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No bottom line joy for carriers any time soon

: Latest News; Thursday, 04 June 2009

Investment banker Goldman Sachs says airline traffic may be stabilising, but it is doing so at lower levels than previously considered normal and capacity cuts still have not outstripped falling loads.

Agility wins arts festival, Cats contracts

: Latest News; Thursday, 04 June 2009

Logistics major Agility’s Fair and Events division has secured contracts to manage logistics services for the Singapore Arts Festival and the Cats musical during its production in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Air France crash (update)

: Latest News; Thursday, 04 June 2009

No objects have been found by the three cargo ships searching the area in the Atlantic off Brazil's coast where an Air France plane crashed, the Brazilian navy says.

Northern Air flies straighter, safer

: Latest News; Thursday, 04 June 2009

North American carrier Northern Air Cargo has implemented Federal Aviation Administration-developed Wide Area Augmentation System technology that it says will let its Boeing 737-200 jets follow more direct flight paths and increase their ability to land safely in low-visibility conditions.

Virgin to Japan?

: Latest News; Wednesday, 03 June 2009

Australia’s Virgin Blue may launch a Sydney-Tokyo Haneda airport service within 18 months in anticipation of a rebound in international travel demand, part-owner Sir Richard Branson said in Tokyo this week. The new route would be dependent on government approval.

Rhenus inks Kamino deal

: Latest News; Wednesday, 03 June 2009

Germany’s Rhenus Group has announced a partnership with the American Division of transportation and logistics service provider Kamino.

Another Korean war?

: Latest News; Wednesday, 03 June 2009

Timesonline.co.uk is running a story that speculates North Korea is planning a strike on South Korea.

Air France wreckage spotted?

: Latest News; Wednesday, 03 June 2009

Brazilian airline TAM says the pilot of a plane that took off soon after the missing Air France aircraft – and which was on the same route - saw “orange coloured spots on the ocean”.

BA in fight for survival?

: Latest News; Wednesday, 03 June 2009

UK carrier British Airways is facing a "fight for survival," according to Reuters agency, which says BA chief Willie Walsh wrote “The diagnosis for our airline is now critical," in the airline's staff newspaper.
Walsh faces union opposition to the carrier’s cost-cutting plans.