Ferrovial to build new Heathrow terminal 2010-3-9Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial has signed a US$1.22 billion contract to build the new terminal 2 at London's Heathrow airport, Reuters reported.
BA aims to sign Iberia merger by end Q1 2010-3-8British Airways (BA) hopes to sign its merger agreement with Spanish airline Iberia by the end of this month, Reuters reported.
Volga-Dnepr launches engineering and logistics centre 2010-3-8The Volga-Dnepr Group has launched a new engineering and Logistics Center (ILC) to focus on the creation of tailored services for complex worldwide transportation logistics projects.
ATSG delivers dry-leased freighter to Amerijet 2010-3-8Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) announced that its leasing subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), has delivered the first of two efficient, Boeing 767 wide body freighters to Amerijet International.
Air China Cargo launches Paris route 2010-3-8Air China Cargo (ACC), the all-cargo subsidiary of flag carrier Air China, launched a service to Paris late last week as the company saw a pickup in the air cargo market following global recovery from the economic downturn, Xinhua reported.
AAT February tonnage up 40% 2010-3-8Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) has announced that its tonnage throughput in the second month of 2010 was 42,145 tonnes, recording a growth of 40 percent compared with the same period last year.
New base at JFK for AA Cargo 2010-3-5American Airlines Cargo has moved into a new cargo terminal at New York's JFK International Airport.
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.
