Chinese manufacturing figures suggest the admitted downturn there may worsen, with the state-affiliated China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing's purchasing managers index down 2.9 percentage points to 50.4 per cent for May, while an HSBC survey that is more focused on exporters shows manufacturing continues to contract.
The US and the European Union are to recognise each other's standards for air-cargo security screening.
An Algerian-owned B727 Allied Air Cargo plane flying from Nigeria and attempting to land at the international airport in Ghana's capital crashed on Saturday, killing 10 land-side passengers travelling in a bus.
Norwegian travellers and those involved in airfreight face disruption from June 4 after a workers dispute escalated to affect passengers and cargo at major airports Oslo, Bergen, Trodheim, Stavanger and Tromso.
UAE flag carrier Etihad Airways has taken a 3.96 per cent stake in Virgin Australia.
Singapore-based Tiger Airways will acquire a 40 per cent stake in Philippines-based Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAir) from foreign shareholders at a cost of US$7 million less liabilities, assuming a satisfactory due diligence process.
Five Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, USA have been fired and another 38 suspended after they were found guilty of failing to perform random screenings last year.
Turkey's Turkish Airlines has confirmed it will not purchase loss-making Lot Polish Airlines.
UAE-based Etihad Airways will launch a daily non-stop passenger and freight service from Abu Dhabi to Sao Paulo in Brazil, South America from June 2013.
Chinese manufacturing figures suggest the admitted downturn there may worsen, with the state-affiliated China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing's purchasing managers index down 2.9 percentage points to 50.4 per cent for May, while an HSBC survey that is more focused on exporters shows manufacturing continues to contract.
The US and the European Union are to recognise each other's standards for air-cargo security screening.
An Algerian-owned B727 Allied Air Cargo plane flying from Nigeria and attempting to land at the international airport in Ghana's capital crashed on Saturday, killing 10 land-side passengers travelling in a bus.
Norwegian travellers and those involved in airfreight face disruption from June 4 after a workers dispute escalated to affect passengers and cargo at major airports Oslo, Bergen, Trodheim, Stavanger and Tromso.
UAE flag carrier Etihad Airways has taken a 3.96 per cent stake in Virgin Australia.
Singapore-based Tiger Airways will acquire a 40 per cent stake in Philippines-based Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAir) from foreign shareholders at a cost of US$7 million less liabilities, assuming a satisfactory due diligence process.
Five Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, USA have been fired and another 38 suspended after they were found guilty of failing to perform random screenings last year.
Turkey's Turkish Airlines has confirmed it will not purchase loss-making Lot Polish Airlines.
UAE-based Etihad Airways will launch a daily non-stop passenger and freight service from Abu Dhabi to Sao Paulo in Brazil, South America from June 2013.
