April 2012

Vietnam attracts new services

WITH labour costs increasing in China, Vietnam continues its evolution of turning into Asia-Pacific’s manufacturing country of choice. The International…

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India’s budget airline pioneer’s new venture

THE pioneer of India’s budget airline revolution is setting up a new carrier. Captain GR Gopinath – whose cargo airline…

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Charter specialist targets Latin America

UK AIR charter specialist Chartersphere is to develop operations in Spain and South America. The move follows the appointment of…

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Cargo jobs go in American purge

AMERICAN Airlines (AA) plans to slash 1,200 non-union jobs, including cargo staff, in a bid to reduce annual expenses by…

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Merger for Jordanian

ROYAL Jordanian Airlines (RJA) could merge with a larger carrier, reveals its resigning chief executive officer. Hussein Dabbas says the…

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Qantas Freighter to Chongqing

QANTAS Freight Enterprises launches a weekly scheduled freighter service from Sydney (Australia) to the Chinese manufacturing hub of Chongqing. The…

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Eritrean freighter to Frankfurt

ERITREAN Airlines (East Africa) resurrects its weekly scheduled freighter service at Frankfurt Airport (Germany) with an Airbus A319 aircraft. The…

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St Louis seeks tax benefit

A REVISED proposal giving companies shipping freight out of Lambert/St Louis International Airport (US) tax breaks moves a step closer…

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Israeli cargo airline’s Euro doubts

ISRAEL’S CAL Cargo Air Lines is considering the benefits of becoming a European-registered company. The all-cargo carrier is worried about…

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Hyderahub

TALKS are under way to transform Hyderabad International Airport (HIA) into India’s air cargo hub, the company that runs it…

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Cathay expands despite cargo drop

CATHAY Pacific Airways is forging ahead with its plans to expand air cargo services to India despite revealing its freight…

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New first with broker partnership

THREE cargo charter brokers have launched what they claim is the world’s first consortium of independent brokers – Global Charter…

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Japanese cargo rising

JAPAN’S All Nippon Airways (ANA) reveals its year-on-year international cargo tonnage rose 24.5 per cent in February, to 42,470 metric…

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Russian cargo firm buys German carrier

RUSSIAN cargo group Volga-Dnepr has bought Air Cargo Germany (ACG) after acquiring a 49 per cent stake in the carrier….

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Emirates’ Sydney freighter

EMIRATES SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has launched an additional weekly freighter service from Sydney (Australia) to boost trade…

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Aramex’s Ghandour retires

FOUNDER and chief executive officer of Aramex, Fadi Ghandour (far right), will retire from his post at the end of…

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New hub airport for India

PLANS are afoot to turn Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport into an international cargo hub, an Indian government minister reveals….

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Site of new London airport slammed

ARCHITECTS of a proposed airport near London have chosen the “very worst spot”, according to the head of the national…

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Atlas pushes ‘asset-light’ ops

ATLAS Air Worldwide Holdings is growing its crew, maintenance and insurance (CMI) operations, saying such ‘asset-light’ contracts will increasingly become…

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Air France-KLM staff launch court action

AIR France-KLM staff in Pakistan have launched a court case against the carrier over the loss of their jobs and…

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