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Qantas fleet hit again

: Latest News; Thursday, 20 October 2011

Australia's Qantas says ongoing industrial action will force it to ground two more Boeing 767 aircraft from Monday - taking the total to seven - affecting another 80 domestic flights, mainly on east-west services.

K+N reports profit hike

: Latest News; Thursday, 20 October 2011

Swiss logistics major Kuehne + Nagel has reported an increase in profit for the first nine months of the year. Net earnings improved to SFR454 million from SFR449 million in the same period last year.

NZ to proceed against K+N

: Latest News; Thursday, 20 October 2011

The New Zealand High Court has given the country's Commerce Commission the okay to proceed against Kuehne + Nagel, the remaining defendant in a cartel case brought by the Commission last year against six international freight forwarding companies for breaches of the Commerce Act.

Volcanic ash clears, airports reopen

: Latest News; Thursday, 20 October 2011

The main airports in Argentina and Uruguay were up and running again Tuesday this week after being closed by eruptions from neighbouring Chile's Puyehue volcano.

Spinetta in at Air France Group

: Latest News; Thursday, 20 October 2011

As tipped earlier this week, Air France-KLM Group ceo Pierre-Henri Gourgeon has resigned and been replaced as ceo by Jean-Cyril Spinetta, 68, who will take charge until the carrier adopts a single corporate structure later this year.

Lufthansa discloses BMI write-downs

: Latest News; Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Germany's Lufthansa had to write off GBP140 million of its investment in British Midland International (BMI) in the first 18 months as its new owner.

Australian government to step in at Qantas?

: Latest News; Tuesday, 18 October 2011

As the Australian government considers stepping in, the country's flag carrier Qantas Airways says the strikes that have grounded aircraft and forced the cutting of 400 or so domestic flights for the next month could have a serious long-term impact on the carrier.

New study warns of CO2 growth

: Latest News; Tuesday, 18 October 2011

A new report says carbon emissions from air transport will triple by 2050.

Etihad, Virgin in buy talks

: Latest News; Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Middle East airline Etihad is understood to be co-operating with UK-based Virgin Atlantic on a bid for the assets of Lufthansa-owned BMI and separately, Etihad also is believed to have approached the Irish government to buy its 25 per cent stake in Irish national carrier Aer Lingus.