TURKISH Cargo has launched A330-200F operations to Jeddah, following its August addition of Riyadh (both Saudi Arabia). In the same…
September 2011
Cathay Pacific cargo plummets
20 / 09 / 2011
AUGUST was a tough month for Cathay Pacific and Dragon Air. The two carried 131,448 tonnes of cargo, an 11.8…
First Air to expand
20 / 09 / 2011
CANADIAN carrier First Air is planning to expand its fleet with several new aircraft before the end of 2011. First…
Lufthansa tightens the belt
20 / 09 / 2011
LUFTHANSA has mimicked Air France-KLM in dimming down its full-year profit forecast following poor August results and a slump in…
Korean taps China’s tech base
20 / 09 / 2011
KOREAN Air Lines has launched twice-weekly cargo flights from Incheon International Airport (South Korea) to Chengdu (China) on the back…
Airport update 20 September
19 / 09 / 2011
THIS August cargo throughput at Hong Kong Airport (pictured) fell 7.8 per cent to 319,000 metric tonnes from 346,000 tonnes…
Back in the doldrums
19 / 09 / 2011
THE message this year: profits are higher than expected on the back of less cargo than expected. The message next…
Air Malta’s cargo facelift
19 / 09 / 2011
LOSS-making Air Malta is pushing forward with plans to improve its cargo side. The airline, which carries more than 7,500…
Cargolux VP resigns
19 / 09 / 2011
JUST a day after it snubbed Boeing’s brand new 747-8Fs Cargolux has announced top management changes. The company’s executive vice-president…
Cargolux rejects -8 delivery
18 / 09 / 2011
TODAY was supposed to be the day that Cargolux took receipt of its first 747-8F, but due to “unresolved issues”…
People update 19 September
18 / 09 / 2011
AIR Charter Service has announced the arrival of Stephan Blank (pictured) as cargo sales director of the company’s Frankfurt (Germany)…
Kenya Airways outlines five-year plan
18 / 09 / 2011
KENYA Airways will spend more than Sh270 billion (US$3 billion) until 2015 to double its fleet of 31 and diversify…
$300mn China hub loss
18 / 09 / 2011
THE development of Lambert-St Louis Airport (US) as the country’s new China cargo hub has taken a blow following a…
Korean in cargo court cross-fire
15 / 09 / 2011
ASIA players Singapore International Airlines and Cathay Pacific have been granted permission by the Australian Federal Court to add Korean…
‘Beauty sleep’ rule has an ugly consequence
15 / 09 / 2011
A PROPOSED Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rule changing the number of hours that pilots are allowed to fly is a…
MASkargo closer to magic 10
15 / 09 / 2011
ON 15 September MASkargo took receipt of the first of four A330-200Fs. Once all freighters are received the Malaysian cargo…
UPS expands European facilities
15 / 09 / 2011
INTEGRATOR UPS is planning to enlarge its facilities at Cologne/Bonn Airport (Germany). The US$200 million expansion project, due for completion…
Qantas staff to strike
14 / 09 / 2011
ALMOST 4,000 Qantas freight, baggage handlers and ground staff will go on strike for four hours from 05:00 am on…
Panalpina upgrades to -8F
14 / 09 / 2011
FORWARDER Panalpina will lease two 747-8Fs from Atlas Air. The multi-year aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance contract will see the…
Air France-KLM’s cargo cold-shoulder
12 / 09 / 2011
THE addition of at least six new routes this year using dedicated freighters and belly capacity has left Air France…
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