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Qatar Airways calls on ICAO to lift "illegal" airspace ban
Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker has called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to lift what it describes as the illegal airspace ban it faces in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.In a statement issued earlier today, the airline said 90% of its ...
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Local councils launch legal challenge to Heathrow's third runway plan
Heathrow Airport's plans for a third runway face a challenge in the courts after a coalition of local councils served legal papers on the UK government for "unlawfully supporting the expansion" of the UK's number one passenger and cargo hub.Hillingdon, Richmond, Wandsworth and Windsor and Maidenhead councils, together with environmental ...
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IATA and animal convention team-up to fight illegal animal trade
IATA and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on reducing illegal trade in wildlife and ensuring the safe and secure transport of legally traded wildlife.The agreement will see the two groups ...
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Air New Zealand wins legal costs
AIR NEW ZEALAND has been awarded NZ$3.2 million towards its legal costs by the Federal Court in Australia as part of the settlement in an air cargo market class action.The class action, alleging anti-competitive conduct by several airlines in setting cargo rates and surcharges, was brought in 2007, claiming damages ...
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Customs busts illegal pharma
A coordinated Customs operation seized 113 million illegal pharmaceutical products destined for Sub-Saharan Africa countries.According to the World Customs Organisation, most of the shipments originated in China or India and were mostly distributed in Benin, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The 10-day Operation Biyela 2 mobilised 14 African Customs ...
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Argentina seizes US’ ‘illegal’ weaponry
ARGENTINA seized cargo from a US military freighter flying into Buenos Aires in February claiming that it was smuggled weaponry. Two weeks later the issue has still not been resolved threatening US-Argentine relations and trade flow.Facing international criticism for its actions, Amado Boudou, Argentina’s economy minister, said he found it ...
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India seizes UAE aircraft for illegally carrying weapons
A UAE Air Force C-130 Hercules on its way to China was detained at Kolkata (Calcutta) airport for illegally carrying weapons.The aircraft was stopping overnight to refuel en route from Abu Dhabi to the northern Chinese city of Xianyang. It had all the necessary clearances to land in India, but ...
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Legal tangle leads to seized IL-78
A CARGO plane impounded at a Michigan (US) airport is at the centre of a legal, administrative and immigration row.The Ilyushin IL-78 (like the one on the right belonging to the Russian Air Force) was blocked with a snowplow and sanding trucks at Sawyer International Airport by the local sheriff’s ...
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Legal vultures prepare for EU cargo cartel claims windfall
AIR Cargo News has learned that the EU is likely to reveal the results of its enquiry into cargo cartel activities by airlines by the end of September, and possibly even as early as late July. And as the airlines that have already agreed to pay massive fines in the ...
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