AIR France-KLM Cargo has gone from a US$19.8 million profit in 2010 to a $79.2 million loss in 2011– leaving…
March 2012
Manston to change hands
08 / 03 / 2012
MANSTON Airport and Prestwick Airport in the UK are to be sold by New Zealand-based owner Infratil. Despite encouraging cargo…
ANA to max-out cargo
07 / 03 / 2012
BOEING is facing cargo-friendly demands for its 737 MAX aircraft, which is currently under development. “When we’re flying the plane…
People update – 8 March
07 / 03 / 2012
FINNAIR has appointed Juha Järvinen as managing director (MD) of its cargo companies, Finnair Cargo and Finnair Cargo Terminal Operations…
Surviving the solar storms
07 / 03 / 2012
ANY later and it may not have happened – AirBridgeCargo Airlines has operated its first ever cross-polar flight just before…
Qatar’s conversion conversations
06 / 03 / 2012
DESPITE a recent spat over gaps in Airbus’ cargo strategy, Qatar Airway’s chief executive Akbar Al Baker is in talks…
Expanding ATSG profit shrinks
06 / 03 / 2012
US-based air cargo carrier Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has reported a 41.7 per cent drop in 2011 net income…
Panalpina’s airfreight plunge
06 / 03 / 2012
DURING 2011 Panalpina transported 845,000 metric tonnes of airfreight, a fall of five per cent on 2010’s 892,000 tonnes. Gross…
Apple makes airfreight prices pear-shaped
05 / 03 / 2012
ELECTRONICS and computer giant Apple’s move to ship massive quantities of its new iPad 3 media device on DHL freighters…
Death at a cargo terminal
05 / 03 / 2012
SAFETY concerns around the construction of Indian airport cargo terminals reached a new height following the death of a worker….
Victorville – putting meat on the bones
05 / 03 / 2012
IN the industry it goes by the name of ‘the boneyard’, but now Victorville Airport in southern California (US) could…
Möller takes over at Hahn
04 / 03 / 2012
FRANKFURT Hahn Airport has named its new sales and marketing manager following the tragic death of Udo Preissner in December…
Airfreight business booming at K and N
04 / 03 / 2012
DURING 2011 Kuehne + Nagel’s airfreight tonnage increased 13 per cent. Expansion and acquisitions in the perishables logistics segment and…
Saudia marches towards Asia
04 / 03 / 2012
WHILE most carriers are shying away from weak Asian markets, Saudi Airlines Cargo is striding confidently towards them with new…
Astral Aviation opens Somalia route
01 / 03 / 2012
KENYA-based Astral Aviation will start scheduled freighter services from Nairobi to Mogadishu (Somalia) on 14 March The DC9 freighter will…
Forwarders face South African fines
01 / 03 / 2012
KUEHNE + Nagel and Schenker’s South African businesses have agreed to pay cargo price-fixing penalties. The two firms each paid…
Take out the tax, Philippines told
01 / 03 / 2012
THE Philippines’ export earnings could rise by as much as US$1 billion if it removes taxes imposed on foreign airlines,…
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