Italian rail operator FNM has awarded a €90m contract to Swiss Group Stadler to supply 19 GTW diesel-electric multiple units for the Milano-Molteno-Lecco line and the Brescia-Iseo-Edolo line. The vehicles are lightweight and spacious with a seating capacity of 231 for the GTW 4/12 units and 113 for the GTW 2/6 units. According to Railway Technology...
Hong Kong's reputation as a leading international trade fair hub has been further enhanced with the official opening last week of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) Atrium Link Expansion. The 20th edition of the Hong Kong Book Fair was the first public fair to take advantage of the expanded space. "We gather here to celebrate two impo...
Lower Austrian cops slapped two drivers with almost 7,000 Euros in fines after they said their trucks too dangerous to be on the road, Austrian Times reports. Officers confiscated a Hungarian truck transporting 2,000 litres of a flammable liquid on the A21 motorway yesterday (Weds) after an inspection revealed one of its tyres was in such bad state it was...
Airlines carried 16.5 percent less cargo and 7.2 percent fewer people in June than the same month a year ago, with no sign yet of the global recession lifting, an industry body said to Reuters. In its latest monthly reading of cross-border traffic, the International Air Transport Association said it could take years for air freight - a leading indicator o...
German airline Lufthansa has said the European Commission (EC) will make no more demands on the company over its purchase of Austrian Airlines (AUA) as talks on the deal came to a close, Austrian Times informs. Lufthansa CFO Stephan Gemkow said today (Thurs) talks with the EC had finished and that it would continue to examine airline-industry markets and ...
BAE Systems Asset Management has won an exclusive global remarketing mandate from Q Aviation of Fort Worth, Texas to arrange the sale of an Airbus A318 into corporate/VIP markets. The aircraft is a 2007 build A318-111, bearing Manufacturer’s Serial Number 3092. It has flown only 4200 cycles since manufacture and delivery in 2007 and it will be avail...
Boeing delivered Emirates' 78th 777, the airline's 45th 777-300ER (Extended Range). The Dubai-based carrier is now the world's largest operator of the 777 and the only airline to operate every model type, with an additional nine 777-200s, 12 777-300s, 10 777-200LRs (Longer Range) and two 777 Freighters in its fleet. Emirates also has an additional 28 B...
Royal Jordanian reported net earnings of "around" JOD7.7 million ($10.8 million) for the first half of 2009, reversed from a JOD4 million loss in the year-ago semester, ATWOnline informs. Revenue decreased 12.7% to JOD274 million on a 6% drop in passengers carried and a 33% fall in uplifted cargo. Operating cost fell 19.6% owing to cost-cutting measures a...
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