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IATA has selected Spain as a pilot country to develop its e-freight project - the main goal of which is eliminating most of paper documentation in air cargo flows.

Emirates has announced plans to advance its Indian operation with 18 additional flights per week, effective 1 July, 2008.

SWISSPORT International, as acquired US-based New Age Security Solutions (NASS) with immediate effect. The acquisition will enable Swissport to offer further security solutions at airports alongside its present airline and cargo security services.

AFTER seeing his former airline declared bankrupt in May, former Ocean Airlines chief executive officer, Rossano De Luca, has told Air Cargo news that he has appointed Parsec Finance as financial advisor in an effort to purchase the Ocean Airlines AOC and traffic rights from the Italian bankruptcy court.

THE British International Freight Association (BIFA), is seeking entries for its annual Freight Service Awards competition.

LEBANON's national carrier, Middle East Airlines, has taken delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft directly purchased from Airbus. The aircraft was handed over to Mohamad El-Hout, chairman and director general, MEA, by Habib Fekih, president, Airbus Middle East, in a delivery ceremony in Toulouse.

ARAMEX unveiled a new corporate image that is designed to catch up to the rapid growth of the company from a regional transportation solutions provider, into a major player in the global logistics marketplace.

Washington Dulles-based specialist ACMI provider Gemini Air Cargo has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years, alongside affiliates Gemini Cargo Holdings, Gemini Leasing and Gemini Cargo Logistics.

Gemini Air Cargo on Wednesday filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways faces rolling strikes by its engineers from next Monday as a pay dispute worsens, posing more headaches for an airline struggling with high fuel prices.

China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines will launch regular direct flights to Taiwan on July 4, the carriers said in separate statements late Wednesday.

Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday it expected to post a profit in the second quarter, excluding special items, and plans to cut domestic capacity by 13 percent in the second half of 2008.

Air Canada, which plans deep staff and capacity cuts to cope with sky-high fuel prices, may retire wide-body Airbus jets sooner than expected to reduce costs, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Shares in Airbus parent EADS fell on Thursday after auditors urged the US Air Force to reopen a USD$35 billion contract for mid-air refueling planes won by EADS and US partner Northrop Grumman.

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot said on Thursday its revenues this year would rise 30 percent, but profits would fall on the back of high jet fuel prices.

Scandinavian airline SAS said on Thursday it had abandoned its plans to sell its loss-making Spanair unit due to tough market conditions, sending its shares down 10 percent.

General Electric's commercial aviation arm has initially agreed to invest in a new airport in south China costing more than CNY3.7 billion yuan (USD$537.6 million), its Chinese partner said.

Air Canada will cut 2,000 jobs and crimp its capacity by 7 percent as runaway fuel prices sap the profitability of many of its routes, the country's biggest airline said on Tuesday.

The chairman and chief executive of US Airways has boosted his direct stock holdings in the airline by 72 percent through open market purchases, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Spanish airline Iberia is suffering from higher oil prices but should still make a profit this year, the head of its main shareholder, Caja Madrid, said on Tuesday.