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Air France Group tightens reins

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Saturday, 14 January 2012

Europe's Air France-KLM Group says it will cut fleet size and capacity, freeze pay and hiring and enter into productivity talks with unions as it restructures to meet predicted challenges to the sector.

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Lufthansa Cargo tips strong 2012

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Saturday, 14 January 2012

Germany's Lufthansa Cargo says it carried 1.9 million tonnes of freight and mail in 2011, up five per cent year-over-year and it also increased capacity by 8.6 per cent. Head of sales Andreas Otto said despite planning to cut capacity this year, the carrier expected strong tonnage growth.

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AirAsia X exits Europe, India

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Saturday, 14 January 2012

Malaysian low-cost long haul carrier AirAsia X is to pull out of Paris, France; London, UK and Mumbai and New Delhi, India, citing taxes and other government impediments to growth as well as falling passenger demand from Europe.

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November cargo totals slip

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Thursday, 12 January 2012

International Air Transport Association (IATA) data for November 2011 show demand for Asian-manufactured goods in the US and the eurozone contributed to a freight drop of 3.1 per cent year-over-year.

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AA Cargo tops JFK totals

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Thursday, 12 January 2012

US carrier American Airlines Cargo (AA Cargo) has topped the list of cargo carriers by tonnage at New York's JFK International Airport with more than 115,000 tons of cargo (or 9.1 percent of total cargo handled at the airport year-to-date) through October 2011.

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Emirates adds 1st class and second Glasgow service

Latest News
Thursday, 12 January 2012

UAE-based Emirates airline is to introduce a second daily non-stop flight - and will introduce first class on both services at the same time, a Scottish airports first - from Glasgow to Dubai from the beginning of June. The new service increases capacity on the route by 47 per cent, an extra 199 seats each way.

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MAS boosts international frequencies

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Thursday, 12 January 2012

Following recent cutbacks on poorly-performing routes, effective 25 March 2012, Malaysia's Malaysia Airlines is increasing its weekly frequencies to several better-performing ASEAN destinations as well as to Beijing, Taipei and Los Angeles.

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GACAG adds voice to anti-EU ETS bodies

Latest News
Wednesday, 11 January 2012

The aviation Industry advisory group Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) has urged the European Union to rethink its decision to force the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) on the aviation sector. Implementation, which took effect January 1, will spark a divisive and ultimately costly dispute with the international community and the global aviation industry, including the air cargo sector and its customers, said GACAG.

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United

Air France Group tightens reins

Latest News
Saturday, 14 January 2012

Europe's Air France-KLM Group says it will cut fleet size and capacity, freeze pay and hiring and enter into productivity talks with unions as it restructures to meet predicted challenges to the sector.

Read more ...

Lufthansa Cargo tips strong 2012

Latest News
Saturday, 14 January 2012

Germany's Lufthansa Cargo says it carried 1.9 million tonnes of freight and mail in 2011, up five per cent year-over-year and it also increased capacity by 8.6 per cent. Head of sales Andreas Otto said despite planning to cut capacity this year, the carrier expected strong tonnage growth.

Read more ...

AirAsia X exits Europe, India

Latest News
Saturday, 14 January 2012

Malaysian low-cost long haul carrier AirAsia X is to pull out of Paris, France; London, UK and Mumbai and New Delhi, India, citing taxes and other government impediments to growth as well as falling passenger demand from Europe.

Read more ...

November cargo totals slip

Latest News
Thursday, 12 January 2012

International Air Transport Association (IATA) data for November 2011 show demand for Asian-manufactured goods in the US and the eurozone contributed to a freight drop of 3.1 per cent year-over-year.

Read more ...

AA Cargo tops JFK totals

Latest News
Thursday, 12 January 2012

US carrier American Airlines Cargo (AA Cargo) has topped the list of cargo carriers by tonnage at New York's JFK International Airport with more than 115,000 tons of cargo (or 9.1 percent of total cargo handled at the airport year-to-date) through October 2011.

Read more ...

Emirates adds 1st class and second Glasgow service

Latest News
Thursday, 12 January 2012

UAE-based Emirates airline is to introduce a second daily non-stop flight - and will introduce first class on both services at the same time, a Scottish airports first - from Glasgow to Dubai from the beginning of June. The new service increases capacity on the route by 47 per cent, an extra 199 seats each way.

Read more ...

MAS boosts international frequencies

Latest News
Thursday, 12 January 2012

Following recent cutbacks on poorly-performing routes, effective 25 March 2012, Malaysia's Malaysia Airlines is increasing its weekly frequencies to several better-performing ASEAN destinations as well as to Beijing, Taipei and Los Angeles.

Read more ...

GACAG adds voice to anti-EU ETS bodies

Latest News
Wednesday, 11 January 2012

The aviation Industry advisory group Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) has urged the European Union to rethink its decision to force the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) on the aviation sector. Implementation, which took effect January 1, will spark a divisive and ultimately costly dispute with the international community and the global aviation industry, including the air cargo sector and its customers, said GACAG.

Read more ...

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