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Lack of facilities angers Lagos forwarders
NIGERIAN clearing and forwarding agents have criticised the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for the lack of cargo facilities at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.“In a year, we generate well over N600 million (US$4 million) for FAAN and this we endeavoured to remit promptly, yet FAAN has failed ...
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Lufthansa Cargo ready for screening ahead of deadline
LUFTHANSA Cargo has achieved full compliance of the new, tougher cargo screening requirements imposed by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) a full month ahead of the scheduled implementation date.The carrier can now perform the mandatory 100 per cent screening of outbound cargo shipments transported on passenger aircraft at the ...
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Dell threatens move to ocean freight
DELL has threatened to ship its computers by ocean rather than airfreight in future to maximise profits. The computer manufacturer – which often adopts policies the rest of the industry later adopts – estimates that it could save US$12 per computer by moving to surface freight.Speaking at its annual analysts ...
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BA’s grassroots staff pray for peace
THE British Airways (BA) cabin crew dispute grinds on and it seems that everyone, bar senior management and the union representatives, is eager for some sort of resolution.Staff have suggested that they are “desperate” for the conflict to end and that a growing number is considering leaving Unite, the trade ...
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Lawsuit tangle new Florida cargo airport
FLORIDA’S proposed massive, international cargo airport is caught up in a lawsuit between its developers.Mosaic Fertilizer and Van Fleet International Airport Development Group are trying to sue each other over their inability to develop the project.Mosaic alleges Van Fleet did not abide to the original agreement and wants to reclaim ...
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Fresh doubts raised over US cargo screening
THERE is fresh doubt over whether the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and aviation industry will manage to meet the August deadline to screen all cargo on passenger jets.The TSA admitted to a Congress sub-committee in March that there was no possibility of meeting the 100 per cent screening of ...
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Chinese corruption probe causes suicide
A SENIOR civil aviation official has committed suicide due to ongoing investigations into corruption of civil aviation officials. Liu Yajun (right), head of the Central and Southern Regional Administration (CSRA) of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), leapt in front of an oncoming train.Liu accepted the post in February ...
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Boeing crows at WTO anti-Airbus ruling
BOEING has praised the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling that declared some of the EU’s subsidies to Airbus illegal. Under the ruling, the WTO said Airbus must repay US$4 billion aid it received for launching the A380.“This is a landmark decision and sweeping legal victory over the launch aid subsidies ...
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Nick Fadugba Resigns from AFRAA
NICK Fadugba, the new secretary general of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), has unexpectedly quit his position. Barely eight months into this role, Fadugba only took up the post in November last year.In his resignation letter, dated 10 June, Fadugba wrote: “Since 18 February, 2010, it has been an honour ...
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EU may be lenient with cargo price fixers
JOAQUIN Almunia (right), the European Union’s (EU) new competition commissioner, has said that he may be willing to negotiate more lenient fines to airlines convicted of airfreight price fixing.After 17 makers of bathroom fixtures were fined a total of €622 million (US$767 million) recently for price fixing, Almunia reduced the ...
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Dubai’s new airport opens for business
Dubai opened its second airport on 27 July after the new airport passed a series of operational tests conducted during its first ‘live’ flight.“This is an important milestone, not only for the airport’s certification process, but as another step towards achieving Dubai’s vision to become the pre-eminent centre for aviation ...
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Lufthansa Cargo lobbies for night flights
LUFTHANSA Cargo and a group of German logistics associations have launched the ‘Cargo needs the night’ initiative to promote the need for changes to night-flight restrictions.The managing director of the initiative, Ewald Heim, said: “The logistics sector is the backbone of Germany’s export business. The basic prerequisite for its success ...
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Nigerian airlines questioned by corruption agency
NIGERIA’S anti-corruption agency has launched an investigation into the country’s domestic airlines over their unpaid debts.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called in the heads of the airlines and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) – the regulatory body responsible for collection of revenue – for questioning.The investigations ...
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BA starts cutting pension deadweight
BRITISH Airways (BA) has agreed to a plan with its unions to try and reduce its bloated £3.7 billion pension deficit, but without having to scrap its two final-salary pension schemes.The agreement will involve BA continuing its annual contributions of £330 million until 2026 for its New Airways Pension Scheme ...
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“Secure cargo,” says Canadian bombing report
A REPORT into the 1985 Air India bombing has made wide-ranging criticisms of Canada’s aviation security, especially cargo.Aside from the report into the bombing itself, the author, retired Supreme Court judge John Major, wrote: “Most cargo loaded onto passenger aircraft is still not subjected to inspection by X-ray or other ...
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More strikes loom for BA
BRITISH Airways (BA) looks set for further strikes as the union of its cabin crew, Unite, prepares for another ballot of its members. Should they vote yes, it will leave BA suffering from another 12 weeks of disruptions to its service.Negotiations have progressed past pay and are now stuck on ...
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AirBridgeCargo sues Ilyushin
RUSSIAN cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has filed a lawsuit against Ilyushin Finance Company.Filed on 24 May, the suit is for 47 million roubles (US$1.4 million) and involves Bank BFA, Aviastar-SP and Aviastar-Tu.Typically, neither ABC nor Ilyushin would respond to requests for further information.
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EU seizes Russian nuclear cargo to Iran
RUSSIA’S main nuclear exporter – JSC AtomStroyExport, the export arm of Russia’s Atomic Energy Ministry – may have broken European rules by shipping airfreight bound for an Iranian nuclear power plant through Europe.The shipments didn’t break United Nations (UN) sanctions but Europe and the US, unhappy at the softening of ...
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Smaller companies still struggling
SMALLER aviation companies are struggling to recover from the recession, according to market analysts, Plimsoll.In the UK, 75 small companies in the industry are in financial difficulty as the lingering effects of the credit crunch continue to bite hardest at the lower end of the market.Plimsoll says smaller companies have ...
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AEI starts first MD-82 conversion
AERONAUTICAL Engineers (AEI) has started work on converting its first MD-82 passenger-to-freighter conversion. The company bought the aircraft from GA Telesis; it had served with American Airlines since new.Robert Convey, vice-president of sales and marketing said: “[This] is positioned to become the largest passenger-to-freighter conversion programme ever. Given that the ...