ANTI-cruelty campaigners have praised Cathay Pacific in the wake of its ban on transporting shark fins as air cargo. The…
September 2012
Liège expands international cooperation
10 / 09 / 2012
LIÈGE Airport has signed its second international deal in two months. The Belgian hub has inked an agreement with China’s…
Liège creates Atlantic airfreight link
10 / 09 / 2012
BELGIUM’s Liège Airport and Greater Moncton International Airport in New Brunswick (Canada) have signed an agreement to set up an…
Boeing celebrates major order from Iraq
10 / 09 / 2012
BOEING and the Government of Iraq announced an order for 30 Boeing 737-800 commercial airplanes, the first step in re-establishing…
LAX’s US$1.545bn terminal
07 / 09 / 2012
LOS ANGELES International Airport’s (LAX) new look US$1.545bn Tom Bradley International Terminal is on course to open by the end…
National Airlines expands fleet
07 / 09 / 2012
NATIONAL Airlines, a subsidiary of National Air Cargo, is to expand its fleet with the addition of three 747-400 BCFs….
Etihad halts Damascus flights
06 / 09 / 2012
ETIHAD Airways has suspended flights between Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Damascus over safety concerns in the wake of the deteriorating…
Asian airfreight declines by 5.1 per cent
06 / 09 / 2012
AIRFREIGHT markets remained depressed for Asian carriers in July. International air cargo demand fell by 4.4 per cent during the…
Cargolux increases flights out of Atlanta
06 / 09 / 2012
CARGOLUX has announced it will increase its service between Luxembourg and Atlanta. A third weekly flight will add 70 tonnes…
Making plans for Changi
05 / 09 / 2012
IT IS a sign of how little cheer there is out there in the air cargo world that a negligible 0.1…
LAX sees first freight gain in two years
05 / 09 / 2012
LOS Angeles International Airport (LAX) has recorded its first increase in freight traffic since November 2007.Freight tonnage for September was…
LAX freight creeps up but Abu Dhabi takes off
05 / 09 / 2012
FREIGHT tonnage at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was down 5.1 per cent to 136,089 metric tons in August from…
Celebi pumps US$100m into India
04 / 09 / 2012
IT has just become the first cargo tenant at Budapest Airport, and now Celebi Holdings is planting big money in…
MNG orders more A330 freighters
04 / 09 / 2012
MNG Airlines, the largest Turkish all-cargo operator, has placed a follow-on order with Airbus for two more A330-200Fs to support…
TIACA appoints new lobbyist
04 / 09 / 2012
TIACA, has appointed Sue Presti (right), to represent its interests before the regulatory authorities and legislators in Washington, DC. She…
TIACA urges global cargo open skies
04 / 09 / 2012
THE International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) wants a global trade liberalisation agreement that separates cargo from passenger services. It hopes…
PAL’s US$7bn Airbus order
04 / 09 / 2012
PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) has ordered more than 50 Airbus jets worth US$7bn to meet growing demand for belly-hold cargo and…
DHL Express eyes freighter conversion
04 / 09 / 2012
DHL Express will replace its A300B4-200 fleet with 13 A300-600s, which it will convert to freighters for a 2013 roll-out….
Germany’s second hub advances
04 / 09 / 2012
GROWTH in cargo volumes at Frankfurt and Leipzig/Halle Airport is at the opposite ends of the scale. Leipzig/Halle Airport continues…
SA to introduce new security rules
03 / 09 / 2012
FOLLOWING rumours to the contrary, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has pushed ahead with new cargo security regulations….
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