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Airline charter, LCC merger sought

: Latest News; Friday, 29 August 2008

UK travel group TUI Travel says it is in talks with Germany’s Lufthansa and UK’s Thomas Cook Group about a possible merger of their charter and low-cost airlines.

Delta adds to EMEA strengths

: Latest News; Friday, 29 August 2008

US carrier Delta has opened two new European offices for its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) cargo operations, one located at Frankfurt airport, Germany and the other in Paris, France.

Italian ‘phoenix’ tipped

: Latest News; Friday, 29 August 2008

The Italian government wants to shift ailing carrier Alitalia’s debts into a new company and then declare it bankrupt, leaving the ‘liquid’ parts of the airline ready for a debt-free relaunch, despite advice that this action is likely to constitute illegal state aid under European Community rules.

US DoT won’t act on DHL-UPS pact

: Latest News; Friday, 29 August 2008

The US Department of Transportation says it will not block express carrier DHL in its attempt to hire United Parcel Service to handle its domestic air cargo and also to dump incumbents ABX Air and Astar Air Cargo.

Air cond BIA facility for SriLankan Cargo

: Latest News; Friday, 29 August 2008

SriLankan Cargo has introduced an air-conditioned storage area at its HQ at Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport, Sri Lanka.

Virgin joins SkyChain system

: Latest News; Friday, 29 August 2008

Virgin Atlantic has inked a contract with Mercator for its end-to-end IT cargo management system SkyChain.

Lufthansa Cargo takes over cargo counts

: Latest News; Friday, 29 August 2008

Lufthansa Cargo AG has confirmed it is taking over the business activities of its 100-percent subsidiary cargo counts GmbH including its staff and customers by the end of the year and Total Cargo Management (TCM) will be dissolved.

Mushrooms and flaming microwaves force emergency landings

: Latest News; Thursday, 28 August 2008

An Irish budget carrier Ryanair plane was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday after a jar of mushrooms leaked onto a passenger from an overhead locker and triggered a severe allergic reaction.

Air cargo benefits in new Bangladesh MoU

: Latest News; Thursday, 28 August 2008

Australia and Bangladesh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that provides for up to seven all-cargo services with any aircraft type to be operated each week.