THAI Airways International’s board is sacking its president Amranand Piyasvasti due to disagreements over strategy. Panyayong Chokchai, vice-president of strategy…
June 12, 2012
EL Al awaits US price-fixing settlement approval
12 / 06 / 2012
EL Al ISRAEL Airlines awaits approval for its US$15.8m US class action settlement over alleged price-fixing. The carrier has already…
Muscat Airport’s cargo hub bid
12 / 06 / 2012
OMAN is to transform Muscat International Airport (MIA) into an “international gateway and air freight logistics hub” to cope with…
Grandstar Cargo to be liquidated
12 / 06 / 2012
GRANDSTAR Cargo International Airlines (China) is to be liquidated. The beleaguered carrier, jointly owned by Chinese shipper Sinotrans and Korean…
IAG stake on sale
12 / 06 / 2012
TROUBLED Spanish bank Bankia is to sell a 12 per cent stake in IAG; parent company to British Airways and…
Bout witness gets five years
12 / 06 / 2012
AN air cargo accomplice of Viktor ‘Merchant of Death’ Bout will be free within the year after turning star witness…
Taiwan cargo falls
12 / 06 / 2012
TAIWAN’S China Airlines and EVA Airways have revealed shrinking cargo growth that overshadows their growing passenger business. China Airlines reports…
Asia-Pacific carriers enjoy cargo climb
12 / 06 / 2012
RISING confidence in non-European economies has brought an end to the cargo slump, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA)….
U-turn over fatigue law excluding cargo pilots
12 / 06 / 2012
A LAWSUIT lodged by the Independent Pilots Association (the UPS pilots’ union) has forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to…
Say farewell to freighters
12 / 06 / 2012
THESE are miserable times for freighter operators, with cargo flows out of Asia weak and doubts over the European economy….
Russia flexes muscles with Lufthansa via Swiss
12 / 06 / 2012
LUFTHANSA-owned Swiss International Air Lines has made a deal with Russia to allow it to use Russian airspace for one…
Crystal Cargo’s third-quarter gem
12 / 06 / 2012
ETIHAD Crystal Cargo has experienced a 16 per cent year-on-year growth in tonnage (from 66,916 to 77,623 metric tonnes) in the…
Brucargo starts tracking project
12 / 06 / 2012
BRUSSELS Airport (Brucargo) is starting a 15-month general packet radio service (GPRS) project to track air cargo in real time. The…