This weekend, Ethiopian Airlines will become the first African carrier to operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with the plane to be used on routes around the continent.
Frankfurt Airport, Germany's cargo volumes dropped steadily during the first 2012 half year, with a 9.9 per cent drop in domestic freight volumes and overall tonnage down by almost the same amount compared to first half 2011.
Finland's Finnair says its Q2 loss shrank to EUR19.8 million from EUR23 million a year earlier, in part thanks to a cost-cutting campaign. Sales were up more than 10 per cent to EUR594.4 million.
European media are carrying stories - and security x-ray pictures - of a drunk Norwegian tourist who fell asleep on the baggage belt at Rome's Fiumicino airport and travelled 160 feet before he was identified by an X-ray scanner.
Cathay Pacific is spending HK$3 billion on upgrades to premium lounges, plus business class and premium economy cabins on aircraft scheduled for regions including Australia.
OAG Cargo has announced that Saudi Airlines Cargo is to put its US origin rates - General, BellyFlex, MainDeck, Dangerous Goods, Perishable and Courier - on its Air Freight Rate Application (AFRA).
This weekend, Ethiopian Airlines will become the first African carrier to operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with the plane to be used on routes around the continent.
Frankfurt Airport, Germany's cargo volumes dropped steadily during the first 2012 half year, with a 9.9 per cent drop in domestic freight volumes and overall tonnage down by almost the same amount compared to first half 2011.
Finland's Finnair says its Q2 loss shrank to EUR19.8 million from EUR23 million a year earlier, in part thanks to a cost-cutting campaign. Sales were up more than 10 per cent to EUR594.4 million.
European media are carrying stories - and security x-ray pictures - of a drunk Norwegian tourist who fell asleep on the baggage belt at Rome's Fiumicino airport and travelled 160 feet before he was identified by an X-ray scanner.
Cathay Pacific is spending HK$3 billion on upgrades to premium lounges, plus business class and premium economy cabins on aircraft scheduled for regions including Australia.
OAG Cargo has announced that Saudi Airlines Cargo is to put its US origin rates - General, BellyFlex, MainDeck, Dangerous Goods, Perishable and Courier - on its Air Freight Rate Application (AFRA).