBOUTI has denied Ethiopian Airlines permits to operate flights into the tiny Horn of Africa country forcing Ethiopian to suspend…
BAWC upgrades to Boeing 747-8F
10 / 08 / 2010
BRITISH Airways World Cargo (BAWC) reported commercial revenue (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £175 million for the first quarter…
Skinner to new AMI financial post
10 / 08 / 2010
AIR Menzies International (AMI) has appointed Mark Skinner (right) its new vice-president of finance and commercial development. A chartered accountant,…
Qatar Airways to begin Chicago freighter service
09 / 08 / 2010
QATAR Airways Cargo has announced it will begin scheduled freighter services to Chicago (US), its first dedicated freighter operation to…
Strong outlook for UIA
09 / 08 / 2010
UKRAINE International Airlines (UIA) reported a 20 per cent increase in cargo tonnage in June, transporting 779 tons during the…
Lufthansa Cargo appoints new area manager Americas
09 / 08 / 2010
EFFECTIVE 1 October 2010, Achim Martinka will take over from Klaus Holler as Lufthansa Cargo’s new area manager for the…
Continental swings 2Q loss to profit
09 / 08 / 2010
EXCLUDING US$24 million of merger-related costs and other special charges, Continental Airlines recorded second quarter net income of $257 million….