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Descartes enhances GF-X

: Latest News; Friday, 11 September 2009

Descartes Systems Group, a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, has enhanced its Global Freight Exchange (GF-X) service to facilitate access to available capacity, routings and pricing when airline customers book freight electronically.

Bangkok Air to cut four routes

: Latest News; Friday, 11 September 2009

Thai carrier Bangkok Airways is to stop flying to Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam, two Chinese cities - Guilin and Xian - plus Hiroshima in Japan because of falling sales.

Lower cargo falls at Japanese duo

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 September 2009

Japan's Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways say their international cargo operations still felll in July, but the pace of decline was the second-slowest for JAL - and the slowest for ANA - in nine months.

Airbus tips 2010 return to growth

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 September 2009

European planemaker Airbus says it believes 2009 traffic is down two per cent this year but is tipping a 4.6 per cent growth in 2010.

First B787 in Q4 2010

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 September 2009

USA-based planemaker Boeing says it will be able to deliver the first of its repeatedly-delayed B787 to launch customer All Nippon Airways in Q4 2010. It also says it doesn't expect the global aviation market to return to growth until 2012.

Air France cargo, passengers down

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 September 2009

Europe’s Air France-KLM says cargo traffic fell 16.1 per cent and passenger traffic fell 2.9 per cent in August.

Glimmer of hope at BA?

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 September 2009

Talks between UK carrier British Airways and union leaders have produced what is termed by unionists as ‘a glimmer of hope’.

Rhenus signs for AFRA

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 September 2009

Rhenus BV has signed to install OAG Cargo’s Airfreight Rates (AFRA) application as its single platform for rates management in 10 European countries. This will enable Rhenus operations across the region to capture all contract, promotional and general airfreight rates from its airline partners and gsas, speeding up its existing market information so the company can buy airline capacity in the most efficient way.

Asia Pacific to be world’s biggest market

: Latest News; Thursday, 10 September 2009

Planemaker Boeing says that in the next 20 years Asian carriers will add about 750 freighters to the region's fleet to accommodate growth and airplane retirements, about 27 per cent of the world requirement - second only to the more mature, but slower growing, North America market.