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Key issues driving air cargo industry
Cargo e-Chartbook is IATA’s quarterly report on key issues driving the air cargo industry. It features insight and analysis of the cargo market financial performance and outlook from IATA’s Chief Economist. Overview of Q1 2011 Developments since December have been mixed. Confidence in economic...
May 15th, 2011 | Cargo | Read MoreCargo: Achievement Exceeds Targets
Indian air cargo volume has increased 25% in 2009-10 to 691 million metric tonnes Indian air cargo volume has increased 25% in 2009-10 to 691 million metric tonnes from 552 million tonnes the year before, surpassing government forecasts of 686 million tonnes, according to civil aviation minister Praful...
September 15th, 2010 | Cargo | Read MoreFedEx Trade adds 3 offices in Europe
Offices are in Rotterdam, Hamburg and FrankfurtMemphis: FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and growing international ocean and air freight forwarder, today announced that it has opened additional offices in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Hamburg and Frankfurt, Germany. Since initiating its...
August 16th, 2010 | Cargo | Read MoreSurat Cargo Hub project on hold
AAI doesn’t see financial viability of the projectSurat: The Airport Authority of India (AAI), which had drawn up plans of expansion for the city’s airport, has now said that the plan has been kept on hold till the financial viability is verified and readiness of major airlines to shift...
August 16th, 2010 | Cargo | Read MoreFedEx Thinks Boeing 777 Fleet Game Changer
FedEx Says it will Take Delivery of Six More 777s Next Year AH Correspondent In its most recent quarterly earnings call, FedEx says it will add six new long range Boeing 777F long distance cargo planes in the next year to the six it has already taken delivery on starting last September, in a move that...
July 26th, 2010 | Cargo | Read MoreRadioactive Material On Passenger Flight
FAA Fines Indian Companies Rs. Two Crores Daniel Baxter AviStop The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing civil penalties totaling $422,500 against two Indian companies for violation of U.S. Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations. The FAA alleged that HS & Allied...
July 26th, 2010 | Cargo | Read MoreDHL will use 60 percent of the total investment to develop logistics service in the Asia-Pacific region especially technology services and after-sales repairing.
DHL will use 60 percent of the total investment to develop logistics service in the Asia-Pacific region -which maintains a year-on-year growth of 25 percent especially technology services and after-sales repairing, according to the chief executive. DHL has 400 offices in China, with 15 percent of these...
July 26th, 2010 | Cargo | Read MoreDHL to make big investment in India
DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, plans to add an investment of 50 million euros ($614.26 million) in the Asia-Pacific region, with most of the amount to be used in the fastgrowing markets, including China and India, Paul Graham, the company’s chief executive in the Asia-Pacific...
July 26th, 2010 | Cargo | Read MoreTaking sides with erring foreign Airlines
Taking sides with erring foreign Airlines and deviating from norms, certain Embassies meddle into our internal affairs for the benefit of their Airlines. In an exclusive interview allowed for the editor of Aviation Herald on Jan 31, 2010,at NewDelhi, the Joint Director General of Civil Aviation R.K....
June 27th, 2010 | Cargo, Hospitality | Read MoreA Trend setter: Australia bans noisy freighters
Australia is bent on banning older model freighters as they are too noisy.”Marginally compliant aircraft are predominantly used in the airfreight industry and have been an ongoing source of concern for residents around Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth airports,” said a Federal transport...
May 29th, 2010 | Cargo | Read More
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