SHENZHEN Airport (China) officials have confirmed expansion plans, which include boosting airfreight capacity to two million tonnes per year in…
Kuehne and Nagel airfreight up
16 / 10 / 2011
KUEHNE + Nagel’s airfreight sector recorded a 14.5 per cent jump in volumes during the first nine months of 2011…
Czech selects Aero Cargo
16 / 10 / 2011
CZECH Airlines has appointed ECS Group member Aero Cargo as its general sales agent in Germany. Starting this month Aero…
SWISS on the slow but steady
16 / 10 / 2011
IN the first nine months of the year Swiss WorldCargo saw a 4.9 per cent freight-tonne-kilometre growth. The volume-based load…
Korean Air eyes Uzbekistan
12 / 10 / 2011
ONE of the world’s largest cargo carriers, Korean Air, will soon begin shipping airfreight through Navoi international airport (Uzbekistan) to…
The hype around Hyderabad
12 / 10 / 2011
LUFTHANSA Cargo is due to begin a fourth service within a matter of days there and now Hyderabad International Airport…
Amerijet opens freight facility
12 / 10 / 2011
CARGO transportation provider Amerijet International has opened a new 20,000 sq ft freight facility in Newark, New Jersey (US). “Amerijet…
DHL’s big Indian five
12 / 10 / 2011
DHL is tapping cargo demand out of south India with the launch of a five-times weekly 777 freighter service between…
US puts Bout on trial
12 / 10 / 2011
VIKTOR Bout, the alleged global air cargo arms dealer, has gone on trial in the US. His prosecutor launched the…
Cargo returns to Coventry
11 / 10 / 2011
CARGO services at Coventry Airport (UK) have resumed for the first time since they stopped in 2009. The airport was…
Frankfurt slammed with surprise night-flight ban
11 / 10 / 2011
LUFTHANSA and Fraport were hit with a surprise ban on all night flights at Frankfurt airport this week. Germany’s regional…
Qatar’s North American trio
09 / 10 / 2011
QATAR Airways’ cargo division will link Doha (Qatar) to North America via Luxembourg on three new 777F services. Atlanta and…
Airlines down 40 per cent
06 / 10 / 2011
FOR the first time in eight quarters, airline profits have declined, with the exception of Europe, IATA said. The world’s…
TSA turns back on screening target
06 / 10 / 2011
THE US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has bowed down to industry pressure and postponed its 31 December deadline for 100…
Cathay’s computer gamble
06 / 10 / 2011
THE Asian market may be down at present, but Cathay is placing its bets on Chengdu (China) with two new…
Ethiopian’s 777 quartet
06 / 10 / 2011
ETHIOPIAN has become the first African carrier to order four 777Fs. The order is valued at approximately US$1.1 billion. “As…
DHL immune to Asian drop
04 / 10 / 2011
AT a time when rivals FedEx and UPS are seeing demand wane it is business as usual at DHL Express….
Emirates pushes 777 upgrade
03 / 10 / 2011
BOEING has faced heavy criticism from Qatar Airways’ chief executive officer and Cargolux director Akbar Al Baker over -8F delays,…
-8F gets a lick of paint
03 / 10 / 2011
IAG Cargo’s first 747-8F has just been painted in British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) livery at Boeing’s Everett site in…
IATA calls for security unity
03 / 10 / 2011
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) is pushing governments and other aviation stakeholders to adopt Checkpoint of the Future (CoF),…
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