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Qantas grounds A380 fleet

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

Following an engine failure on an A380 flight out of Singapore en route to Sydney, Australia’s Qantas has suspended A380 services.

Maximus adds ACMI, charters

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

UAE-based all cargo airline Maximus Air Cargo has launched new ACMI and charter services and plans to add more medium to heavy freighters to its fleet of eight aircraft.

Cargo associations unite to boost global standing

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

Four industry bodies are to co-operate to boost the air cargo industry's global standing.

French pilots abandon planned strike

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

French airline pilots have called off a strike due to start later this week.

Greek bombs prompt blanket ban

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

Greece stopped all overseas air shipments of mail for 48 hours and screened thousands of airfreight packages on Wednesday after 14 mail bombs targeted at embassies and European leaders were discovered.

SpiceJet buys 15 bombardiers

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

Indian airline SpiceJet is to buy up to 30 Bombardier turboprops for US$900 million.

UK widens bans

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

The UK government has banned flights containing unaccompanied air freight from Somalia and introduced tighter restrictions on transporting any toner cartridges by air.

Technology to detect bombs 'isn't there'

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

The costs to the aviation industry of screening every single piece of airfreight may be too high for governments, airlines and shippers, an expert says.

Cathay tips jv okay 'soon'

: Latest News; Friday, 05 November 2010

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways says its long-awaited air cargo venture with Air China could gain regulatory approval as early as this year.