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Blue Dart awarded

: Latest News; Tuesday, 11 March 2008

DHL subsidiary and express courier firm Blue Dart Express has been given an Amity Corporate Excellence Award for setting standards and creating benchmarks in the Indian express freight industry.
The award was presented by Amity University as a part of their Tenth International Business Summit & Research Conference - INBUSH 2008.

Jet drops Jo’burg plans

: Latest News; Tuesday, 11 March 2008

India's Jet Airways has dropped plans to launch Mumbai, India-Johannesburg, South Africa services and will instead deploy aircraft on more profitable routes to destinations including the US and China, a company representative said.

China Southern to ink Air France-KLM deal this year?

: Latest News; Saturday, 08 March 2008

China Southern Airlines and Air France-KLM hope to finalise a joint venture cargo business this year, the Chinese carrier's chairman said this week.
"We hope that we can sign the deal this year," Liu Shaoyong, chairman of China Southern, told reporters. "Our discussions are going smoothly." –Jack Handley

SkyAirWorld flags Solomon cargo run

: Latest News; Friday, 07 March 2008

Australia-based SkyAirWorld entered the Australia-Solomon Islands run this week and has flagged its intention to extend services from Honiara to Munda and to carry cargo as well as passengers.
Initially, the airline will fly five times a week (excluding Saturday and Sunday) from Brisbane to Honiara using 94-seater Embraer Jet equipment.

Record profit for Cathay Pacific

: Latest News; Thursday, 06 March 2008

Cathay Pacific Airways has announced a profit attributable to shareholders of HK$7,023 million in its 2007 annual results, compared to a profit of HK$4,088 million the previous year. The 2007 result, the first to include a full year’s contribution from wholly-owned subsidiary Dragonair, is a record annual profit for the Cathay Pacific Group.

Air Cargo China 2008 to be 50 per cent bigger

: Latest News; Thursday, 06 March 2008

The 2008 edition of Air Cargo China 2008 – to be held 17-19 June in Shanghai -- will be 50 per cent larger than the previous event in 2006. Leading air cargo companies including Air China, Emirates, Lufthansa, Mascargo and Thai Airways will attend, as will logistics hubs such as the International Cargo Centre Shenzhen, the Dubai Logistics City, the airports of Vienna, Atlanta and Munich and the Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminal, all of which will showcase their services and innovations.

Boeing puts ships in their place

: Latest News; Thursday, 06 March 2008

Boeing says shifting cargo from air to sea is not a sustainable strategy for shippers of high-end goods.

Menzies’ JVs pay off

: Latest News; Thursday, 06 March 2008

Menzies Bobba Ground Handling Services, a joint venture between Menzies Aviation and Bobba Group, has won contracts at the new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad, India to handle Oman Air, Saudi Arabia Airlines and Qatar Airways flights.

Air freight industry urged to get its act together

: Latest News; Thursday, 06 March 2008

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the air cargo supply chain to co-ordinate efforts to drive an industry agenda for change that will improve customer service and competitiveness.