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Unite set to widen BA dispute

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Unite, the union representing UK carrier British Airways' cabin crew, says it could widen the ongoing dispute with the carrier and involve all 30,000 of its members including those representing ground staff, including check-in workers and baggage handlers.

Delta loss narrows

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 September 2010

USA carrier Delta Air Lines racked up red ink totalling US$256 million in the quarter ending March 31. The loss was smaller than a year earlier, when it lost US$794 million.

Air Zim cancels flights, fires pilots

: Latest News; Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Air Zimbabwe has cancelled all international and many regional African flights as a result of a strike by pilots and cabin crew.

Virgin-Air NZ alliance threatened

: Latest News; Monday, 13 September 2010

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination proposing to deny authorisation for an alliance between Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand on their flights between Australia and New Zealand. Under the alliance, the airlines would take a co-ordinated approach to a range of issues including pricing, revenue management, schedules, capacity and routes flown.

Lufthansa freight rates to rise again

: Latest News; Monday, 13 September 2010

German carrier Lufthansa says its SwissWorldCargo unit boosted cargo revenue by 30 per cent in August over the same month last year, while the group overall carried 18.7 per cent more cargo in August than a year ago.

First freighter for Sideral

: Latest News; Monday, 13 September 2010

Sideral Air Cargo, a new cargo airline based in Brazil, has taken delivery of its first freighter, a B737 converted by AEI-Aeronautical Engineers.

Hong Kong Air to buy freighters?

: Latest News; Monday, 13 September 2010

Hong Kong-based Hong Kong Airlines - part of the city's second-largest carrier group - may go public.

FRA sets August freight record

: Latest News; Monday, 13 September 2010

Fraport AG's Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base in Germany says airfreight in August continued to show stable double-figure growth with 185,372 metric tons handled - equal to an 18.4 per cent year-on-year increase. FRA said it was its busiest-ever August for freight handling.

BAA reports its August figures

: Latest News; Monday, 13 September 2010

UK airport operator BAA says it handled 10.6 million passengers in August - 0.6 per cent down on last year - but cargo tonnage was 2.8 per cent ahead of its pre-recession peak.