Forwarders and airlines must be more flexible on capacity 2010-3-5Forwarders and airlines need to set up far more flexible capacity agreements to cope with the increasingly difficult task of forecasting demand, according to Kuehne + Nagel (KN).
BA aims to sign Iberia merger by end Q1 2010-3-5British Airways (BA) hopes to sign its merger agreement with Spanish airline Iberia by the end of this month, Reuters reported.
Airbus expects new orders from India in 2011 2010-3-5Airbus is talking to Indian carriers for new orders to be placed in 2011 and expects India to account for close to 10 percent of its global revenues from the commercial aircraft business in the next four to five years as the country's aviation industry recovers, Dow Jones reported.
Air China says 2010 performance better than 2009 2010-3-5Air China's financial performance this year will be better than last year, according to its chairman, Reuters reported.
Carriers cautious of bringing freighters back 2010-3-4Freighter operators remain cautious about introducing additional capacity, for fear of being exposed to overcapacity in the future.
New base at JFK for AA Cargo 2010-3-4American Airlines Cargo has moved into a new cargo terminal at New York's JFK International Airport.
IATA sees freight rise in January 2010-3-4The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said international cargo demand showed a 28.3 percent improvement in January with only a 3.7 percent increase in capacity.This pushed the cargo load factor to 49.6 percent, which is a significant change from the 40.1 percent recorded in January 2009.
Athens airport freezes fees to help carriers 2010-3-4Athens International Airport will freeze all charges this year to help airlines cope with the economic downturn and weaker passenger traffic, reported Reuters.
Lufthansa swings to net loss of $151.68m 2010-3-4German flagship airline Lufthansa ended up with a net loss in the year ended December 31 and said it doesn't intend to pay shareholders a dividend for 2009.
One-day strike hits French ports 2010-3-3Container traffic at France's two major ports, Marseille and Le Havre, came to a standstill on Friday as a result of a 24-hour strike called by the CGT labour union in protest to what they claim to be an undermining of the right to strike.
Happier new year for NOL 2010-3-3Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) saw a significant increase in shipping volumes in the first six weeks of 2010, as container volumes increased 63% on the same period last year.
NCA, JAL Cargo merger plan off 2010-3-3Nippon Yusen KK (NYK), parent of Nippon Cargo Airline (NCA) and Japan Airlines Corp, have decided to abandon plans to merge aircargo operations.
Lufthansa Cargo and Austrian Cargo to merge global activities 2010-3-3Lufthansa Cargo and Austrian Airlines have agreed to step up cooperation between their two companies in the airfreight sector, reported ENP Newswire.
Changi buys five percent stake in Rome Airports 2010-3-3Singapore's Changi Airport Group has acquired a five percent stake in Italy's Gemina, the holding company of Aeroporti di Roma, for US$70.98 million, the group's largest investment to date, reported Dow Jones Newswires.
Union rap for BA pilots 2010-3-2The union for Lufthansa pilots, Vereinigung Cockpit, has voiced concerns that its members'British Airways counterparts are training as cabin crew to help break a strike by the carrier's cabin crew.
New Etihad GSA in UK 2010-3-2Etihad Crystal Cargo has appointed ANA Aviation as its general sales agent for the UK, effective from Monday.
JAL to probe compliance 2010-3-2The Japan Airlines (JAL) group is to establish a Compliance Investigations Committee to examine past business practices within the organisation.
Targets for new freighters 2010-3-2Thai Cargo will use two new freighters to target trade lanes linking Europe and Asia, using Bangkok as a hub.
Illegal ivory disguised as phone parts 2010-3-2Emirates Airline has launched an internal investigation and is co-operating with Thai authorities after an illegal two-tonne shipment of ivory it had carried was seized at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday.
Regulator suffers setback in BAA airports ruling 2010-3-1An attempt by the UK's Competition Commission to force British airports operator BAA to sell more of its airports suffered a setback when a tribunal stood by an earlier decision to overturn a ruling made by the commission last year ordering the sale of more airports, reported Reuters.
