THE threat of a night-time ban on flights to and from German airports collectively, as well as Manston Airport in…
August 2011
DVV Media buys Air Cargo News
21 / 08 / 2011
GERMANY’S DVV Media Group (DVV) has acquired Air Cargo Media, publisher of Air Cargo News and Freighters World. DVV is…
Etihad outlines expansion plans
21 / 08 / 2011
ETIHAD Crystal Cargo is running its new 777F on six-weekly Abu Dhabi (UAE) to China to India to Abu Dhabi…
SASI and UAC promote Russian freighters
21 / 08 / 2011
THE double domination of aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing could be put to the test with a new Russian freighter…
Easy as A-B-C, 1-2-3
21 / 08 / 2011
RUSSIA’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) launched a thrice-weekly 747-400F service to Zhengzhou (China) on 19 August. The flights will run from…
SkyCargo sees Indian exports cool
17 / 08 / 2011
MIDDLE Eastern cargo powerhouse Emirates SkyCargo expects India’s export engine to cool during this current financial year. The carrier saw…
Volga Dnepr gets an upgrade
17 / 08 / 2011
UKRAINE’s Antonov State Enterprise has signed a deal to upgrade the first of Volga Dnepr’s fleet of An-124-100 Ruslan freighters…
Saudi proposes cargo fix settlement
16 / 08 / 2011
SAUDI Arabian Airlines has agreed to pay US$14 million to settle claims that it conspired to inflate the price of…
People update 17 August
16 / 08 / 2011
GENERAL sales and service agent Air Logistics Group has appointed a new management team to develop its China and Hong…
Kenya feels the shilling stretch
15 / 08 / 2011
A NEW 25 per cent union pay rise deal for Kenya Airways workers will test the airline, which is also…
New chairman faces $10 billion debt
14 / 08 / 2011
DEBT-challenged Air India has appointed Rohit Nandan as its new chairman and managing director. It is not clear whether the…
Cargojet profits drop
14 / 08 / 2011
LOWER demand has pushed Canadian company Cargojet’s second-quarter profits down to CA$1.4 million (US$1.417 million). “The increase in overall revenue…
Hong Kong’s unlucky seven
14 / 08 / 2011
HONG Kong Airport may well lose its number one cargo airport spot if poor volumes continue. July figures from Hong…
China Cargo Airlines expands
14 / 08 / 2011
CHINA Cargo Airlines has taken receipt of the first of six more 777 freighters. Freighter expansion forms part of the…
Turkish to launch Lagos leg
11 / 08 / 2011
TURKISH Airlines has applied to the Ministry of Aviation in Abuja (Nigeria) for approval to operate scheduled cargo operations between…
JAL cargo plummets
11 / 08 / 2011
THE effects from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March this year have cut Japan Airlines (JAL) cargo demand…
Kerry Logistics expands in China
11 / 08 / 2011
AIRFREIGHT forwarder Kerry Logistics has started expansion work on its Chongqing Logistics Centre in China just months after the completion…
First -8F to land next month
11 / 08 / 2011
IT is the day Cargolux has been waiting for – the long-delayed 747-8F will be delivered in September. Jim Albaugh,…
Frankfurt’s mediocre month
11 / 08 / 2011
FRANKFURT Airport’s airfreight tonnage saw only a mild rise in July 2011 by 0.3 per cent to 189,000 metric tonnes…
Virgin cargo volumes up
10 / 08 / 2011
VIRGIN Atlantic Cargo, helped by subsidiary V Australia, has seen double-digit growth in international tonnage. Strong performance saw tonnage carried…