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SkyCargo adds freighters

: Latest News; Friday, 15 February 2013

SkyCargo, the freight division of UAE-based Emirates, has boosted its total cargo capacity and expanded its dedicated freighter network with three new B777F aircraft.

US-American merger very close

: Latest News; Thursday, 14 February 2013

US Airways Group and AMR Corp (American Airlines' parent) are close to completing a US$11 billion merger that would create the world's largest airline, sources say.

IATA adds to Kingfisher's woes

: Latest News; Thursday, 14 February 2013

India's Kingfisher Airlines has been warned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that it will terminate its membership if the airline fails to fly again.

Better ATM and SES needed now -IATA

: Latest News; Thursday, 14 February 2013

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for an improved air traffic management (ATM) system and has put forward key objectives for a better-performing ATM system as well as setting out a vision for achieving a Single European Sky (SES).

Most fail security test

: Latest News; Thursday, 14 February 2013

Almost 75 per cent of airline and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel have failed a basic test conducted by India's Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).

UN looks again at lithium ion batteries

: Latest News; Thursday, 14 February 2013

A UN agency that sets global aviation safety standards is moving to prevent lithium ion aircraft batteries (like the one that caught fire on a Boeing 787 in January) being shipped as cargo on passenger planes. the International Civil Aviation Organization's dangerous goods committee has proposed revoking an exemption that permitted lithium ion aircraft batteries as heavy as 77 pounds to be shipped on passenger planes.

Changi releases T4 plans

: Latest News; Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Singapore's Changi Airport Group (CAG) has released plans for the development of Changi Airports Terminal 4 and more aircraft parking stands.

Cargolux sets out savings plan

: Latest News; Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Troubled European freighter operator Cargolux has agreed a new five-year strategy after cutting US$60 million of costs last year (without labour costs). The new plan involves further cost reductions of US$10 million this year, rising to US$40 million in 2017.

B787 battery problem identified

: Latest News; Tuesday, 12 February 2013

US authorities say examination of the Japan Airlines lithium-ion battery that prompted the grounding of all Boeing 787s last month points to a single cell as the cause.

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Better ATM and SES needed now -IATA

: Latest News; Thursday, 14 February 2013

UN looks again at lithium ion batteries

: Latest News; Thursday, 14 February 2013

Cargolux sets out savings plan

: Latest News; Tuesday, 12 February 2013