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Menzies acquires ACR in South Africa

: Latest News; Friday, 25 January 2008

Menzies Aviation is to acquire Airline Cargo Resources (ACR), a South Africa-based cargo handling business that provides air cargo handling and landside trucking at Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth International Airports.

Royal Jordanian appoints HACTL

: Latest News; Friday, 25 January 2008

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) has been appointed by Royal Jordanian Airlines as its HK air cargo terminal operator, providing services that include physical cargo and air cargo documentation handling. The carrier launched services to Hong Kong on 23 January, starting its thrice-weekly scheduled passenger service between Amman, Bangkok and Hong Kong.

Air New Zealand signs up for iCargo

: Latest News; Friday, 25 January 2008

Air New Zealand has joined Nippon Cargo Airlines and All Nippon Airways in signing up with IBS Software Services for its freight management system iCargo.

New IT platform for Lufthansa Cargo

: Latest News; Friday, 25 January 2008

Lufthansa Cargo AG will consolidate all of its core cargo processes – including booking, handling and revenue accounting – using a system called AdvancedCargo Suite from Lufthansa Systems. Southwest Airlines also has opted for this new IT platform.

SriLankan seeks Emirates buyers

: Latest News; Thursday, 24 January 2008

Following its dispute with stakeholder/manager Emirates Airline, SriLankan Airlines has approached Indian carriers including Jet and Kingfisher to purchase the Gulf carrier's shares, which Emirates says are worth US$150m.

Record for HK

: Latest News; Thursday, 24 January 2008

Hong Kong International Airport set new records last year, with cargo volumes growing 4.5 per cent to 3.7 million tonnes, passenger numbers climbing 7.5 per cent to 47.8 million and air traffic movements hitting 295,600.
Cargo volumes rose 5.7 per cent to 338,000 tonnes in December alone.

Air China enters CEA bidding

: Latest News; Thursday, 24 January 2008

Air China Ltd has signalled its interest in the plan by China National Aviation Corp (Group) Ltd (CNAC) to form a strategic alliance with China Eastern Airlines (CEA). CNAC is an Air China shareholder.

Jeju Air opts for Boeing

: Latest News; Thursday, 24 January 2008

Boeing has won a US$363 million order for five B737-800s from South Korean budget airline Jeju Air. The airline also says it will lease an additional 10 aircraft by 2013. The two year old airline already has a fleet of four planes -- bought from Canada's Bombardier – and plans to enter the international market after its second anniversary June 5, pending government approval.