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DHL to close Belgium HQ

: Latest News; Tuesday, 01 December 2009

DHL Express says it plans to move its European headquarter operations from Belgium to both Germany and the Czech Republic – and will shed up to 788 jobs in Brussels.

FedEx opens Ningbo office

: Latest News; Tuesday, 01 December 2009

FedEx Trade Networks has opened a freight forwarding office in Ningbo, China as part of its global expansion plans.

Australia-EU open skies closer

: Latest News; Tuesday, 01 December 2009

An ‘open skies’ agreement between Australia and the European Union (EU), as well as a global framework for managing the aviation industry’s carbon emissions, are a step closer following a meeting in Rome between Australian transport minister Anthony Albanese and Antonio Tajani, vice president of the European Commission and commissioner for Transport.

Germany backflips on night flight bans

: Latest News; Sunday, 29 November 2009

Germany plans to ease regulations limiting night flights at the country’s airports following lobbying by Lufthansa Cargo to ease proposed night-flight restrictions at Frankfurt.

Carbon offsets – the BBC tracks the money

: Latest News; Sunday, 29 November 2009

Following the recent public withdrawal of firms and government bodies from carbon offset schemes, the BBC web site now carries an interesting article that gives some detail on where carbon offset monies actually go.

Cathay having toilet trouble

: Latest News; Friday, 27 November 2009

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific says in the past couple of weeks, toilets on its A330 and A340 planes have broken on three separate occasions.

European airlines slam compensation plan

: Latest News; Friday, 27 November 2009

European airlines have reacted sharply to EU moves to force them to set up a compensation fund for passengers stranded by failed airlines, saying the move would be a costly response to an "infinitesimally small" problem.