JAKARTA-based Mandala Airlines has appointed AAT as its cargo-handling agent in Hong Kong International Airport effective immediately. The airline launched its inaugural flight to Hong Kong in July commencing its daily service between Hong Kong and Jakarta. "We would like to welcome Mandala Airlines and look forward to a successful partnership," said AA...
FUNDING for road, rail, ports, waterways and airports has fallen below what is required to maintain freight movement in the United States, according the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). The group predicted that US freight demand will double, from today's 15 billion tons to 30 billion tons in 2050 with truck v...
THE US Department of Transportation has been easing the shortage of containers to facilitate American agricultural exports. "Our must be able to rely on the transportation network to get their products to markets, and that network must not unduly penalise those who are in rural areas," said North Dakota Democratic senator Kent Conrad in a letter to Tran...
GEODIS has posted a 37.1 per cent increase in revenue during the first half of the year to EUR3,112.6 million (US$4.04 billion). On a comparable structure and exchange rate basis, revenue rose 11.7 per cent, or EUR265.3 million, from the year-earlier period. "Changes in the scope of consolidation in 2009 and early 2010 added EUR523.5 million over th...
The Indian government is considering an additional equity infusion into national carrier Air India, as the loss-making airline aims for a 29 percent increase in its revenue this fiscal year, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. The government infused US$172.56 million worth of equity into the carrier last fiscal year ended March 31 and has already...
AUSTRALIA's Qantas and Canada's Bombardier Aerospace have finalised a US$218 million purchase of seven new Q400 NextGen aircraft to be delivered by Bombardier from 2011 for operation by Qantas' regional airline subsidiary QantasLink based on the list price for the Q400 NextGen aircraft. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the Q400 aircraft had become the main...
DELTA AIRLINES has recorded a second quarter net profit of US$549 million, excluding special items - a $748 million turnaround from the same period in 2009. Special charges for Northwest merger expenses and aircraft retirements reduced the carrier's actual net income to $467 million, reported American Shipper. The carrier attributed its "best quart...
DUBAI's Emirates Airline has ordered 30 Boeing 777-300ERs (Extended Range) during Britain's biannual Farnborough air show, the American aircraft manufacturer announced in a statement. Emirates is already the world's largest 777 operator with a fleet of 86 through direct purchase and lease, plus an additional sixteen 777-300ERs previously on order. ...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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