The Houston-Auckland ultra long-haul route planned by United Airlines (UA) to maximise the potential of its new Boeing 787 equipment has been cancelled. The service had been touted by United, and prior to that by Continental, as a significant advance in cargo and passenger movement between the United States and Australasia.
Investigations are continuing into the two Nigerian aircraft crashes last weekend.
India's Air India (AI) is to embark on an international pilot recruitment drive to counter the impact of an ongoing industrial dispute.
US express delivery and airline supply firm Air T says subsidiaries Mountain Air Cargo, CSA Air, Global Ground Support and Global Aviation Services reported a 37 per cent year-over-year decrease in net earnings despite an increase in airfreight revenue, which was up 14 per cent at US$6,009,000 from fiscal 2011.
US plane maker Boeing has delivered its twentieth 747-8, a freighter, to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, which will operate it on behalf of Swiss freight operator Panalpina.
In the UK, false fire alarms are attended by London Fire Brigade (LFB) almost once every 10 minutes and cost the taxpayer GBP37 million per year, with Heathrow Airport one of the main offenders.
Air Transport Services Group's (ATSG's) ABX Air subsidiary has deployed two Boeing 767 freighter aircraft with DHL in the US under a short-term ACMI arrangement.
US-based FedEx has retired 24 jets in its US domestic Express division in response to lower shipping volumes.
UAE-based Emirates Airline has launched a new, direct SkyCargo service from Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Dubai. Ho Chi Minh City is the 14th SkyCargo base for Emirates in the Far East.
The Houston-Auckland ultra long-haul route planned by United Airlines (UA) to maximise the potential of its new Boeing 787 equipment has been cancelled. The service had been touted by United, and prior to that by Continental, as a significant advance in cargo and passenger movement between the United States and Australasia.
Investigations are continuing into the two Nigerian aircraft crashes last weekend.
India's Air India (AI) is to embark on an international pilot recruitment drive to counter the impact of an ongoing industrial dispute.
US express delivery and airline supply firm Air T says subsidiaries Mountain Air Cargo, CSA Air, Global Ground Support and Global Aviation Services reported a 37 per cent year-over-year decrease in net earnings despite an increase in airfreight revenue, which was up 14 per cent at US$6,009,000 from fiscal 2011.
US plane maker Boeing has delivered its twentieth 747-8, a freighter, to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, which will operate it on behalf of Swiss freight operator Panalpina.
In the UK, false fire alarms are attended by London Fire Brigade (LFB) almost once every 10 minutes and cost the taxpayer GBP37 million per year, with Heathrow Airport one of the main offenders.
Air Transport Services Group's (ATSG's) ABX Air subsidiary has deployed two Boeing 767 freighter aircraft with DHL in the US under a short-term ACMI arrangement.
US-based FedEx has retired 24 jets in its US domestic Express division in response to lower shipping volumes.
UAE-based Emirates Airline has launched a new, direct SkyCargo service from Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Dubai. Ho Chi Minh City is the 14th SkyCargo base for Emirates in the Far East.
