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DHL-UPS layoffs continue

: Latest News; Wednesday, 10 December 2008

US company ABX Air, which operates DHL's US ground and air freight hub at Wilmington, Ohio is to lay off 228 employees between now and Christmas as DHL reduces its business in preparation for shifting its domestic cargo work to United Parcel Service.

Panalpina inks EEM deal

: Latest News; Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Global supply chain optimisation provider Manhattan Associates says forwarding and logistics services provider Panalpina is rolling out its collaborative commerce solution, Extended Enterprise Management (EEM), as its system of choice for helping clients build collaborative trading ecosystems that streamline their extended supply chain operations.

Macau International doing poorly

: Latest News; Wednesday, 10 December 2008

The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) reports Macau International Airport (MIA) is facing significant challenges including “a decimation of cargo demand (traffic is down around 40 per cent this year, falling approximately 60 per cent in October alone), while passenger numbers have fallen in eight of the past nine months - and worse is to come”.

Air France cargo drops in November

: Latest News; Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Air France-KLM says cargo traffic fell 13.2 per cent in November, hit by a slowdown in trade.

BAWC returns to Saudia Arabia

: Latest News; Tuesday, 09 December 2008

British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) will resume services to Saudi Arabia with the launch of five weekly flights to Jeddah and five weekly flights to Riyadh, from 29 March, 2009.

Continental to test biofuel in flight

: Latest News; Tuesday, 09 December 2008

Continental Airlines will operate its first biofuel-powered demonstration flight in Houston 07 January 2009.

Aeroflot systems upgrade

: Latest News; Tuesday, 09 December 2008

Aeroflot Cargo Airlines has inked a 5-year deal with CHAMP Cargosystems which will see the airline migrate to the new generation Cargospot system.

Air India-SATS JV under consideration

: Latest News; Tuesday, 09 December 2008

A proposal to allow India’s Air India to set up joint venture firms with a leading Singaporean aviation company for ground handling and cargo operations has been referred to the Committee of Secretaries, India’s Science and Technology minister Kapil Sibal says.

Alitalia sale at fair price

: Latest News; Tuesday, 09 December 2008

UK’s Guardian newspaper says a trustee report has found that the sale price of Italian national airline Alitalia to investor consortium CAI represents fair market value, quoting EU Transport commissioner Antonio Tajani.