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Cathay delays freighter deliveries

: Latest News; Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways is to delay delivery of two Boeing 747-8 freighters for a year - to 2013 - as demand slows into the first part of next year.

AF447 - what happened

: Latest News; Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Writer Jeff Wise (a contributing editor for Popular Mechanics and the author of Extreme Fear: The Science of Your Mind in Danger) has written a report on the crash of AF447 into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009.

Kingfisher Airlines grounds 15

: Latest News; Wednesday, 21 December 2011

India's Kingfisher Airlines has grounded 15 jets indefinitely as it struggles to raise funds.

Flydubai Cargo to launch 01 January

: Latest News; Monday, 19 December 2011

While some low cost carriers have decided to opt for a no-cargo model, usually in the interest of fast turnarounds as well as minimal handling and administration costs, others have leveraged frequency, on-time dependability and low overheads to secure solid, profitable cargo traffic.

OAG revamps AFRA

: Latest News; Monday, 19 December 2011

OAG Cargo has enhanced and upgraded its AFRA Air Freight Rates application. Newly optimised and enhanced, AFRA is a completely rewritten and improved version of OAG Cargo's cargo rate management tool.

Yields hit as premium passengers fly economy

: Latest News; Monday, 19 December 2011

The economy is pushing business travellers into economy seats, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Flydubai into cargo, commits to e-freight

: Latest News; Monday, 19 December 2011

Dubai's low cost airline flydubai has become the latest LCC airline to launch an airfreight division - and to be part of the industry's e-freight initiative, with all shipments transported using electronic documents rather than paper air waybills.