Singapore has concluded open skies agreements (OSAs) with Barbados, Brazil, Jamaica and Rwanda, at the International Civil Aviation Organisation Air Services Negotiation Conference 2010 (ICAN 2010) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The OSAs with Barbados and Jamaica are the first between Singapore and the Caribbean Community. The Singapore-Brazil agreement comes...
THE lull in the air cargo business in Nigeria is due to inadequate support from the Federal Government, said sector stakeholders at a recent conference in Lagos, reports to Lagos Independent newspaper. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) was called on to use the NGN600 million (US$4.03 million) generated from the sector to fast track the co...
CANADA's leading domestic premium overnight air cargo network operator, has announced that it has sold its 55 per cent interest in the Cargojet regional partnership to SkyLink Express Inc for a C$3.2 million (US$3.02 million) promissory by aircraft owned by SkyLink Express. SkyLink Express previously held the other 45 per cent in the partnership and wi...
BOEING SHANGHAI, or more formally, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co Ltd, has announced it has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) maintenance certification, greatly enhancing its market potential. The EASA maintenance licence includes heavy maintenance and line maintenance for Boeing Next-Generation 737 series and 767-200/300 models. Boe...
PROLOGIS, global distribution facilities provider, has announced it has signed two, second-quarter lease agreements in Toronto, covering 416,000 square feet. Emerson Canada, a global manufacturing and technology company, has signed a lease for 171,000 square feet, while a leading consumer packaging company has signed a lease for 245,000 square feet, sai...
Boeing forecasts a US$3.6 trillion market for new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years with the freighter fleet expected to grow by more than two thirds as world economies rebound and strong demand for new and replacement aircraft spurs growth. In the Boeing 2010 Current Market Outlook (CMO), released today in London, the plane maker said the wor...
Two years after US airlines were pounded by soaring fuel prices followed by the recession, the industry appears poised to post its first meaningful profit since 2007's third quarter, the Wall Street Journal reported. The major US carriers will begin reporting second-quarter results next week, led by Delta Air Lines. Analysts expect all but one of the n...
The European Commission cleared French transport and logistics provider Geodis, owned by France's national railroad company SNCF, to buy the southern and northern European operations of French freight transport company Giraud International, Dow Jones reported. The deal follows Geodis' purchase of Giraud's steel unit and operations in central and east...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi