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KINGFISHER Airlines has launched a door-to-door express cargo service, Kingfisher Express.
A NEW Zealand judge has ruled that the country’s anti-cartel Commerce Commission abused rules by preventing Air New Zealand from questioning employees the commission had interviewed.
A 5.5m, 68kg panel fell from an Atlas Air 747 freighter on Friday landing in a Miami shopping mall’s car park.
A round up of recent airport news
AIR India is to split off its cargo unit into an autonomous business.
THIS year's Cargo Airline of the Year award is almost here and ten lucky people will win $100 for voting.
Revolutionary web portal allows shippers to bypass freight forwarders that they say ‘don’t add value’
REALISING its results for the quarter ended 31 December, management of Nippon Cargo Airlines parent NYK, felt compelled to add a statement that negotiations with Japan Airlines about a merger of NCA with JAL Cargo had not come to a conclusion but were still going on.
A new B777 passenger service from Singapore Airlines and the start of Il-96 freighter services by Polet, will be key sources of growth for Munich Airport in the months ahead, making up for the loss of B747F services from Cathay Pacific and Korean Air in the downturn.
DRAMATIC year-on-year growth in December helped Frankfurt to achieve its second best day ever for freight on 13 December – a sign that the air cargo market might truly be on the mend.
Bogota airport is handing over its cargo infrastructure to US-based cargo facility developer Lynxs Group to manage and operate it.
FOLLOWING its acquisition of an ex-Air France B747-400ERF in late 2009, AirBridgeCargo is looking to rapidly expand its fleet further
IN December 2009, the ACI PaxFlash and FreightFlash traffic reports show a surge in traffic worldwide.
AIR Partner has expanded into Turkey and Hong Kong as part of its on-going geographical growth plans to enter new and emerging markets.
RUSSIA’S government, keen to retake control of the country’s aviation sector, has encouraged the oligarch, Alexander Lebedev, to sell his 25.8 per cent stake in the carrier.
THE proposed merger between Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and Japan Airlines’ (JAL) cargo division has stalled.
AIR Charter Service’s (ACS) opening of a new office in Toronto has led to a string of promotions around the world.
BRUSSELS Airport handled 450,000 tonnes of cargo in 2009: a drop by 32.1 per cent from 2008’s 661,000 tonnes.
THE WCA Family Conference Week, held between 10 and 17 January, attracted 1,400 delegates, 300 more than originally planned.
NIGERIA, in a move to “checkmate” foreign companies that operate in the country, is now requiring freight forwarders to register to operate within the country.
AS part of the e-freight initiative, Cargonaut International and Traxon Europe have jointly launched a web-based central document and message management system: eCargoPouch.
FIGURES from the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) for December and full-year 2009 show the aviation industry ended 2009 with the largest ever decline since World War II.
JAPAN Airlines (JAL) Group has made two new appointments for its restructure.
MNG Airlines of Turkey has appointed Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) to convert a B737-400SF passenger aircraft into a freighter. It will be MNG’s second conversion and is expected for delivery in May.
CHILE’S main carrier LAN recorded a fall in net profit of 31 per cent to US$231 million in 2009.
FOLLOWING the Irish air traffic controllers strike last week, the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has called for the government to add no strike clause to the controllers’ terms of employment.
THANKS to a rebound in cargo demand, Korean Air has posted almost a seven-fold increase in its quarterly operating profit.
AN extensive investigation into the tangled web of shell companies that were behind the Il-76 seized in Bangkok (Thailand) for arms running has tracked its owner back to Almaty (Kazakhstan).
AIRBRIDGECARGO Airlines has awarded Wallenborn Group a contract for Europe-wide distribution.
HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) handled 2,323,605 tonnes of cargo in 2009, representing a year-on-year reduction of 8.3 per cent.
Avient is to take delivery of another MD-11 freighter tomorrow.
AN Ethiopian Airlines 737 has crashed into the sea shortly after take off from Beirut (Lebanon).
AIR France-KLM December’s cargo business saw a marked, 8.4 point improvement in its load factor to 70.1 per cent.
THE air cargo industry has responded with lightning speed, great ingenuity and huge generosity following the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti at 16.53 local time on 12 January.
WHEN a swathe of major airlines publicly announced rate rises in late summer 2009, the reaction was one of derision from major forwarders.
REBUILDING load factor and yield is the focus at Air France-KLM Cargo, as the carrier lags behind its Asian rivals in traffic performance, but reports continued improvement in unit revenues.
THE need to meet the requirements of bank finance agreements following substantial losses in the fiscal year 2008-9, was behind a major recapitalisation of the carrier announced on 30 November, according to its chief executive officer, Ulrich Ogiermann.
SWITZERLAND and Thailand have agreed to an open skies policy that will allow unlimited cargo services between the two countries.
CARGOLUX has signed a five-year agreement with ULD supply and management provider, Unitpool.
TAIWAN’S China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways both recorded high traffic figures in December, thanks largely to an upswing in cargo shipments.
DHL Express has donated Ohio’s Wilmington Air Park to the local Clinton County Port Authority.
AIR China is to receive a US$220 million government subsidy to buy out Air China Cargo.
CANADA’S WestJet has appointed Exp-Air Cargo its GSSA for customers throughout Canada, the US, Mexico and the Caribbean.
CATHAY Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for December 2009 show a sharp growth in cargo and mail tonnage compared to December 2008.
Japan Airlines (JAL) has filed for bankruptcy protection following months of financial uncertainty.
MALAYSIA Airlines Cargo (MASKargo) says that it is aiming to grow 10 to 15 per cent this year.
LUFTHANSA pilots have been balloted by the union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) as to whether they should strike over a disputed pay rise and job security concerns.
MIDEX Airlines has bought two used 747-200 freighters.
PANAIR Cargo has appointed European Cargo Services (ECS) as its cargo general sales agent in 20 countries throughout Europe, Scandinavia and Singapore.
FRANKFURT Airport (FRA) saw airfreight traffic continue its upward trend in December 2009.
GERMANY’S Blue Wings has ceased operations following a financial dispute with shareholder Alexander Lebedev.
JAPAN’S prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, has appointed Zen monk and business guru, Kazuo Inamori as the head of troubled Japan Airlines (JAL).
AEROLOGIC, the joint venture cargo airline of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo, is expanding its network, following delivery of two additional aircraft last month.
MARTINAIR is to start offering scheduled services from Viracopus (Brazil) to Quito and Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Bogota (Colombia) on its four-times-a-week MD-11 freighter flights.
DECEMBER traffic figures for Chile’s LAN Cargo show volumes rose 23.8 per cent from the year before.
VIETNAM Airlines (VNA) handled 131,220 tonnes of cargo in 2009, an increase of 2.3 per cent from 2008.
ASTAR Air Cargo will lay off over two-thirds – 303 – of its pilots between 6 March and 1 July.
FOLLOWING the start to its operations in September 2009, Cargoitalia is adding two new destinations to its network
AAC Capital Partners (AAC), a Northern European buy-out firm, has acquired a majority stake in Sweden’s Envirotainer, the provider of temperature-controlled airfreight containers for the pharmaceutical industry.
FRENCH air traffic controllers have decided to launch a strike despite Europe already suffering delays from the freezing weather conditions.
AIR-France-KLM has discovered over €20 million missing from its records.
ASTAR Air Cargo (ASTAR) has promoted Stephen Dodd to chief financial officer.
AIRBRIDGECARGO (ABC) has named Network Cargo Systems (NCS) its general sales and service agent (GSSA) for the US and Canada.
BULGARIA’S Cargo Air has chosen Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers to provide a B737-300SF passenger-to-freighter conversion.
FREIGHTER lessor, Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP), has cancelled half of its four new 747-8 freighter orders with Boeing.
YET more customs officials at Chennai (India) have been found guilty of accepting bribes to clear cargo.
HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) handled 232,476 tonnes in December 2009, an increase of 38.5 per cent from the same month in 2008.
EMIRATES is increasing its services to Jakarta (Indonesia) from 1 March with three more flights a week.
UPS is to restructure its US operations with the loss of 1,800 jobs
2009 provides a dire warning to cargo divisions as airline chief executives lose patience with mounting losses
THE Middle East has a new option for express cargo transport following Kuwait-based Wataniya Airways’ recent launch of cargo services.
