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Freighter expansion for South American carrier

: Latest News; Monday, 02 July 2007

South American carrier Lan Cargo plans to expand air freight operations and has ordered two B777 freighter aircraft and is in negotiations for two additional B777 freighters that would be integrated into the fleet by 2011.
The airline will be the first in Latin America to operate the B777 freighter when they are delivered in the first quarter of 2009.Lan currently operates nine B767-300F

Rudd wrong on air cargo security

: Latest News; Saturday, 30 June 2007

Australian Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd was being irresponsible in the way he was characterising aviation security and should seek a briefing from the Office of Transport Security before commenting on Australia’s anti-terrorism measures, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services Mark Vaile said today.

Etihad adds Brisbane flights

: Latest News; Saturday, 30 June 2007

Etihad Airways has increased its Sydney services to daily frequency and confirmed Brisbane will join its network from September with three flights a week to Abu Dhabi via Singapore.

New GSA for MASKargo in Australia

: Latest News; Thursday, 28 June 2007

MCH Cargo Australia Pty Ltd has been appointed general sales agent (GSA) for Malaysia Airlines Cargo (MASKargo) in Australia.

Air New Zealand reclaims sales role for cargo

: Latest News; Thursday, 28 June 2007

Air New Zealand Cargo will close its Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne sales offices and appoint sales representatives to service the market.

Leipzig elevated to hub status for Lufthansa

: Latest News; Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Lufthansa Cargo will discontinue freighter flights into and out of Cologne from October and transfer flights to Leipzig to coincide with the opening of the DHL Express Europe hub.

Engineer to head MASKargo

: Latest News; Thursday, 21 June 2007

Malaysia Airlines Cargo (MASKargo) has appointed Shahari Sulaiman as managing director replacing Dato JJ Ong, who will step down from the company in August. Sulaiman, an aerospace engineer by training, is currently the general manager, cargo operations for MASkargo.

New Boeing 777 freighter on track

: Latest News; Thursday, 21 June 2007

Boeing says it has completed 50 per cent of the design for the new 777 Freighter.
The US aircraft manufacturer claims the aircraft will provide more capacity than any other twin-engine freighter and the lowest trip cost of any large freighter.

Cargo boost for Singapore Airlines

: Latest News; Tuesday, 19 June 2007

Singapore Airlines has reported a 4.2 per cent year-on-year growth in system-wide passenger carriage (in revenue passenger kilometres) for May 2007, while capacity (measured in available seat kilometres) reduced by 1.5 per cent. This led to an overall improvement in passenger load factor (PLF) of 4.1 percentage points to 74.8 per cent. The number of passengers carried rose by 6.2 per cent over the same month last year to 1.50 million.