THE US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a US$298,500 civil penalty against Capital Cargo International Airlines (CCIA) for allegedly…
August 2011
Air cargo’s descending path
31 / 08 / 2011
AIRFREIGHT has faced a slow decay during July – a harbinger of things to come, the International Air Transport Association…
Opening the US gateways
31 / 08 / 2011
THE state of the US economy and soft exports from Asia across the Pacific have undermined even some of the…
Emirates completes the 777F trio
30 / 08 / 2011
EMIRATES SkyCargo is to operate its third new 777F three times a week to São Paulo (Brazil). “Even in an…
Transaero’s cargo celebration
30 / 08 / 2011
RUSSIAN player Transaero Airlines has experienced a 35 per cent year-on-year leap in cargo volumes from January to July 2011….
Chinese carriers descend on Dallas
29 / 08 / 2011
AIR China Cargo is boosting transhipment links to the US with a service between Dallas/Fort Worth (US) and Shanghai (China)….
US airports weather the storm
29 / 08 / 2011
CARGO operations at airports on the US east coast suffered fewer setbacks than expected over the weekend of 27 August,…
Asian cargo carriers down in July
29 / 08 / 2011
INTERNATIONAL cargo demand for Asia Pacific carriers, measured in freight ton kilometres (FTK), for July 2011 was four per cent…
US cargo screening $1 billion saving
25 / 08 / 2011
THE Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) air cargo screening programme will cost US$1 billion less than expected. The administration’s final decision…
NZ price fix ruling to proceed
25 / 08 / 2011
IT has been a three-month wait, and now New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has won the right to proceed with its…
Toll to triple revenue
25 / 08 / 2011
AUSTRALIA-headquartered freight forwarder Toll is looking to triple global revenues in three years thorough acquisitions projects. Toll, with an approximate…
Air NZ’s cargo consolation
24 / 08 / 2011
AIR New Zealand will assess its business structure following poor financial results, with the exception of cargo. Earnings before tax…
Germany celebrates 100 years of cargo
24 / 08 / 2011
GERMANY has been celebrating the centenary of the first air cargo flight in the country. On 19 August 1911 a…
Ceva airfreight down
24 / 08 / 2011
CEVA Logistics has posted a 30 per cent boost in earnings during the first half despite a dip in airfreight…
Airport update 25 August
24 / 08 / 2011
LONDON Heathrow Airport (UK) (pictured) has experienced a third straight monthly decline in cargo volumes. Tonnage fell 1.5 per cent…
SBS director jailed
23 / 08 / 2011
A FINANCE director for SBS Worldwide has been jailed for stealing more than £1 million (US$1.6 million) from his freight…
Industry pays tribute to cargo veteran
23 / 08 / 2011
ROBERT Strodel (right), executive adviser at Rus Aviation and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Etihad, has died unexpectedly only…
ATSG delivers second freighter to Rio
23 / 08 / 2011
AIR Transport Services Group’s (ASTG) leasing subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has delivered a second 767 widebody freighter to Rio…
Finnair’s new Indian freight route
22 / 08 / 2011
FROM 16 September Finnair Cargo will begin freighter flights to Mumbai (India) in co-operation with Nordic Global Airlines (NGA). The…
TSA finalises belly screen rule
22 / 08 / 2011
ON 19 September the US’ Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) final rule on screening belly-hold cargo will be implemented. The rule…
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