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WFS wins SIA Cargo contract

: Latest News; Friday, 05 December 2008

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed a contract to perform all cargo handling in the Nordic region for Singapore Airlines Cargo. The new agreement will take effect on 01 February, 2009 and cover all Scandinavian stations, including Finland.

Suvarnabhumi cleanup starts

: Latest News; Friday, 05 December 2008

Airports of Thailand chairman Vudhibhandhu Vichairatana says his team is working to accelerate the re-start of flight operations at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, and the first international flights may leave for Sydney and Rome just after midnight on December 5. Cargo flights already are operating.

Delta to cut flights

: Latest News; Friday, 05 December 2008

Acknowledging the global downturn and recent losses due to fuel hedging, the ‘new’ US carrier Delta Air Lines says it will fly 6 to 8 per cent less in 2009 and in a memo to employees confirmed it is analysing the effect of reduced flying on jobs.

Kalitta feels the heat

: Latest News; Friday, 05 December 2008

US freight specialist Kalitta Air has parked eight of its 20 aircraft and laid off more than 200 of its 835 Oscoda employees after losses hit the ‘tens of millions’, according to Oscoda Division general manager Don Nolan.

EC to crack down on airline web sites

: Latest News; Friday, 05 December 2008

European Union regulators say one in seven European web sites used to book airline flights is giving consumers misleading or wrong information and has given airlines a deadline before it names and shames offenders.

Jet appoints Servisair

: Latest News; Friday, 05 December 2008

India’s Jet Airways has appointed Servisair Cargo its cargo handler at London Heathrow airport, UK, including trucking services throughout the UK and Ireland.

BAWC adds new freighter

: Latest News; Friday, 05 December 2008

British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has begun a B767-200 weekly freighter service between Bogota, Colombia and Bridgetown, Barbados. Operated by Intercargo Logistics Corporation, the launch coincides with the opening of a new US$600,000 cooling facility in Barbados, which provides additional capacity for perishable shipments to and from Bogota and other Latin American destinations.

BAWC cuts fuel surcharge

: Latest News; Thursday, 04 December 2008

British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has reduced its fuel surcharge effective 15 December. The surcharge will be GBP0.48 / USD0.70 / EUR0.70. Adam Carson, senior manager revenue management, BAWC said: "We are reducing the fuel surcharge following further declines in fuel prices.”

‘New’ carrier on Tasman

: Latest News; Thursday, 04 December 2008

There’s a new operator flying freighters across the Tasman most nights of the week, and also flying on some Pacific islands' all-cargo routes. New in name, that is – Tasman Cargo Airlines is the refreshed identity of what previously was Asian Express Airlines.