TROUBLED Spanish bank Bankia is to sell a 12 per cent stake in IAG; parent company to British Airways and…
June 2012
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…
EVA Air resumes freighter flights from Taipei to Vienna
11 / 06 / 2012
TAIWAN’S EVA Air Cargo reintroduced a freighter service between Taipei and Vienna. From 18 March the carrier will operate a…
Global cargo traffic rises 5.2 per cent
11 / 06 / 2012
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) reveals there was a 5.2 per cent rise in cargo traffic in February compared…
Boeing going through dry patch
11 / 06 / 2012
CARGO-jet orders are on the slide, along with traffic volumes, says US-based Boeing. The world’s leading maker of cargo aircraft…
Probe after cargo aircraft hits bus
08 / 06 / 2012
A MAJOR investigation is under way after a cargo jet crashed into a mini-bus near Kotoka International Airport (Ghana), killing 10 passengers….
Lufthansa bails out of Jade Cargo
08 / 06 / 2012
LUFTHANSA Cargo has announced it is cutting its losses and pulling out of its joint venture with the beleaguered Chinese-German…
Signs of life – Jade Cargo inks deal
08 / 06 / 2012
JADE Cargo could be back in the skies following the signing of a letter of intent with Chinese logistics enterprise…
Boeing 747-8 freighter finally takes off
07 / 06 / 2012
BOEING’S much-delayed freighter – the 747-8 – has finally taken its maiden flight a year late and having racked up…
Boeing banks on China Southern Airlines
07 / 06 / 2012
CHINA Southern Airlines is giving Boeing’s order book a boost with an agreement to buy six 777Fs. The aircraft, to…
Merchant of death will be set free within days
07 / 06 / 2012
ONE of the most notorious and wanted criminals in the air cargo industry is set to walk free from prison…
Shun Feng boosts freighter fleet
07 / 06 / 2012
CHINESE all-cargo carrier, Shun Feng Airlines, will expand its freighter fleet from seven to more than 25. Chairman Li Dongqi…
Merchant of Death arrested
07 / 06 / 2012
ONE of the world’s most notorious arms dealers, Viktor Bout, has been arrested in Bangkok on allegations that he supplied…