Zhengzhou in Central China now has a rail service to Hamburg, Germany that takes 18 days to make the 10,214-kilometre trip, more than twice as fast as transport by sea.
A three-runway London, UK Heathrow Airport handling 130 million passengers a year would cost GBP14-18 billion and could be expanded to have four runways in the future, the airport operator says.
UK package holiday business Jet2holidays has boosted parent company Dart Group's annual turnover 27 per cent to GBP869 million. Jet2holidays increased its holiday customers by 93 per cent to 417,390 in the year.
Logistics research and consultancy specialist Transport Intelligence says although the overall forwarding market grew by 3.1 per cent to US$125.85 billion in 2012, the growth was entirely attributed to the sea freight sector, which was up 11.5 per cent at US$63.23 billion.
In the USA, US Airways and AMR Corp's American Airlines have offered concessions to European Union antitrust regulators as they seek to win approval for their planned US$11 billion merger. US regulators also are examining the proposed deal.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has advised air travel growth is unlikely to accelerate in the near-term after markets showed signs of deterioration in May, with premium travel up two per cent and economy up 3.9 per cent.
Construction has begun on Emirates SkyCargo’s new state-of-the-art cargo terminal and support facilities at Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport.
Zhengzhou in Central China now has a rail service to Hamburg, Germany that takes 18 days to make the 10,214-kilometre trip, more than twice as fast as transport by sea.
A three-runway London, UK Heathrow Airport handling 130 million passengers a year would cost GBP14-18 billion and could be expanded to have four runways in the future, the airport operator says.
UK package holiday business Jet2holidays has boosted parent company Dart Group's annual turnover 27 per cent to GBP869 million. Jet2holidays increased its holiday customers by 93 per cent to 417,390 in the year.
Logistics research and consultancy specialist Transport Intelligence says although the overall forwarding market grew by 3.1 per cent to US$125.85 billion in 2012, the growth was entirely attributed to the sea freight sector, which was up 11.5 per cent at US$63.23 billion.
In the USA, US Airways and AMR Corp's American Airlines have offered concessions to European Union antitrust regulators as they seek to win approval for their planned US$11 billion merger. US regulators also are examining the proposed deal.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has advised air travel growth is unlikely to accelerate in the near-term after markets showed signs of deterioration in May, with premium travel up two per cent and economy up 3.9 per cent.
Construction has begun on Emirates SkyCargo’s new state-of-the-art cargo terminal and support facilities at Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport.