FROM 1 January, 2011, Thai Airways is planning on hiving its cargo division off into a separate subsidiary. Its accounts…
May 2012
Frankfurt night-flight ban upheld, LH shares drop
21 / 05 / 2012
GERMANY’S highest court has upheld Frankfurt Airport’s night-flight ban. Lufthansa’s shares immediately fell 2.4 per cent at the news; Fraport’s…
Air Berlin cancels Leisure Cargo sale and Dreamliner order
21 / 05 / 2012
AIR Berlin has cancelled the sale of its freight subsidiary, Leisure Cargo. The carrier blamed too low bids and said…
Mango ‘fumes’ ground Air India flight
21 / 05 / 2012
FUMES from a shipment of mangoes aboard an Air India (AI) flight bound for Chicago (US) are being blamed for a…
MASkargo’s new freighter service
21 / 05 / 2012
MALAYSIA Airlines’ cargo division, MASkargo, launches a new freighter route linking its Kuala Lumpur hub to Bangkok (Thailand) and Ho…
Emirates’ record horse shipment
18 / 05 / 2012
EMIRATES SkyCargo delivers its largest shipment of horses from Muscat (Oman) to the UK. The major carrier used a 777…
Emirates SkyCargo announces 2009 expansion plan
18 / 05 / 2012
EMIRATES SkyCargo has unveiled plans to grow the number of flights across its network by 14 per cent in 2009,…
Emirates SkyCargo wins CAY 2012
18 / 05 / 2012
READERS of Air Cargo News voted Emirates SkyCargo the Cargo Airline of the Year, for the 24th time. “These awards are voted…
Air France cargo traffic crashes
18 / 05 / 2012
AIR France-KLM cargo revenues plummeted 41.5 per cent drop in this financial year’s first quarter. Total revenue from cargo fell…
Air France-KLM cargo traffic climbs
18 / 05 / 2012
FLIGHT cancellations brought on by harsh weather conditions had little effect on Air France-KLM cargo traffic in the third quarter,…
MASKargo looks to China for 2010 growth
18 / 05 / 2012
MALAYSIA Airlines Cargo (MASKargo) says that it is aiming to grow 10 to 15 per cent this year. Managing director,…
MASkargo lifts Malaysian capacity
18 / 05 / 2012
A NEW contract signed by MASkargo means the company will deal with 100 metric tonnes more cargo a week in Malaysia. MASkargo…
Air India tackles cargo handler shortage
18 / 05 / 2012
AIR India flew six cargo handlers from Mumbai to Aurangabad – 400 km away – and back every day during…
Air India goes back for more
18 / 05 / 2012
TROUBLED Air India has gone back to the government, cap in hand, asking for more money. This time the national…
Pan Am to fly again
18 / 05 / 2012
ONE of the best-known names in the history of aviation, Pan American Airways is poised to take to the air…
Pan American plans double cargo hubs
18 / 05 / 2012
IN the US, Bob Hedrick, president of Texas-based Pan American Airways (PAA), will hold a public meeting on 12 May…
Air France accepts US DoJ US$210m fine
18 / 05 / 2012
On 26 June Air France announced that it had come to an agreement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ),…
Kintetsu’s record profits
17 / 05 / 2012
JAPANESE freight forwarder Kintetsu World Express (KWE) says its net profit rose 21.1 per cent to US$119.3m between 2011 and…
ATSG merges airlines
17 / 05 / 2012
A US COMPANY, which owns an aircraft leasing service and three airlines, is set to merge two of its carriers…
DHL’s Belgian cargo centre bid
17 / 05 / 2012
INTEGRATOR DHL has begun work on a €27m (US$34m) logistics centre at the Brucargo air freight zone, based in Brussels Airport (Belgium)….