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Third runway for Heathrow

: Latest News; Friday, 16 January 2009

Controversial plans for a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport are to get the go-ahead by the UK government, but protestors and objectors are digging in for the long term.

Qantas again denies McCaffrey claims

: Latest News; Friday, 16 January 2009

Australia’s Qantas has rejected fresh claims in a US trade magazine that it left a former executive to fight price-fixing allegations on his own.

BAWC adds fourth Dubai service

: Latest News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has launched a fourth daily Dubai, UAE–London, UK B777 flight as part of its winter schedule. The flight arrives in London at around mid day.

Aircraft manufacturers ‘should brace for 2010 downturn’

: Latest News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

An aviation analyst says the credit squeeze will have a large negative impact on future aircraft deliveries.

Air Cargo Germany delays launch

: Latest News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

Air Cargo Germany (ACG) has delayed its planned launch from this month till the second half of February, citing a delay in fleet delivery.

Container rates down to zero

: Latest News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

The UK’s Telegraph says freight rates for containers shipped by sea from Asia to Europe have fallen to zero for the first time since records began.

Hong Kong duo report sharp fall in freight

: Latest News; Thursday, 15 January 2009

Combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for December 2008 show a a substantial fall in cargo and mail tonnage; and a small decrease in the number of passengers carried compared to the same month in 2007.

New scanner provides better specs

: Latest News; Wednesday, 14 January 2009

A new laser scanning technology that uses a single laser scan can now read the dimensional weight — the space a cargo package occupies — to determine freight charges.

Swissport exits Singapore

: Latest News; Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Zurich, Switzerland-based Swissport International is to close its ground handling operations in Singapore at the end of March to focus on other Asian markets. The Singapore operation was not big enough to ensure profitability, the firm said.