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Crunch-time in NZ cartel case
TODAY the New Zealand Commerce Commission begins its case against nine airlines under fire for alleged freight price collusions.Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Japan Airlines (pictured), Korean Air, Malaysian Airlines, Singapore Airlines Cargo and Singapore Airlines, and Thai Airways face the accusation.The first stage of the cartel case will ...
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Qatar Airways to add 15 freighters
QATAR Airways has hit the headlines again with plans to expand its freighter fleet by a further 15 in the next four years.“We are planning to convert as many as 15 A330s into freighters, hopefully by 2015 depending on how many slots we get for the conversion from Airbus with ...
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Lufthansa trims back loss
LUFTHANSA has seen a trimmer first quarter loss, as demand for freight and passenger movements remain buoyant.The Lufthansa Cargo unit almost doubled profit from a year earlier to €64 million (US$95.3 million), and a 5.1 per cent increase in average fares helped earnings at the passenger divisions. The group operating ...
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Airports update Asia
AIR Cargo News reports on the latest movements at airports in Asia.Following the assassination of Osama bin Laden, India’s Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has sounded a general alert for reprisals from extreme followers. The Bureau has urged the tightening of all entry points to airports and a thorough screening ...
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Incident update 6 May
AIR Cargo News reports on the latest accidents and incidents to hit the air cargo industry.In Miami (US), the pilot of a 1957 Beechcraft carrying computer parts, tupperware and other household items lost control of the aircraft and crashed into a residential area on 2 May.The aircraft had only ascended ...
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FedEx’s costly money-back violation
FEDEX has been ordered to pay US$8 million for violating its money-back guarantee on late deliveries.In a court case the operator of the world’s largest cargo airline blamed the US government’s stringent post-9/11 security measures for the tardiness, a point which the government contests.“Companies that commit to provide services to ...
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US’ China cargo hub awaits tax package
DEVELOPERS behind the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, destined to become the US’ Chinese cargo hub, are holding their breath for a crucial tax break that would green light the project.The US$480 million ‘aerotropolis’ tax credit programme is vital to landing flights from China and building a hub, developers say. If ...
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AirBridgeCargo begins US flights
RUSSIA’s largest scheduled cargo airline AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has launched its first North American service with three flights a week to Chicago (US).The new route will operate from ABC’s hub in Moscow to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The airline will serve Chicago with a 747-400 freighter offering ...
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Air cargo growth marches on
THE natural disaster in Japan and unrest in the Middle East may have hindered passenger traffic in March, but airfreight continues its gradual growth.Airfreight traffic rose 3.7 per cent in March, rebounding from 1.8 per cent expansion in February, IATA said.Asia-Pacific carriers, which account for 43 per cent of global ...
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US indicts former Air France Cargo execs
A US court has indicted two former Air France Cargo executives for conspiring to fix airfreight surcharges and rates.The US Department of Justice (DoJ), which brought the case to court, claims Marc Boudier (near right), former executive vice-president cargo, and Jean Charles Foucault (far right), former vice-president cargo, sales and ...
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Etihad on cargo high
A JUMP of 22 per cent in cargo carried by Etihad in the first quarter of 2011 is nursing the airline back to a break-even year.The airline saw overall Q1 revenues jump by 21 per cent to US$770 million, propelled by a 44 per cent increase in the income generated ...
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BA chairman outlines airport security measures
THE chairman of British Airways Martin Broughton has attacked current airport security measures, and offered a series of new steps to improve freight and passenger safety.Speaking at the Annual Aviation Lecture of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in London, Broughton questioned why airport security in the UK needed ...
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EU lifts ban on Indonesian cargo airlines
INDONESIAN cargo airlines Air Maleo, Asia Link, Cardig Air and Republic Express have been permitted to enter the European fly zone once again.The airlines have been removed from the list of those banned from entering the European fly zone “due to solid enforcement action taken by the Indonesian authorities to ...
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AAWW begins contract talks
THE pilots and flight engineers of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo (AAWW) have begun briefings on a joint collective bargaining agreement under the Teamsters Airline Division.The new contract has been labelled as ‘game-changing’ in an industry where pilots have suffered devastating losses in pay, pensions, benefits and changes in ...
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First 747-8 test freighter heads to Texas
IN May Boeing will send the first 747-8 freighter test aircraft to its global services and support site in San Antonio, Texas.The manufacturer expects certification and first delivery to launch customer Cargolux in July.Refurbishment of all five test aircraft is expected to take a year and will be performed by ...
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People update 26 April
AIR Cargo News reviews who has moved where in the air cargo industry recently.JADE Cargo has named Lufthansa Cargo vice-president of margin management Frank Naeve its new chief executive officer, replacing Kay Kratky. Naeve has previously served as LH Cargo general manager sales Greater Shanghai, giving him familiarity with the ...
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Improving Customs technology in Southeast Asia
TWO different but not exclusive approaches to the challenges Customs services face in Asia were outlined at TIACA’s Executive Summit AGM in Bangkok.Jae-Ho Park, faculty director of the Korea Customs Official Training Center, favoured an emphasis on RFID technology, and acknowledged it was part of a package of measures Korea ...
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Lufthansa volumes gain 20 per cent
IN the first quarter of the year Lufthansa Cargo, which won this year’s Cargo Airline of the Year award, increased the volume of freight and mail it transported by 19.9 per cent on first quarter 2010 levels.The growth was nurtured by the reactivation of freighters, which were parked temporarily in ...
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US airport update 20 April
AIR Cargo News reports on new cargo developments at airports in the US.Chicago Rockford Airport has received conditional approval for 747-8 operations, pending certification of the aircraft and pending some airport modifications that are underway. Rockford officials expect to be one of the first airports cargo carriers will bring the ...
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Global airport update 19 April
AIR Cargo News reports on new cargo developments at airports around the world.In Europe, Manchester Airport (pictured) will be one of the first four enterprise zones under the chancellor’s introduction of 21 new zones. Businesses that are expected to want to locate at Airport City will include logistics, freight forwarders, ...