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Changi Airport reports strong first quarter

: Latest News; Friday, 18 April 2008

Singapore’s Changi Airport reported good growth in passenger traffic for the first three months of 2008. The first quarter saw 9.32 million passenger movements, up 6.7 per cent compared to the same period in 2007. In March 2008, more than 3.26 million travellers went through Changi, the highest monthly traffic registered so far this year. On the cargo front, more than 466,000 tonnes of air freight was processed in the first quarter, up four per cent compared to 2007 - 169,000 tonnes of cargo was moved in March alone.

JAL admits US cartel charges

: Latest News; Friday, 18 April 2008

Japan Airlines (JAL) has agreed to a guilty plea and to pay a US$110m fine for its role in a price-fixing scandal tied to air cargo shipments, the US Justice Department said yesterday.

Midex boosts capacity by 50pc

: Latest News; Friday, 18 April 2008

Midex Airlines, the UAE cargo airline, has taken delivery of a B747-200F freighter.

Berlusconi rethinks stance on Air France-KLM for Alitalia

: Latest News; Friday, 18 April 2008

Italy’s prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi has backflipped and now says he would accept a takeover of beleaguered national carrier Alitalia by Air France-KLM if it meant a “big international group with equal status among the three airlines".

Toledo freight capacity boostedcapacity

: Latest News; Friday, 18 April 2008

Schenker AG has doubled capacity on air services from Dubai to Toledo, Ohio via Frankfurt-Hahn in Germany, citing ‘massive demand’ for the expansion. A second aircraft has been added starting its round trip in Dubai every Wednesday.

Canadians rule against Scots airline

: Latest News; Thursday, 17 April 2008

The Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled against Scottish airline Flyglobespan for refusing to carry a disabled man’s electric wheelchair on a flight from Canada to Ireland.

Berlusconi faces early Alitalia test

: Latest News; Thursday, 17 April 2008

The future of loss-making Italian carrier Alitalia may be closer to a resolution now Silvio Berlusconi has been elected the country’s prime minister.

Cargo downturn a US national trend?

: Latest News; Thursday, 17 April 2008

Cargo handled at the US’s Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has slipped to its lowest level in at least four years, according to the Baltimore Sun.

Japan acts on cartel suspicions

: Latest News; Thursday, 17 April 2008

Japanese media group JCN says Japan's Fair Trade Commission yesterday, Wednesday raided 13 firms including Nippon Express plus an industry group on suspicion that they formed a price cartel for international air cargo services.