Cargo volumes internationally are dropping and yields are hard to achieve, but UAE-based Emirates SkyCargo handled 1.7 per cent more freight last year - 1,796,000 tonnes - and reported revenues of AED9.5 billion - an 8.4 per cent, year-over-year increase.
Robert Hedrick, 60, the founder of Pan American Airways, a cargo carrier based in Texas, USA (and not related to Pan American World Airways which went bankrupt in 1991) has been convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography and attempted sexual exploitation of children.
Australian airline Qantas Group has reduced flights servicing the Northern Territory.
Singapore's Changi Airport has reported a steeper decline in its April cargo volumes, down 4.9 per cent from a year earlier to 148,200 tonnes. The March figure was a fall of 1.8 per cent.
The report into the tragedy of Air France 447 is due next month, but an article in the UK's Telegraph media says Airbus's aircraft design may have contributed to one of the world's worst aviation disasters and the deaths of all on board.
The board of directors of Thailand's Thai Airways International has terminated president Piyasvasti Amranand's contract, citing communication problems as the main reason.
Chinese airlines will continue to oppose the European Union's emissions trading system (EU ETS tax) despite the EU's threats of punitive measures in response.
Australian airline the Qantas Group has confirmed a restructure of its airline business and changes to its executive team in the next phase of the five-year transformation plan launched in August 2011.
Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS have finalised their collaboration agreement for the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion program. The announcementfollows the MoU announced at the Singapore Airshow in February this year, which set out the project’s foundation and granted ‘Authorisation To Offer’ for the A330P2F.
Cargo volumes internationally are dropping and yields are hard to achieve, but UAE-based Emirates SkyCargo handled 1.7 per cent more freight last year - 1,796,000 tonnes - and reported revenues of AED9.5 billion - an 8.4 per cent, year-over-year increase.
Robert Hedrick, 60, the founder of Pan American Airways, a cargo carrier based in Texas, USA (and not related to Pan American World Airways which went bankrupt in 1991) has been convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography and attempted sexual exploitation of children.
Australian airline Qantas Group has reduced flights servicing the Northern Territory.
Singapore's Changi Airport has reported a steeper decline in its April cargo volumes, down 4.9 per cent from a year earlier to 148,200 tonnes. The March figure was a fall of 1.8 per cent.
The report into the tragedy of Air France 447 is due next month, but an article in the UK's Telegraph media says Airbus's aircraft design may have contributed to one of the world's worst aviation disasters and the deaths of all on board.
The board of directors of Thailand's Thai Airways International has terminated president Piyasvasti Amranand's contract, citing communication problems as the main reason.
Chinese airlines will continue to oppose the European Union's emissions trading system (EU ETS tax) despite the EU's threats of punitive measures in response.
Australian airline the Qantas Group has confirmed a restructure of its airline business and changes to its executive team in the next phase of the five-year transformation plan launched in August 2011.
Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS have finalised their collaboration agreement for the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion program. The announcementfollows the MoU announced at the Singapore Airshow in February this year, which set out the project’s foundation and granted ‘Authorisation To Offer’ for the A330P2F.
