FOLLOWING six months of police monitoring Customs officials at Istanbul’s main Atatürk Airport have been arrested on charges of bribery….
January 2011
US preaches new security creed
11 / 01 / 2011
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Janet Napolitano (right) has been busy flying around the world drumming up support…
BAA boss defends frozen fiasco
11 / 01 / 2011
RESPONDING to the widespread criticism of its handling of the severe weather in the UK over the holiday period, BAA’s…
Cathay Pacific seals electronic first
10 / 01 / 2011
IN a step towards creating a paperless environment in the airfreight industry Cathay Pacific implemented 100 per cent electronic air…
ACS up 40 per cent
10 / 01 / 2011
A boom in the automotive and oil and gas sectors has translated into a record year for Air Charter Service…
New materials to cut aircraft emissions
10 / 01 / 2011
IN a bid to reduce pollution researchers are developing new materials that will make aircraft lighter and stronger, saving energy…
Mumbai technology slows cargo
10 / 01 / 2011
MUMBAI airport is rapidly deploying new technologies such as a new electronic system to clear international cargo and CCTV, but…
Hamilton funds to fuel cargo business
10 / 01 / 2011
Hamilton International Airport’s plans to entice more air cargo operators to its runway could come to fruition by 2013 if…
ANA and Hawaiian sign cargo deal
10 / 01 / 2011
JAPAN’S All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Hawaiian Airlines have started a cargo code sharing agreement between Tokyo and Honolulu. ANA…
Vietnam cargo surge may suffer
09 / 01 / 2011
THE Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam’s (CAAV) predictions that the cargo market will grow by at least 20 per cent…
Virgin denies BAA fees over snow chaos
09 / 01 / 2011
VIRGIN Atlantic has stopped payments to London Heathrow airport’s owner, questioning BAA’s competency during the UK’s severe pre-Christmas snowfall. This…
Kalitta sues United for negligence
09 / 01 / 2011
KALITTA Air is suing United Air Lines over negligent maintenance that caused one of its engines to break in mid-flight….
Cartel plea bargains to soar
06 / 01 / 2011
NEW Zealand has fined a freight forwarder NZ$2.5 million (US$1.8 million) for its part in an air cargo price-fixing cartel….
Airocean ex-directors guilty of fraud
06 / 01 / 2011
A SINGAPORE court found three former directors of the freight forwarder, Airocean, guilty of fraud. The three will be sentenced…
Cargo traffic dips in November
03 / 01 / 2011
INTERNATIONAL freight traffic rose 5.4 per cent in November 2010 leaving the volume for the November equal to pre-recession levels…