A NEW cargo terminal has been built at Trichy Airport in Tamil Nadu, India. The US$200,000 terminal will have two…
Swissport invests in Liège
22 / 11 / 2011
SWISSPORT will expand its cargo warehouse at the southern end of Liège Airport in Belgium from 362 to 603m2. The…
Lufthansa to ground four freighters
22 / 11 / 2011
LUFTHANSA will ground at least four of its 18 MD-11Fs in the first half of next year in anticipation of…
SkyCargo taps west Africa
22 / 11 / 2011
EMIRATES SkyCargo is boosting volumes to west Africa with a new weekly 747-400F service to Ghana. The aircraft will route…
Russia narrowly avoids EU blacklist
21 / 11 / 2011
RUSSIAN and Albanian airlines were close to inclusion in the updated European Commission (EC) airline black list. “Intense cooperation” was…
Kingfisher’s $19 million default
21 / 11 / 2011
INDIA’s Kingfisher Airlines, which has gone for six years without a profit, has defaulted on 1 billion rupees ($19.1 million)…
Sharjah’s Supreme perishables centre
21 / 11 / 2011
THE Netherlands-headquartered logistics provider Supreme Group has established a perishables facility at Sharjah International Airport (UAE). The 3,428m2 centre enables…
Toll Global Forwarding names German MD
21 / 11 / 2011
TOLL Global Forwarding has appointed Siegfried Nottelmann as managing director (MD), Germany. Nottelmann will manage the combined businesses comprising offices…
Saudia launches from India
20 / 11 / 2011
SAUDI Airlines Cargo has started a bi-weekly freighter flight from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (India) to Europe, Africa, America and west…
Etihad’s poetry in the skies
20 / 11 / 2011
BEETHOVEN, Darwin, Einstein and Michelangelo are not the usual passengers you would expect to see on an Etihad Airways flight….
Lufthansa Cargo freezes $1.35 billion investment
20 / 11 / 2011
THE night-flight ban at Frankfurt Airport (Germany) has prompted Lufthansa Cargo to put its US$1.35 billion investment plans on hold….
ANA eyes cargo profit
20 / 11 / 2011
ALL Nippon Airways expects its first annual profit in the year started 1 April, as business picks up at the…
Liège Airport cargo traffic up
17 / 11 / 2011
IN October 58,489 metric tonnes of airfreight were transported through Liège Airport compared with 56,856 tonnes in October 2010 –…
Korean to pay cargo penalty
17 / 11 / 2011
THE Australian Federal Court in Sydney has ordered Korean Air Lines to pay AU$5.5 million (US$5.5 million) for its part…
Schenker’s new transatlantic routes
16 / 11 / 2011
DB Schenker Logistics has launched new freighter flights between Europe and North America. The flights will include: Luxemburg-Toronto (Canada)-Chicago (US)…
DHL’s Hong Kong cargo hike
16 / 11 / 2011
AIR Hong Kong, a joint venture between Cathay Pacific and DHL Express, has swapped a 727-200 freighter with an A300-600…
Cathay expects 20 per cent capacity increase
16 / 11 / 2011
CATHAY Pacific Airways has forecast a 15-20 per cent growth in air cargo capacity next year and expects volumes to…
US fails screening target
16 / 11 / 2011
THE Transport Security Administration (TSA) is still struggling with its 100 per cent international cargo-screening target. All domestic freight is…
Ethiopian signs Southern ACMI
15 / 11 / 2011
ETHIOPIAN Airlines has become the first customer of Southern Air’s new 747-400 freighter fleet after signing a multiple-year ACMI [aircraft,…
Qatar signs Boeing duo
15 / 11 / 2011
QATAR Airways has signed an order for two 777-200 freighters at the Dubai Airshow. “The 777 has quickly become our…
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