ROYAL Jordanian Airlines has extended its contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to include all cargo ramp transportation at London Heathrow airport. The new contract, effective immediately, means WFS now provides all cargo handling and ramp transport for the airline's seven Airbus flights a week between London and Amman. WFS handles some 5,...
AIR Transport Services Group Inc, a provider of air cargo transport and related services to air carriers and companies that outsource air cargo requirements, announced that its Cargo Aircraft Management Inc (CAM) subsidiary has committed to purchase three Boeing 767-300 extended-range aircraft from Qantas. ATSG expects to take delivery of the Boeings in...
NIGERIA's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the anti-corruption agency, is probing the "protracted indebtedness of some domestic airlines" amid reports that the airlines owe aviation agencies NGN5 billion (US$33.06 million) after failing to remit five per cent ticket and cargo charges over the years. According to a report by ThisDay, a Lagos ne...
LUFTHANSA Cargo, together with German logistics firms and forwarders have launched a campaign for easier night flight regulations to prevent Germany's exports from being cut out of international trade flows. The carrier has invested "massive sums" in new technologies to reduce aircraft noise pollution to residents living near airports, reported London...
DUTCH express integrator TNT plans to make a further EUR4.5 million (US$5.5 million) investment in its Asia Road Network (ARN), which currently serves seven countries and 127 cities in South East Asia and South China. This brings the total investment to date in the fully integrated ARN to more than EUR12.5 million, the company said in a statement. M...
US FEDERAL prosecutors have asked an Atlanta judge to proceed with fraud charges against Kuwaiti logistics firm Agility for allegedly inflating prices and defrauding the US Government of US$68 million while supplying troops in Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan. Agility said the case is a non-criminal contract dispute and that it remains "committed to discussions ...
Sweden's Dock Workers Union have begun a week-long boycott of cargo to and from Israel to protest against the Gaza blockade and its raid on the flotilla last month, the Morning Star Online reported. All 1,500 members of the union are participating in the week-long industrial action. Stevedores in Gothenburg have already refused to handle about a do...
France-based airplane maker Airbus is considering new initiatives, including joint ventures in China, to increase its presence outside of industrial projects, Dow Jones reported. The company is looking at several opportunities in areas including aircraft financing and leasing, air traffic management and navigation procedures, aircraft maintenance, repai...
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