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NATO and Ukraine are in final talks to extend a lease of heavy-duty transport aircraft, the Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan, for two years, according to PRNewswire. This comes as Ukraine is negotiating the revival of mass production of a new commercial model of the Ruslan with Russia. The planes will have a lifting capacity of 150 tonnes with Russian Air Forc...
CHINA and the Philippines have expanded bilateral air service ties to allow each other's airlines to have a maximum of flight entitlements of 13,500 seats a week, reports the Philippine Star. After talks in Beijing, the two agreed to more flights for their carriers. Transportation Undersecretary Glicerio Sicat led the Philippine delegation, while Civil...
EUROPE's single wagon-load rail freight sector is in danger of imploding, leaving thousands of customers stranded with nowhere to go, says the European Shippers Council (ESC). Speaking at a recent Rail Freight Seminar, ESC Rail Freight Council chairman Henk Schaafstal said shippers need to show the necessity of preserving such services. "There isn't m...
GLOBAL logistics provider Aramex has launched a new sea-air route from China to Europe using Vancouver as its hub to avoid congestion in other cities. The UAE-based company has also secured available ocean capacity from China as well as guaranteed airfreight slots from Canada into the UK, the Netherlands and France. The sea-air service takes 18 days, is...
Malaysia Airlines has swung back to profitability for the third quarter ending 30 September 2010, posting a net profit of US$73.85 million, on the back of a 15 percent increase in revenue, reported Reuters. The national carrier reported a $38.98 million operating profit, rebounding from an operating loss of $24.4 million a year ago. The airline said...
Yet another delay to the delivery of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner aircraft has raised concerns that Qantas will have to keep its fleet of ageing 767 planes in service for longer, reported The Age Qantas will find out shortly the extent of what will become the seventh delay to Boeing's troubled 787 programme, after the manufacturer determined the cause ...
Russian Railways president Vladimir Yakunin expects a big jump in rail freight traffic in the coming decade, reported SKRIN Newswire. "Over the coming decade, the volume of direct rail freight with China could increase by 50-100 percent," he said. Yakunin said that railway transport accounts for a substantial share of external trade freight between ...
China Southern Airlines has launched a Zhengzhou-Kumul-Urumchi service, offering hinterland service from Kumul Airport in Xinjiang, reports Xinhua. The service offers CZ6317/8 flights, flying twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, departing from Zhengzhou at 0800 hrs, stopping at Kumul at 1130 hrs, leaving from Kumul at 1220 hrs, then arriving at Uru...
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