As announced 12 months ago, in a move that reflects its commitment to a better environmental future, Evergreen Line is cooperating with Cambridge University in the UK and the National Central University (NCU) in Taiwan on the Pacific Greenhouse Gases Measurement (PGGM) project. It will deploy a number of ships to measure hydrocarbon and halocarbo...
Last year representatives from Ukraine attended Airports Conference to discuss the organization of EURO 2012. This years topic concentrates on a difficult situation of airlines and airports as well as the strategies for improvement of current condition. Airport Warszawa Okęcie plans to lower airport taxes to attract new carriers. These amenities can al...
US Airways has awarded contracts for air cargo GSSA in Belgium and the Netherlands to European Cargo Services (ECS). In Belgium , the airline is now represented by Swift Air while Globe Air Cargo has taken over as US Airways’ GSA representative in the Netherlands . Swift and Globe, wholly-owned companies within the ECS group, took ov...
The Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has appointed Markham Jackson as it first Chief Executive. Mr Jackson, who started his career with BOAC (now BA) in Europe, the Middle East and West Africa , later launched his own air broking business. BACA, a member of the City of London ’s Baltic Exchange, is dedicated to promoting integrity and ethic...
The nation’s largest airlines had a rate of on-time flights this past May that was higher than both the same month last year and the mark posted in April 2009, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). According to information filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (...
Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in June 2009 as compared to June 2008. In June 2009 the Airport served 785,878 passengers, a decrease of 1.5% when compared to the June 2008 passenger traffic count of 797,943. Commercial Carrier flight operations increased 2.8%, while Commuter Carrier (air taxi) operations increased 27.3%...
An increase in international traffic of 13.6 percent helped lift the reported passenger count in May at Orlando International Airport (MCO). For the month, overall traffic decreased 8.6 percent with over 2.8 million passengers using MCO. The total number of passengers at MCO is down compared to 2008. The decline mirrors the aviation industry and many airp...
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) today released its tonnage figures for June, the second quarter and the first half of 2009. A total of 187,955 tonnes were handled in June, down 14.4% year-on-year. Tonnage throughput for the second quarter and for the first half of the year was 540,744 tonnes and 1,003,758 tonnes, representing a year-o...
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