THE US Department of Transportation has formally approved a long-term wet lease from a non-US airline to a US airline…
September 2010
ACG’s brand new 747F breaks down in Hong Kong
30 / 09 / 2010
AIR Cargo Germany’s latest 747 freighter broke down on a runway at Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok International Airport on…
Softening Chinese recovery threatens peak season high
30 / 09 / 2010
A SOFTER than expected China market, just when it ought to grow hotter, has airlines worried that the 2010 peak…
AF-KLM wounded by two-pronged attack
30 / 09 / 2010
A GROUP of companies has launched Europe’s largest ever lawsuit against an airline for engaging in air cargo cartel behaviour….
Air India to sell freighters
27 / 09 / 2010
AIR India has announced plans to sell its six freighters. The airline said the move was due to its plans…
Atlas signs ACMI contract with TNT
26 / 09 / 2010
ATLAS Air has signed an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) contract with TNT Airways, the Belgium-based aviation division of…
Martinair to become all-cargo airline
23 / 09 / 2010
MARTINAIR is to become an all-cargo airline, axing its passenger business. Long suspected, the move was announced by Air France-KLM…
Freighter involved in near collision at Minneapolis
23 / 09 / 2010
A LIGHT freighter almost collided with a passenger jet above Minneapolis this week. The twin-engine Beech 99 turboprop operated by…
Air Zimbabwe pilot strike over
22 / 09 / 2010
AIR Zimbabwe says its two-week pilots’ strike is over and that it will resume flights on Friday. The pilots have…
Crystal Cargo extends MD-11F contract with World
22 / 09 / 2010
ETIHAD Crystal Cargo has extended a contract with World Airways to provide two MD-11 cargo aircraft into 2011. The freighters…
Lufthansa names new chief
22 / 09 / 2010
LUFTHANSA has appointed its deputy chairman, Christoph Franz (right), to be the successor to Wolfgang Mayrhuber as chairman and chief…
French strikes cripple airports
22 / 09 / 2010
FRENCH unions are staging mass protests today, over planned changes to the national retirement age, strikes that are crippling flights…
New function heads at Panalpina
21 / 09 / 2010
PANALPINA has appointed new heads of airfreight and logistics. The appointments follow its restructure, first announced in March. Henrik Lund…
Jakarta Customs software slows clearance
21 / 09 / 2010
A NEW air cargo tracking system at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport is causing severe delays of imported shipments clearing Customs….
AirBridgeCargo to serve Zhengzhou
21 / 09 / 2010
AIRBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines is extending its all-cargo services from China with a new twice-weekly 747-400 freighter flight from Zhengzhou to…
Swiss chairman, Jetzer, dies suddenly
21 / 09 / 2010
ROLF Jetzer, Swiss International Air Lines chairman, has passed away unexpectedly after suffering a heart attack while hiking in the…
Concern remains over peak-season screening
20 / 09 / 2010
AIR cargo shippers and forwarders say the industry still has a long way to go in screening shipments after meeting…
2010 recovery as good as it gets
20 / 09 / 2010
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) is now projecting a profit of US$8.9 billion (up from the $2.5 billion forecast…
Gollog opens new Sao Paulo cargo terminal
20 / 09 / 2010
BRAZILIAN Gol Air Transport has opened a new terminal in Congonhas airport, São Paulo. “Thanks to this new expanded area,…
Biman senior executives forced out
20 / 09 / 2010
BANGLADESHI airline Biman has abruptly fired one director and forced its cargo general manager into early retirement. The airline, infamously…