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Lufthansa cargo pulls Frankfurt funds

: Latest News; Thursday, 24 November 2011

Germany's Lufthansa Cargo has frozen plans to invest around EUR1 billion in Frankfurt airport because of the night-flight ban there.

UPS to hike 2012 rates

: Latest News; Thursday, 24 November 2011

Package delivery giant United Parcel Service (UPS) is to hike rates for most shipping services from January 2, 2012, with a 4.9 per cent net increase on UPS Ground, UPS Air services and international shipments that originate in the United States.

Qantas dispute talks fail

: Latest News; Thursday, 24 November 2011

Australia's Qantas Airways is to submit to 'binding arbitration' by government conciliation body Fair Work Australia over its dispute with the Transport Workers Union (TWU).

Asia braces for export falls

: Latest News; Thursday, 24 November 2011

Asian nations are expecting a sharp slowdown in exports to Europe, reports say.

Qantas fails to reach agreement with AIPA

: Latest News; Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Australian airline Qantas has been unable to reach a new agreement with the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) and both parties concluded that Fair Work Australia will need to resolve the dispute.

Vietnam Air to be privatised

: Latest News; Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Vietnam's government is to allow national carrier Vietnam Airlines to privatise, although the state will retain more than half of the shares in the firm.

Cathay to add freighters

: Latest News; Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways says it expects to grow its air cargo capacity by 15-20 per cent in 2012, despite posting a 17.5 per cent drop in October from a year earlier. It is due to receive two more Boeing 747-8 freighters in the period.

Airbus in A330 conversion plan

: Latest News; Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Airbus is talking to Singapore Technologies Aerospace about converting A330 wide-body passenger jets into freighters.

Air Australia seeks Vietnam rights

: Latest News; Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Australia's Air Australia Airways (formerly Strategic Air) has applied to the International Air Services Commission (IASC) to operate four frequencies per week from Australian mainline ports (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth), as well as an allocation of unlimited capacity from all other Australian ports to Vietnam.