CHINA Airlines’ revenue climbed to NT$11.1bn (US$375.38m) climb in March – up 15.38 per cent from a month earlier. The…
April 2012
Angola Airways buys more 777s
10 / 04 / 2012
ANGOLA’S flag carrier TAAG Angola Airlines has finalised an order with Boeing for three additional 777-300 Extended Range (ER) aircraft….
Air India’s attach notice threat over tax bill
10 / 04 / 2012
CUSTOMS officials reportedly temporarily seized Air India’s cargo over an unpaid foreign travel tax bill. An anonymous Mumbai Airport customs…
KLM’s cargo handling falls 3.4 per cent
09 / 04 / 2012
FRANCO-Dutch airline Air France-KLM says its cargo traffic dropped by 3.4 per cent in March. In contrast, Europe’s second largest…
FedEx expands Nordic freighters
05 / 04 / 2012
FEDEX Express is introducing four 757 freighters to its base in Oslo (Norway). The four aircraft will be used primarily…
SASI adds talent to team
04 / 04 / 2012
STRATEGIC Aviation Solutions International (SASI) has recruited two new senior advisors. Uwe Beck (pictured far right), senior advisor property and…
ECS invests in new African cargo airline
04 / 04 / 2012
ECS Group, a leading France-based general sales and services agency, has purchased a controlling stake in Niger Air Cargo. The…
Night-flight ban ‘a blow’ to German business
04 / 04 / 2012
LUFTHANSA has warned Germany will lose ground to its competitors in the air cargo industry as a result of the…
Southern expands with extra 777Fs
04 / 04 / 2012
SOUTHERN Air has added two more 777 freighters to fleet. The carrier will take delivery of its fourth on 25…
Saudi Airlines Cargo moves into Ghana
03 / 04 / 2012
SAUDI Airlines (Saudia) Cargo has given a boost to Ghana’s airfreight industry with a weekly freighter flight to Accra using…
Cargolux ‘cautious’ after US$18.3m loss
03 / 04 / 2012
THE chairman of Cargolux – Europe’s largest all-cargo airline – says he is “expecting trading conditions to remain more than…
Cathay increases e-AWB coverage
02 / 04 / 2012
CATHAY Pacific is rolling out electronic air waybills (e-AWB) for all airfreight in Singapore and Malaysia. The programme will extend…
US bans Iranian cargo airline
02 / 04 / 2012
THE US government has slapped sanctions on an Iranian cargo airline, three Iranian military officials and a Nigerian shipping agent…
Rail and fuel drain China Eastern profits
02 / 04 / 2012
CHINA Eastern Airlines’ net profit for 2011 fell 7.7 per cent to CNY4.58bn (US$727m), from 2010’s CNY4.96bn ($788m). The airline…
Signs of budding recovery for Asia-Pacific
01 / 04 / 2012
PRELIMINARY traffic figures for February show some growth for air cargo markets. In freight tonne kilometres (FTK), cargo grew 7.8…
Agility ‘resets’ financial baseline
01 / 04 / 2012
KUWAITI logistics company, Agility, reported a net profit of KD3.5m (US$12.6m) for the fourth quarter of 2011, although revenue fell…