POOR Japan Airlines (JAL). At the start of December it looked like it had been given a reprieve from having to sell itself to a US carrier by the Japanese government giving it a loan for ¥700 billion (US$7.8 billion) – its fourth handout since 2001.
LOTS of factors could upset the apple cart in 2010, starting with the behaviour of European and US consumers.
IATA’s traffic results for November 2009 show global airfreight demand was up 9.5 per cent over November 2008.
THE founder of New York-based National Air Cargo has been “vindicated” from allegations of fraud.
ANOTHER senior Air New Zealand manager has been implicated in the alleged anti-competitive global air cargo fuel surcharge cartel being investigated by New Zealand’s Commerce Commission.
A SMALL cargo aircraft has crashed near Chicago killing both pilot and co-pilot.
PEMCO World Air Services, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the 757 cargo conversion operations and assets of Alcoa-SIE Conversions (ASCC).
The recovery during the peak season for airfreight from Asia has been confirmed by much improved growth figures from Singapore Changi airport.
DB Schenker has launched a new ‘Go for Growth’ programme to bolster growth in its contract logistics business unit.
AIRPORTS Council International director general, Angela Gittens, announced annual airport economics results.
SWISS WorldCargo has announced the launch of direct flights between Zurich and San Francisco, effective 2 June, 2010.
EMIRATES will launch a daily flight to Prague from 1 July next year.
MUNICH Airport chief executive officer, Dr Michael Kerkloh and the head of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, Serirat Prasutanond, were on hand for the official ceremony to finalise the Sister Airport agreement
Spanish-owned airport operator BAA has won its appeal against a ruling by the UK Competition Commission that it must sell three of its airports.
AN Air West Georgia Il-76 that was seized and detained in Bangkok on 11 December was carrying arms destined for Iran, according to US media reports.
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has appointed Globe Air Cargo as its exclusive GSA partner in Poland.
AirAsia X has signed a five-year extension of agreement with Swiss asset management company, Unitpool to support the airline’s cargo growth plans.
ON 19 December, Martinair Cargo carried out a unique operation by flying four white rhino’s from Prague to Nairobi using a Boeing 747-400BCF.
BRITISH Airways cabin crew walkout has been blocked by the High Court, after ruling that the strike ballot was illegal.
CARGOLOGIC AG and Cargologic Freight Services, will merge on 1 January, 2010.
THE sudden lack of capacity and build-up of shipments waiting for transportation, highlights the disjointed nature of the air cargo supply chain.
DUBAI-based Dnata has acquired two major UK ground and cargo handling operations in a deal worth £15 million.
THE Shenzhen-based Chinese private cargo carrier – Donghai Airlines, inaugurated non-stop scheduled freight services between Shenzhen and Manila on 15 December, 2009.
THE International Air Transport Association revised its financial outlook for 2010 to an expected US$5.6 billion global net loss, larger than the previously forecast loss of $3.8 billion.
THE British International Freight Association (BIFA), welcomes the appointment of Clive Broadley as president of CLECAT, the Brussels based European Association for forwarding, transport, logistic and customs services.
AN Post, the Irish Post Office, has awarded a contract to airBaltic for the carriage of mail between Ireland and Riga (Latvia), Vilnius (Lithuania) and Tallinn (Estonia).
IN the true spirit of giving, American Airlines Cargo and DHL Express, recently partnered to deliver premium steak dinners to US troops based in Afghanistan.
A humanitarian relief aid initiative from the UAE took flight at the Dubai Air Show 2009. Maximus Air Cargo joined forces with Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi Airports Company, to launch ‘Care by Air’.
FRAPORT Cargo Services GmbH revokes warehouse management service of Kuehne + Nagel Airlift airfreight warehouse at Frankfurt airport.
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Clinton – al Qaeda Is Greater Threat Than Iran, N. Korea
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:35:46 +0000Clinton told CNN’s “State of the Union” that there is “a continuing threat” from Al-Qaeda on the American people and US officials were only able to contain so far since “over the last six months, we have seen attacks foiled, people arrested and charged, so that you have to be constantly vigilant. And that is [...]This story comes to us via Homeland
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Serial Firebombing Suspect Captured by Police
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:24:29 +0000A 26-year-old man accused of throwing fire bombs at two police stations, a school, a house and one that destroyed a truck was arrested early Sunday after a high-speed freeway pursuit that started in Del Mar Heights and ended in Temecula. Edward Batties of San Diego was taken into custody on Interstate 15 about 5:30 [...]This story comes to us via Homeland
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Schumer Protests Elimination of Anti-terrorist Coast Guard Unit
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:37:48 +0000Sen. Chuck Schumer is protesting an Obama Administration plan to eliminate an anti-terrorist Coast Guard unit that keeps watch over the city’s harbor.
