AT the Freighters World conference in London Dennis Gliznoutsa, executive senior vice-president sales for Volga-Dnepr Airlines, revealed that the Russian…
April 2011
Spreading its wings – Freighters World Conference
17 / 04 / 2011
CONFIDENCE in the cargo sector was instilled at the Freighters World Conference 2011 in London with signs pointing to a…
Lufthansa Cargo wins Cargo Airline of the Year 2011
17 / 04 / 2011
FORWARDERS from around the world voted Lufthansa Cargo the Cargo Airline of the Year 2011. Martin Schlingensiepen (middle), vice-president product…
China will overtake US by 2030
12 / 04 / 2011
FOLLOWING the record-breaking 14.5 per cent surge in the volume of exports in 2010, world trade growth should settle to…
Cargo airlines needed to rebuild Afghanistan
12 / 04 / 2011
CARGO airlines are a vital part of Afghanistan’s recovery, said Peter Donlevy, chief executive officer of East Horizon Airlines. Speaking…
Australia fines JAL for price fixing
11 / 04 / 2011
AUSTRALIA’S Federal Court has issued a A$5.5 million (US$5.7 million) fine against Japan Airlines International (JAL) for cargo price fixing….
Hactl’s success is air cargo’s gain
11 / 04 / 2011
HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) handled 254,819 tonnes of cargo in March, a 4.4 per cent increase from…
Airport freight stagnates in February
11 / 04 / 2011
GLOBAL freight volumes at airports stagnated in February, reflecting a decrease of 3.3 per cent in domestic freight traffic. This…
Delta to shrink Memphis hub
11 / 04 / 2011
DELTA Air Lines has announced a 25 per cent reduction of its smaller hub at Memphis International Airport. The US…
Wraight launches new partnership
11 / 04 / 2011
IN partnership with passenger-focused AviaSolutions, Stan Wraight’s (far right) cargo consultancy SASI has launched a new joint service, AeroSynergies, that…
Munich marks top cargo month
07 / 04 / 2011
MUNICH Airport handled almost 70,000 tons of flown airfreight and airmail in the first three months of the year, an…
BA and Iberia combine cargo efforts
07 / 04 / 2011
ALMOST three months after the British Airways and Iberia passenger businesses formally merged to become International Airlines Group (IAG), the…
Flames blamed for UPS crash
06 / 04 / 2011
THE UPS 747 freighter, which crashed about five miles away from Dubai International Airport in September last year, suffered a…
Qatar considers Cargolux stake
06 / 04 / 2011
REPORTS from Luxembourg suggest Qatar Airways Cargo plans to buy a stake in Cargolux. So far, details are lacking. Marc…
Common sense wins in US aviation bill
06 / 04 / 2011
THE US House of Representatives has voted for an aviation Bill with many wins but some losses for the air…
Nordic Global Airlines makes its entrance
05 / 04 / 2011
IT has been in the pipeline for months and now Finnair Cargo and Neff Capital’s plans to form a new…
Kenya Airways awaits first freighter
05 / 04 / 2011
KENYA Airways will bid farewell to its reliance on belly capacity for cargo operations when it acquires it first freighter…
American Airlines Hungary for cargo routes
05 / 04 / 2011
AMERICAN Airlines Cargo launched direct services to the Hungarian capital of Budapest from New York on 5 April. Electronics and…
NZ fines Cargolux, BA $5.8m
04 / 04 / 2011
NEW Zealand’s High Court has fined Cargolux and British Airways (BA) for their part in a cargo price-fixing cartel. The…
People update 5 April
04 / 04 / 2011
AIR Cargo News reviews who has moved where in the air cargo industry recently. Supply chain management company CEVA Logistics…