FOR the first time in its history, Liège Airport (Belgium) has surpassed Luxembourg Airport registering 339,431 tonnes transported compared to…
September 2011
Afghanistan denies Gulf Air
29 / 09 / 2011
GULF Air, Bahrain’s flagship carrier, is accusing Afghan aviation officials of breaching international rules controlling landing rights after two of…
China Southern launches new Schiphol flights
29 / 09 / 2011
CHINA Southern Airlines has launched twice-weekly freighter flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (the Netherlands) to China. The 777F services will…
Japanese forwarders admit price fixing
28 / 09 / 2011
AT a US court a group of six Japanese freight forwarders have admitted cargo price fixing over a period of…
Icelandair brings the Globe to Italy
28 / 09 / 2011
ECS Group subsidiary Globe Air Cargo has won the cargo general sales agency contract for Icelandair in Italy. The contract…
NZ Commission needs to go after airports
28 / 09 / 2011
AIR New Zealand wants the country’s Commerce Commission to focus less on price-fixing airlines and freight forwarders and more on…
Airbus signs Latin American freighter first
27 / 09 / 2011
COLOMBIA’s Avianca has signed four A330-200 freighter aircraft to be operated by its cargo subsidiary Tampa. Avianca is the first…
Moscow Aerotropolis dawns
27 / 09 / 2011
MOVE over St Louis, there’s a new Aerotropolis in town – Moscow Domodedovo Airport (Russia) is looking to embark on…
WFS wins China hub gig
26 / 09 / 2011
WORLDWIDE Flight Services (WFS) has won the aircraft ground handling and cargo warehouse handling contract in partnership with Airport Terminal…
Brownsville spends on Latin hub
26 / 09 / 2011
NEW grants will help Brownsville South Padre Island International accelerate its attempts to become a US-Latin America hub. The airport…
The Pacific plunge
26 / 09 / 2011
DURING August the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) reported cargo traffic (freight tonne kilometres) was down 5.8 per cent…
Saudia adds US trio
25 / 09 / 2011
SAUDI Airlines Cargo (Saudia) has launched three Europe-to-US freighter flights a week. The airline offers three 747F flights to New…
IATA steps in Swiss’ shoes
25 / 09 / 2011
IATA will be seconding staff to Swiss WorldCargo in a development programme to enhance the association’s capabilities in the cargo…
Ukraine expands cargo network
25 / 09 / 2011
UKRAINE International Airlines’ (UIA) cargo division is on track to achieve its year target on the back of new routes….
Irish airfreight hub investment
22 / 09 / 2011
SHANNON Airport (Ireland) could see a €16 million (US$21.6 million) investment in its freight operations following an agreement with international…
All change at the Toledo hub
22 / 09 / 2011
DHL is capitalising on Bax Global’s recent decision to shut down its Toledo Express Airport (US) operation. The Toledo-Lucas County…
Greece rests hopes on Qatar agreement
22 / 09 / 2011
GREECE’s troubled economy could get a boost thanks to a new air transport memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar. The…
Turkish adds ME and African spots
21 / 09 / 2011
TURKISH Cargo has launched A330-200F operations to Jeddah, following its August addition of Riyadh (both Saudi Arabia). In the same…
Atlas terminates -8F trio
21 / 09 / 2011
BAD-luck Boeing has faced yet another set-back to its 747-8F roll-out programme – Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has exercised its…
MASkargo mulls Malaysia duo
21 / 09 / 2011
MALAYSIA’s booming economy is prompting MASkargo to consider a collaboration with AirAsia Cargo. On 15 September MASkargo took receipt of…