THE nation’s freighter fleet may be expanding but air cargo in China is down in the first half of 2011….
July 2011
KN acquires perishables player
21 / 07 / 2011
IN Amsterdam (the Netherlands) Kuehne + Nagel has agreed to take over J. van de Put Fresh Cargo Handling, enhancing…
Polet gets new aircraft
20 / 07 / 2011
POLET Airlines has received its first An-148-100E from JSC Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Company. This is the first of 10 aircraft…
HNA to launch Turkish cargo business
19 / 07 / 2011
HAINAN Airlines’ flagship company HNA Group is branching out to Turkey thanks to an investment partnership with Istanbul cargo player…
Saudia notches up Nigeria frequency
19 / 07 / 2011
HIGH demand from west Africa has prompted Saudia Cargo to increase 747F flights to Lagos (Nigeria) from three a week…
Strike stops PIA cargo flights
17 / 07 / 2011
PAKISTAN International Airlines’ flight operations were disrupted during the weekend of 16 July following a strike by its union. Workers…
Tianjin appoints Hactl
17 / 07 / 2011
TIANJIN Airlines has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) as its cargo ground handler at Hong Kong International…
Middle Eastern spy planes disguised as freighters
17 / 07 / 2011
MIDDLE Eastern military jets are being disguised as commercial freighters and passenger aircraft. They are then flown on fake services…
EADS delivers first conversion to RUS
17 / 07 / 2011
EADS EFW has delivered the first of two A300-600R converted freighters to RUS Aviation. The Sharjah-based cargo airline ordered the…
Malaysia Airlines names it price
17 / 07 / 2011
US district judge John Gleeson is yet to approve Malaysia Airlines’ proposal to pay at least US$3 million for its…
US inks India as a safe bet
14 / 07 / 2011
WHILE Korea and the US approach a new free-trade agreement deal, India looks to benefit from a new bilateral aviation…
EC investigates Frankfurt-Hahn state aid
13 / 07 / 2011
THE European Commission is investigating allegations that Germany’s Frankfurt-Hahn Airport received uncompetitive state aid. Joaquín Almunia, vice-president of the Commission…
GSA buys into Africa West
13 / 07 / 2011
DUBAI GSA Global Investments has bought 51 per cent of Togo-based cargo airline Africa West. Industry veteran Issa Baluch (pictured)…
Korea braces itself for air cargo boom
13 / 07 / 2011
KOREA looks set to rapidly increase its air cargo traffic over the next decade thanks to new free-trade treaties with…
Agility connects China to Lithuania
13 / 07 / 2011
LOGISTICS player Agility is building up links between China and the Nordic markets with the introduction of a scheduled freighter…
Streamline Customs to aid air cargo
12 / 07 / 2011
INTERNATIONAL pressure is growing to speed and secure international air cargo. In two independent announcements, four organisations have called for…
Bullet hits Cargolux freighter
12 / 07 / 2011
A CARGOLUX 747-400 freighter was hit by small arms fire last week on its multiple-stop African route. A bullet hole…
Deccan 360’s woes lead to job cuts
12 / 07 / 2011
DECCAN 360 is to lay off staff in the wake of ongoing financial troubles. In an email sent to its…
Strike will kill us, warns Air Malta
11 / 07 / 2011
TROUBLED Air Malta warned that it might collapse completely if a proposed pilots’ strike goes ahead. A similar strike of…
Taliban says it shot down freighter
11 / 07 / 2011
THE Taliban has claimed it was to blame for shooting down the Silk Way freighter that crashed in the mountainous…