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United Airlines wins Beijing flight rights |
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Thursday, 11 January 2007 |
United Airlines has won U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approval for new non-stop flights between Washington and Beijing. Other carriers vying for the route included American, Continental and Northwest Airlines. United is expected to begin services - using a three-class 347-seat B747-400 - within 90 days. The new service will operate as a US Airways code-share flight.
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Schenker-Seino and BAX Global complete merger in Japan |
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 |
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Schenker-Seino Co. Ltd. and BAX Global Japan K.K. have completed the merger between the two organizations. |
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 |
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UPS has appointed David Abney to the post of chief operating officer and the promoted Alan Gershenhorn to replace Abney as president of UPS International. |
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AirAsia expands fleet with A320 firm order |
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 |
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Asia’s low cost carrier AirAsia, has confirmed an order for an additional 50 A320s, with a further 50 A320s on option taking the Group's (Malaysia AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia) total orders to 150 aircraft, plus 50 options. |
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Saudi Arabia cargo agents to be licensed |
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 |
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Saudi Arabia plans to introduce a regulated air cargo agents system from May 26 this year. |
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Etihad Airways cleared for daily services to Australia |
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Monday, 08 January 2007 |
The Australian Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to an increase in capacity for its national carrier Etihad Airways to commence daily services to Australia from early 2007.
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SAA to buy new freighters |
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Friday, 05 January 2007 |
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South African Airways Cargo plans to acquire new generation freighters early this year as it focuses on prioritises customer needs. |
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New JV expands freight network |
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Thursday, 04 January 2007 |
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Lynden Air Freight dba, Lynden International and Kerry Logistics have entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement to provide logistics and forwarding services. The Seattle-based joint venture company, "Kerry-Lynden," will be responsible for marketing the JV worldwide. |
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Korean order caps of a great year for Boeing |
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Wednesday, 03 January 2007 |
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Boeing was given a boost to its 2006 aircraft sales figures just two days before the start of the new year, when it finalised an order with Korean Air for 25 aircraft – including 10 freighters - with a value of about US5.6 billion at list prices. |
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Reed takes over air freight show |
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Wednesday, 03 January 2007 |
Reed Exhibitions, the world’s largest exhibition and conference organiser, has acquired the conference and exhibition - Air Freight Asia - which will be integrated with its flagship international aerospace industry event, Asian Aerospace.
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Skycooler appoints Indian sub-continent sales agents. |
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Tuesday, 02 January 2007 |
Following the recent launch of Skycooler, a specialist cooltainer leasing company, the company is further developing its global network through the appointment of sales agents DRH Logistics, Sri Lanka, who will represent the cooltainer company throughout the Indian sub-continent.
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Competition agency dismisses claim against SAA |
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 |
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South African Airways (SAA) has been cleared by the Competition Commission after a complaint was lodged by Skyhaul against SAA Cargo, a division of SAA. |
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Schenker supports Sail Melbourne event |
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Wednesday, 20 December 2006 |
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International forwarder Schenker has again signed on with the Melbourne Regatta as official forwarder for the annual sailing event. |
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Agility launches new brand into Japan market |
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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 |
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Japanese-based forwarder and logistics provider Agility unveiled its new brand and strategy at an event for its customers and partners in Tokyo last night. |
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BA World Cargo adds Tbilisi to Far East freighter schedule |
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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 |
BA World Cargo has announced the addition of Tbilisi, Georgia to its existing London - Cologne - Shanghai 747-400 freighter service. The new weekly Monday routing (London-Cologne-Tbilisi-Shanghai) launches with Coyne Airways as the major customer. The carrier anticipates adding around 60-80 tonnes of cargo per flight under this new agreement.
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New name for Dnata freight terminals |
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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Dnata Cargo will use the prefix FreightGate to better identity for its growing portfolio of cargo terminals at Dubai International Airport and the emirate. |
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