WORLD Airways’ parent Global Aviation Holdings has filed for bankruptcy. Its US military charter business – the largest in the…
February 2012
Korean celebrates freighter first
06 / 02 / 2012
KOREAN Air has taken receipt of its inaugural 777F and 747-8F, making it the first carrier in the world to…
Arrest for illegal cargo to Iran
06 / 02 / 2012
A FORMER freight-forwarder manager has contravened a US embargo on shipping contraband, including chemicals, to Iran. The 50-year-old, who managed…
Airports update 6 February
05 / 02 / 2012
DURING 2011 Doha Airport (Qatar) registered 795,559 metric tonnes of cargo, an increase of 13.7 per cent compared with 2010….
French strike over protest conditions
05 / 02 / 2012
CARGO and passenger flights across France face widespread disruption this week following a labour strike and poor weather conditions. Today…
AA keeping bankruptcy at bay
05 / 02 / 2012
AMERICAN Airlines is in talks with union leaders on new cost-saving contract proposals. The carrier aims to reduce annual labour…
FAA future set, but for how long
02 / 02 / 2012
HOUSE and Senate negotiators in the US have agreed on a bill, which will provide the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
Azerbaijan Airlines enters freighter market
02 / 02 / 2012
AZERBAIJAN Airlines (AA) has always relied on belly capacity to ship goods, but this year the carrier will begin operating…
BAA bids Stansted farewell
02 / 02 / 2012
THE UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has ruled that airport operator BAA must sell Stansted Airport, the UK’s number two cargo…
LAN Cargo’s promising quarter
01 / 02 / 2012
LAN Cargo is riding an upward trend. During the fourth quarter of 2011 the carrier recorded a 15.8 per cent…
People update – 2 February
01 / 02 / 2012
MARIE Epstein (pictured) has been promoted to the position of regional vice-president sales, Americas by Virgin Atlantic Cargo. Epstein was…
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