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Martinair business blooms

: Latest News; Wednesday, 01 October 2008

Netherlands-based Martinair is to expand its cargo capacity from Colombo and Ecuador, with one additional flight each week from Bogotá and Quito to Europe to meet the increasing needs of those countries’ flower export markets.

Downturn continues for pax and freight

: Latest News; Wednesday, 01 October 2008

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released international traffic data for August that confirms a continuing downturn.

German carrier invests in training

: Latest News; Wednesday, 01 October 2008

Lufthansa Cargo is ploughing huge resources into training young people and, by 2010, will more than double the number of traineeships at its Frankfurt home base from 15 to 32. Additionally, it is making more training positions available in Munich, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart, raising the total number of traineeships on offer in Germany annually to 37.

Nagamas bidding for cargo contracts

: Latest News; Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Diversified Malaysian general sales agent Nagamas International says it expects its air freight division to be a major earnings contributor on the back of proposed tie-ups with (as yet unnamed) airlines in the cargo business.

Korean taps a rich vein

: Latest News; Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Korea’s Korean Air has scrapped plans to operate a B747 combi carrying passengers and freight on its new direct service from Seoul, Korea –Tel Aviv, Israel due to high passenger demand.
Korean will now use a Boeing 747-400 on the run.

Japan Airlines to cut cargo flights?

: Latest News; Tuesday, 30 September 2008

An unconfirmed report in Japan’s Nikkei newspaper claims Japan Airlines is to reduce cargo flights to the US. The airline will end cargo flights between Narita and New York and cut flights to Los Angeles to 10 a week from 19, Nikkei said.

Ukraine Airlines adds Vienna cargo flights

: Latest News; Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Austrian Airlines' Austrian Cargo and Ukraine International Airlines have widened their long-standing agreement on the Vienna, Austria-Kiev, Ukraine run.

Pilots blinded by lasers

: Latest News; Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Already banned in Australia, lasers increasingly are being used to temporarily blind pilots coming in to land at British airports.

DHL-UPS deal branded anti-competitive

: Latest News; Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Chairman of the US Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Herb Kohl says the planned deal between DHL and UPS “would be anti-competitive and in violation of (US) antitrust law.”