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Asia Pacific July cargo down 11.4pc

: Latest News; Friday, 28 August 2009

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), which represents 17 major airlines in the region, says members’ international cargo traffic measured in FTKs fell 11.4 per cent year-on-year in July.

Air China-Cathay cargo jv closer

: Latest News; Friday, 28 August 2009

China’s Air China says it now hopes to launch its delayed air cargo joint venture with Cathay Pacific Airways later this year.

Turkish results down

: Latest News; Thursday, 27 August 2009

Turkish Airlines has reported a net profit of EUR48 million for the first six months of 2009, down 64 per cent year-over-year. It had reported a EUR73.6 million profit in Q1 2009, indicating the difficult trading conditions in the second quarter.

Virgin confirms bmi interest

: Latest News; Thursday, 27 August 2009

UK-based carrier Virgin Atlantic has said it’s interested in a deal with bmi if – as believed – bmi’s 80 per cent owner Lufthansa wants to sell.

SAS employee admits cartel document destruction

: Latest News; Thursday, 27 August 2009

The Copenhagen Post says a former Scandinavian Airlines employee has testified in a US court that he was ordered to destroy documents relating to the cargo cartel collusion charges the airline pleaded guilty to last year.

Agility cancels Bring contract

: Latest News; Thursday, 27 August 2009

Global operator Agility is adding air and ocean freight forwarding operations to the services offered by its branch in Norway following its acquisition of Oy O. Nyström & Co in Finland and CF GeoLogistics in Denmark - and the opening of fully owned offices in Oslo in the last 18 months.

Fly540 set for takeoff

: Latest News; Thursday, 27 August 2009

LonRho subsidiary LonZim has announced that late this year it will launch its "Fly540 Zimbabwe" airline to service both the Zimbabwean domestic and regional markets.

Chinese carriers increase surcharges

: Latest News; Thursday, 27 August 2009

China’s Air China, China Southern and China Eastern are increasing domestic air cargo fuel surcharges by around 50 per cent following the recent crude oil price rise.

Kale gets nod for SIS

: Latest News; Thursday, 27 August 2009

India-based airline solutions provider Kale Consultants says the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has chosen it to be prime technology supplier for the development of its interline settlement platform ‘simplified interline settlement’ (SIS) initiative.