HIGHER cargo revenue has helped El Al Israel Airlines (El Al) secure a healthy profit for the last three months…
March 2011
Qantas ‘heavy belly’ investigated
23 / 03 / 2011
A QANTAS passenger jet was loaded with unplanned cargo to the extent of exceeding its maximum structural take-off weight by…
India hounds Customs cargo crooks
23 / 03 / 2011
INDIA is continuing to pursue corruption in the country’s Customs houses. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which arrested seven…
Aircraft evacuated over bomb threat
23 / 03 / 2011
A PHILIPPINE Airlines aircraft from Manila was escorted by police as it touched down at San Francisco Airport on 22…
Lufthansa Cargo outlines future plans
22 / 03 / 2011
AFTER a strong 2010, Lufthansa Cargo will further grow its fleet and network alongside a modernisation campaign. The company posted…
Cargo relief flights take off for Japan
22 / 03 / 2011
THE world’s largest freighter aircraft has joined the effort to fly relief supplies to Japan. Air Partner has chartered the…
Fatal freighter crash in the Congo
22 / 03 / 2011
A TRANS Air Congo An-12 freighter has crashed in the Republic of Congo killing at last 16 people onboard. The…
Airports update 23 March
22 / 03 / 2011
AIR Cargo News reports on new cargo developments at airports around the world. In Europe, the UK’s Birmingham Airport has…
Korean Air buys two Boeing freighters
20 / 03 / 2011
THE world’s number one cargo airline, according to IATA statistics, is expanding its freighter fleet. Korean Air has placed an…
Air NZ anger at Commission and Qantas claims
20 / 03 / 2011
AIR New Zealand has denounced the country’s anti-cartel Commerce Commission over libellous statements. Last week the commission and Qantas commented…
Cargo fury at TSA decree
17 / 03 / 2011
AIRLINES and forwarders are furious at the US Transportation Security Agency (TSA) over its latest security diktat and its short…
777s drive Qatar Airways growth
17 / 03 / 2011
2010 was another year of major growth for Qatar Airways, with the airline “treading its own path, irrespective of otherairlines”…
Airlines settle cartel charges with NZ
17 / 03 / 2011
NEW Zealand’s anti-cartel regulator, the Commerce Commission, has reached settlements with several airlines over allegations of cargo price fixing. British…
Airports Update 18 March
17 / 03 / 2011
AIR Cargo News reports on new cargo developments at airports around the world. Armenia’s international Zvartnots airport handled 987 tons…
Cargoitalia adds to Asian routes
16 / 03 / 2011
COMMENCING later in March Cargoitalia will add extra flights to Hong Kong and Shanghai. Cargoitalia will operate four times weekly…
New air cargo advisory group formed
16 / 03 / 2011
THE four walls of the air cargo industry now come under one roof thanks to the formation of a new…
Freighter stopped and searched in Turkey
16 / 03 / 2011
A FREIGHTER flying from Tehran to Aleppo in Syria was escorted by Turkey’s military and forced to land in the…
FedEx resumes some Japanese routes
16 / 03 / 2011
FEDEX’s pickup and delivery services in western Japan are running as normal, and now operations in certain eastern destination are…
Lucky number five for Lufthansa
16 / 03 / 2011
LUFTHANSA has ordered five Boeing 777 freighters, which are slated to join the fleet from 2013. The freighters will help…
ACI report confirms a healthy 2010
15 / 03 / 2011
A 2010 Airports Council International (ACI) report reveals cargo rose strongly by 15.2 per cent as compared to 2009. In…
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