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DHL buys First Choice

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

DHL Global Forwarding is to implement the customer-loyalty program ‘First Choice’.

Qantas Freight adds Dallas weekly

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

Qantas Freight is to add a weekly B747-400F service to Dallas, Texas, USA from 6 August, flying Australia-Shanghai, China to Dallas via Chicago and then back to Sydney, Australia direct.

TNT opens Vietnam facility

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

Freight and logistics company TNT has opened an expanded and re-modelled international and domestic operations centre in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

EC delays ETS emissions cap

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

The European Commission now says it will not announce a 2012 emissions cap for flights into and out of the EU in August because it needs more time to make sure the data behind its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) calculations are accurate, a spokeswoman said.

Turkish, Ethiopian expand fleets

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

Turkey’s Turkish Airlines is ordering an additional seven Boeing 777ER airplanes, which are worth US$1.9 billion at list prices, to its existing order of five of the planes.

Yusen holds forecast despite loss

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

Japanese forwarder Yusen Air & Sea Service has posted a net loss of US$9.7 million in the quarter to end June 2009 after operating revenue dropped 48.3 per cent. Last year it made a profit of US$13.5 million.

Emirates warns against alliances

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

Dubai, UAE-based Emirates has warned the European Union that airline alliances and growing government support for consolidation to avert corporate failures could have an adverse long-term impact on independent airlines.

Airbus orders down 86pc

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

Airbus's order intake for the first half of the year fell 86 per cent to orders worth EUR6.19 billion from EUR44.1 billion for the same period in the previous year, according to results released by its parent company EADS.

Lufthansa seeks extension?seeks

: Latest News; Friday, 31 July 2009

Austrian media reports say German airline Lufthansa is attempting to extend a July 31 deadline for its takeover of Austrian Airlines to August 31. It needs the added time to secure approval from European Community regulators.