A PROTEST against the removal of a fuel subsidy by Nigeria’s federal government has led to a nationwide labour strike,…
January 2012
A380 ‘cracked wing’ alarm
09 / 01 / 2012
CARRIERS are noticing alarming cracks developing on the wings of the A380. “The cracks detected by Qantas and Singapore Airlines…
Former JAS Forwarding director passes away
09 / 01 / 2012
JOHN Barrett, former managing director (MD) of UK-based JAS Forwarding, has died following a form of pneumonia at 67 years…
Kalitta freighter crashed ‘due to power failure’
08 / 01 / 2012
THE Kalitta Air 747-200F, which crashed after departing from El Dorado International Airport (Colombia) on 7 July 2008, lost power…
Air India kisses cargo goodbye
08 / 01 / 2012
CASH-strapped Air India is selling six 737 freighters, as it tries to claw back tumbling revenues. The move will effectively…
New Chinese airline enters the market
05 / 01 / 2012
DALIAN Airlines, a joint venture between Air China and Dalian Baoshui Zhengtong (DBZ), commenced operations on 31 December. Dalian will…
China says no to EU carbon tax
05 / 01 / 2012
CHINESE airlines will refuse to pay taxes under the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), a senior Chinese aviation association…
People update 6 January
05 / 01 / 2012
CARGOLUX Italia has appointed Pierandrea Galli as chief executive and accountable manager. Galli has over 23 years’ of experience with…
FedEx fined for security breaches
05 / 01 / 2012
FEDEX has agreed to pay a US$370,000 penalty for breaching anti-terrorism laws. The integrator blamed “rare errors” when exports or…
Royal Jordanian awards Globe GSSA contract
04 / 01 / 2012
FOR its Austria and Eastern Europe network Royal Jordanian Airlines has awarded a cargo general sales and service agent (GSSA)…
Turkish Cargo connects to Libya
04 / 01 / 2012
TURKISH Cargo will launch scheduled freighter flights to the Libyan airport of Mitiga, 8km next to Tripoli. The flights will…
Volga adds modernised Ilyushin
04 / 01 / 2012
VOLGA-Dnepr Airlines has added a fourth modernised Il-76TD-90VD cargo aircraft to its fleet. The new freighter completed its first commercial…
Delhi cargo terminal inferno
04 / 01 / 2012
A FIRE broke out in a cargo terminal at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (India) on 5 January, destroying the…
Udo Preissner passes away
02 / 01 / 2012
UDO Preissner, director of marketing and sales at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (Germany), has died following a suspected aneurysm at just 37…
Cargoitalia collapses
02 / 01 / 2012
CARGOITALIA, the Italian cargo carrier, was declared bankrupt last month. According to a notice on its website the company suspended…
SriLankan starts UK cargo feed
02 / 01 / 2012
SRILANKAN Airlines has begun a new ‘door-delivery’ cargo service in collaboration with Air & Cargo Services in the UK. The…
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