“They are our eyes and ears,” Schumer said of the elite, 90-member Coast Guard unit established after 9/11. The unit provides terror-related surveillance and security for waterfront events like the Fourth of July [...]This story comes to us via Homeland
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Drug Cartels Tighten Grip, Mexico Becoming Narco-state
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:39:12 +0000Chris Hawley of the Arizona Republic covers the declining situation in Mexico, in this must-read article.
For months, the leaders of Tancitaro had held firm against the drug lords battling for control of this central Mexican town.
Then one morning, after months of threats and violence from the traffickers, they finally surrendered.
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Interagency Teams Can Now Question Terror Suspects
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:28:20 +0000Interagency interrogation teams have started to question key terrorism suspects under a classified charter approved last week, but authorities have been slower to resolve pressing issues that emerged since Christmas — including how to draw the line between gathering intelligence and building a legal case, according to federal officials and experts following the process.
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Anthrax Contaminated Heroin Continues To Spread
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:14:56 +0000British authorities today warned drug users that heroin in London was highly likely to be contaminated with anthrax, after a first confirmed case there and following nine deaths in Scotland.
“While public health investigations are ongoing, it must be assumed that all heroin in London carries the risk of anthrax contamination,” said Dr. Brian McCloskey, who [...]This story comes to us via Homeland
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Intel Chief – U.S. May Target Americans Involved in Terrorism
Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:21:55 +0000Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair acknowledged Wednesday that government agencies may kill U.S. citizens abroad who are involved in terrorist activities if they are “taking action that threatens Americans.”
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Christmas Day Bombing Suspect Gives Info on Yemen Radical
Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:10:17 +0000The Nigerian suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing turned against the cleric who claims to be his teacher and has helped the U.S. hunt for the radical preacher, a law enforcement official said Thursday.
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NORAD Trains for Terrorist Attack Over Northwest Ohio
Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:55:34 +0000The 180th Air National Guard at Toledo Express Airport trained for a terrorist attack Thursday. They were part of a NORAD exercise where two armed F-16’s took flight to intercept a passenger jet possibly hijacked by terrorists.
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Liquefied Natural Gas Tankers From Yemen Allowed In Boston Harbor
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:55:20 +0000Interesting story out of Boston. The Boston Herald reports that the U.S. Coast Guard will allow tankers from Yemen carrying liquefied natural gas to begin rolling into Boston Harbor later this month despite elected officials’ fears about the highly flammable cargo originating from a suspected al-Qaeda stronghold.
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Hakimullah Mehsud, Taliban Leader Dead or Alive?
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:43:31 +0000Is Hakimullah Mehsud the leader of pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan still alive? There are conflicting reports that say he may have survived a US drone strike conducted on mid January.
Pakistan’s intelligence officials are convinced that the country’s top insurgent has been killed, although the claim is yet to be confirmed by the US.
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Imam Arrested Trying To Smuggle Razors and Scissors Into Jail
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:16:18 +0000An imam with the city Department of Correction was busted trying to smuggle razors and a pair of scissors into the Tombs on Wednesday morning, sources said.
Zul-Qarnain Shahid, 58, had his briefcase scanned at about 9 a.m. after reporting to work at the Manhattan Detention Complex, sources said.
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Canada – 2 Tons Of Ammonium Nitrate Possibly Still Missing?
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:10:12 +0000This story came out two weeks ago and we didn’t post it. At the time it appeared the two tons of missing ammonium nitrate was most likely just a clerical error. Apparently that may not be end of the story according to an article in CTV News. We’ve been unable to locate any additional information [...]This story comes to us via Homeland
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Official Says Terrorism Suspect Is Cooperating
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:08:26 +0000Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a jetliner bound for Detroit on Dec. 25, started talking to investigators after two of his family members arrived in the United States and helped earn his cooperation, a senior administration official said Tuesday evening.
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