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Tuesday, 08 September 2009

Global management consulting firm Booz and Company says the Middle East logistics and transportation market will hit US$27 billion by 2012, growing at approximately seven per cent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR).

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Tuesday, 08 September 2009

Ethiopian Airlines has leased a second MD-11 freighter aircraft from Boeing, adding some 23 per cent to the carrier’s cargo capacity. Ethiopian now has a total of six dedicated cargo planes consisting of two B757-200s, two B747-200s and two MD-11Fs.

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Tuesday, 08 September 2009

Turkey’s Turkish Airlines says it wants to double its Asian frequencies by 2012, with flights – or more flights – to Tokyo, Bangkok, Saigon and probably Manila.

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Tuesday, 08 September 2009

European carrier Air France plans to cut around 1,500 jobs – mainly in the air cargo area - through a voluntary job loss plan as it cuts cargo capacity by 15 per cent and passenger capacity by five per cent.  It will give its employees details of the plan on October  21, the company says.

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Tuesday, 08 September 2009

The USA’s Houston Airport System and Trammell Crow Company say Tradewinds Cargo Handling has signed a lease to operate a cold-storage air cargo facility at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). 

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