THE cash-strapped Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US is looking to bring in some money where it can –…
August 2011
Nigerian airports in need of cargo upgrade
10 / 08 / 2011
NIGERIAN freight forwarders are urging authorities to improve the country’s airports, as out-of-date facilities are hindering the flow of freight….
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…
Maximus adds converted Airbus trio
09 / 08 / 2011
AS part of its Dh350 million (US$95.3 million) expansion programme Maximus Air Cargo has taken delivery of the first of…
Fatal Russian freighter crash
08 / 08 / 2011
LESS than two weeks after the Asiana freighter crash into the East China Sea, another freighter has crashed, this time…
US cargo tax-break off
08 / 08 / 2011
ALMOST US$400 million in uncollected taxes later, and finally the US Senate has brought the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) back…
Korean shows mixed results
08 / 08 / 2011
KOREAN Air’s operating revenue for the second quarter rose 1.5 per cent to KRW2.83 trillion (US$2.6 billion). However, the company…
Kruger to lead Toll forward
08 / 08 / 2011
TOLL Holdings has appointed its chief financial officer (CFO), Brian Kruger (right), as its new managing director. Kruger will replace…
Jakarta airport growth blocked
08 / 08 / 2011
PLANS to expand Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have been blocked by a local authority who wants the investors to build…
Panalpina volumes slip
03 / 08 / 2011
PANALPINA’s first half airfreight volumes dipped two per cent against the same period last year. The company’s focus on unit…
Charters answer Horn of Africa’s call
03 / 08 / 2011
CHARTER brokers are seeing a huge increase in demand for charters to carry desperately needed humanitarian aid for the starving…
AA and BAA parent could merge
02 / 08 / 2011
IF the US government relaxed its limits on foreign ownership of airlines in the country American Airways (AA) could merge…
Yusen to appeal cartel fine
02 / 08 / 2011
YUSEN Logistics will appeal against a lawsuit brought by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) concerning its alleged airfreight price-fixing…
Atlas hopes rest on -8F delivery
01 / 08 / 2011
ATLAS Air’s poor second quarter performance is being side-swept by the revised delivery date of its 747-8Fs. Income for the…