GLOBAL freight traffic dropped four per cent in May compared with May 2010. Carriers in all regions except Latin America…
June 2011
Panalpina focuses on total supply chain
30 / 06 / 2011
PANALPINA plans to beat market growth with its gross revenues by 20 per cent, according to its latest corporate strategy….
Sinotrans shuffles stakes
30 / 06 / 2011
CHINA’S Sinotrans Air Transportation Development has announced it will sell its 50 per cent stake in Japan’s Hankyu Hanshin Express…
Nigeria agrees Hydro Cargo comp
28 / 06 / 2011
NIGERIA has agreed to pay US$6 million compensation to South Africa’s Hydro Cargo airline over an accident six years ago….
THAI cancels Southern contract
28 / 06 / 2011
THAI Airways has cancelled the use of one of its two freighters operated by Southern Air. THAI had a block…
Shanghai hosts forwarder conference
27 / 06 / 2011
ON 26-29 September the 8th Sino International Freight Forwarders Conference will be held at the Shanghai Pudong Expo. Organised by…
Airport update 28 June 2011
27 / 06 / 2011
CARGO facilities at Miami International Airport are rapidly expanding with two projects: a 37,000 square metre warehouse for Centurion Air…
LA sued for breach of contract
27 / 06 / 2011
OFFICIALS have reached a settlement over a breach-of-contract lawsuit to develop air cargo traffic at California’s Ontario International Airport (US)….
US blacklists Iran Air Cargo
26 / 06 / 2011
THE US has declared Iran Air and its subsidiaries, which includes Iran Air Cargo, a “proliferator of weapons of mass…
Interest still strong for 747-8F
26 / 06 / 2011
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, announced it will buy two…
US security chief voices screening doubts
26 / 06 / 2011
US secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano (right), has suggested 100 per cent screening of ocean cargo may be scrapped…
Europe questions German airport cash
22 / 06 / 2011
THE European Commission (EC) is investigating whether German state aid of €255 million (US$365 million) to Leipzig-Halle Airport, constitutes an…
Cargo win from Euro, S Korean trade deal
22 / 06 / 2011
A FREE-trade agreement (FTA) between Europe and South Korea could allow Korean Air Lines to take Cathay Pacific’s crown as…
Chinese airfreight figures fall
22 / 06 / 2011
AIR transport of goods by Chinese carriers has dipped by 4.2 per cent this May due to quiet overseas routes….
World Airways extends Cargolux lease
20 / 06 / 2011
BEGINNING next month World Airways, a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, will extend its agreement with Cargolux to operate one…
2,000 more Boeing freighters in 20 years
19 / 06 / 2011
THE Boeing freighter fleet is set to double in the next 20 years to support a projected annual air cargo…
Airport update 20 June
19 / 06 / 2011
ASIA SINGAPORE’s Changi Airport Group has awarded a third ground-handling licence to US-based Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG). With the…
Thai’s time to grow
19 / 06 / 2011
ON 17 June Thai Airways International’s board of directors approved the acquisition of 37 commercial passenger and cargo aircraft. In…
CAS gears up for next phase portal
16 / 06 / 2011
CARGO Airport Services USA, North America’s largest ground-handling company, will roll out the second phase of its customer service portal…
Europe security vote fails
16 / 06 / 2011
EUROPE’S nations must work together to harmonise their air cargo security regime, says UK transport secretary, Philip Hammond. Speaking at…
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