Germany-based logistics firm Schenker Philippines has reported higher cargo volumes for the first half of the year and according to Reiner Allgeier, the company's managing director, is on target to reach its target of 12 per cent growth for the year
The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) wants the country's government to reconsider selling its stake in Aer Lingus, particularly to Ryanair or any other carrier with a 'budget passenger or limited cargo' focus, saying the strategic importance of the carrier's air cargo facility to Irish high-tech and life sciences exporters has not been given enough consideration.
The Asia Pacific region will lead the world in pilot and technician recruitment over the next 20 years, plane maker Boeing claims, with 185,600 pilots and 243,500 technicians needed.
Edinburgh, Scotland-based John Menzies is to close its UK cargo operations at Glasgow, Birmingham, East Midlands and Manchester airports in order to return its UK cargo business to profitability, the firm says.
US carrier Hawaiian Airlines is to launch non-stop services between Auckland, New Zealand and Honolulu three times a week from March 14 2013.
The UK government is proposing to allow more international airlines to use London's Gatwick, Stansted and Luton airports, prompting concerns that cheaper landing and other aviation fees at these rivals to Heathrow airport might cause a price war.
New airport scanners disguised as queue barriers and designed to detect radioactive 'dirty bombs' and DIY biological weapons could soon be introduced in UK and other countries' airports.
Shanghai could well be the world's top air cargo hub by 2015, the city's airport authority's boss says.
DHL has opened its biggest express hub in Asia, the US$175 million DHL Express North Asia Hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
Germany-based logistics firm Schenker Philippines has reported higher cargo volumes for the first half of the year and according to Reiner Allgeier, the company's managing director, is on target to reach its target of 12 per cent growth for the year
The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) wants the country's government to reconsider selling its stake in Aer Lingus, particularly to Ryanair or any other carrier with a 'budget passenger or limited cargo' focus, saying the strategic importance of the carrier's air cargo facility to Irish high-tech and life sciences exporters has not been given enough consideration.
The Asia Pacific region will lead the world in pilot and technician recruitment over the next 20 years, plane maker Boeing claims, with 185,600 pilots and 243,500 technicians needed.
Edinburgh, Scotland-based John Menzies is to close its UK cargo operations at Glasgow, Birmingham, East Midlands and Manchester airports in order to return its UK cargo business to profitability, the firm says.
US carrier Hawaiian Airlines is to launch non-stop services between Auckland, New Zealand and Honolulu three times a week from March 14 2013.
The UK government is proposing to allow more international airlines to use London's Gatwick, Stansted and Luton airports, prompting concerns that cheaper landing and other aviation fees at these rivals to Heathrow airport might cause a price war.
New airport scanners disguised as queue barriers and designed to detect radioactive 'dirty bombs' and DIY biological weapons could soon be introduced in UK and other countries' airports.
Shanghai could well be the world's top air cargo hub by 2015, the city's airport authority's boss says.
DHL has opened its biggest express hub in Asia, the US$175 million DHL Express North Asia Hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
