AVIANCA (Colombia) is to purchase eight Airbus jetliners this year, as part of the airline’s US$1.5bn expansion programme. The new…
June 26, 2012
Swissport joins Finnair in Japan
26 / 06 / 2012
SWISSPORT has started cargo-handling services for Finnair Cargo at Kansai International Airport in Japan. Swissport has been operating passenger ground-handling…
Swissport’s stable year
26 / 06 / 2012
THANKS to organic growth ground services provider Swissport International has recorded a seven per cent jump in 2011 operating revenue….
Emirates boosts African links
26 / 06 / 2012
STARTING 1 February Emirates SkyCargo will lift its African capacity to 6,000 metric tonnes a week. The new Dubai (UAE)-Lusaka…
Emirates A380 launches to NY in August
26 / 06 / 2012
AIR travellers will be able to experience Emirates Airline’s state-of-the-art A380 aircraft for the first time on 1 August, when…
Emirates appoints East Africa cargo manager
26 / 06 / 2012
EMIRATES has appointed Khalid Mohamed Al Hinai as its new cargo manager for the East African region. Emirates divisional senior vice-president…
Security ‘double standards’
26 / 06 / 2012
EUROPEAN carriers are calling on the US to fully recognise Europe’s air cargo security standards to “remove unnecessary duplication”. The…
Jade ‘doomed from the start’
26 / 06 / 2012
JADE Cargo was doomed from the start by a “flawed” strategy, says industry expert Stan Wraight. The managing partner, of…
Bomb plot fails but terror still rules
26 / 06 / 2012
AL Qaeda’s thwarted bomb plot has ignited the fires of fear, almost as much as if the plot had succeeded. Now,…