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Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Germany-based parcels and courier firm DHL says it has chartered air-cargo capacity between Asian and US destinations from US air-freight operator Polar Air Cargo. The flights will give connections to eight cities using six Boeing air-freighters and improve DHL’s intercontinental network, it says.

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Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Pilots affected by the proposed DHL-UPS hookup in the US have called on Congress to further investigate the deal after UPS allegedly tried to raid DHL's customer base through its corporate website http://switchnow.ups.com

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Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Atlas subsidiary Polar Air has been given a quality stamp of approval after it completed the International Air Transport Association's Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). It has now joined the IOSA registry.

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Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Argentina's government has decided to seize control of Aerolineas Argentinas because talks with the current owners over price have broken down, newspaper La Nacion has claimed.

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Saturday, 25 October 2008

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released global international traffic results for September. Passenger traffic declined 2.9 per cent while cargo traffic dropped 7.7 per cent compared to the same month in 2007. International load factors tumbled by 4.4 per cent from August to 74.8 per cent in September.

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