Dick Gilbert, Managing Director of Skyline Aviation, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA), the world’s largest organisation for air charter professionals. The association, based at the Baltic Exchange in the heart of the City of London, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, and is committed to r...
On the basis of the success of the heavy-duty truck Mercedes-Benz Actros in the mining sector – the vehicle was brought to the Brazilian market last year and rapidly got recognized by its strength, robustness, resistance and state of the art technology. Mercedes-Benz brings now to the country a new generation model of this products line, Actros 4844 8...
In the latest Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) survey, readers of the American "Air Cargo World" magazine ranked 93 carriers on the basis of various criteria. Lufthansa Cargo was crowned an excellent Cargo-Airline. Emirates Sky Cargo narrowly displaced Lufthansa Cargo (127.7) to top the latest Index at 128.3 points. One conclusion is that Emir...
According to Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and Chief Executive Office Of IATA, premium airlines, where airlines make their money has come down 16.7% for January 2009. With premium traffic down and business class disappearing, it will be a problem for Asia's carriers to be profitable. Somehow, the case might be slightly different with Low Cost Carrie...
KID-Systeme, the leader in aircraft cabin electronics, today announced at the Aircraft Interiors Expo that its GSM on Board inflight passenger communications system, used by OnAir, has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) supplement type certification for Boeing 737 aircraft. The Boeing 737, is operated by more than 500 airlines including Ryanair...
On April 1, 2009, SAS Cargo will launch a new product called EuropeXpress, which is faster and more reliable than most other airfreight products. This is made possible through a more extensive exploitation of SAS’ route network, which counts more than 700 daily flights, and through a simplification of time consuming processes and procedures. - The i...
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic), the world leader in in-flight entertainment and communication (IFEC) systems, today announced at the Aircraft Interiors Exposition the launch of the Panasonic Airline Television Network. The Panasonic Airline Television Network is a proprietary broadcast TV distribution network. It includes a selection of respect...
Latvian airline airBaltic has appointed Airline Services GSA as its cargo GSSA for Finland. The company’s long-standing expertise in the eastern European markets was a major factor in its choice. airBaltic currently operates 5 flights per day from Helsinki to its Riga hub, with frequent connections to 53 destinations spanning Europe, eastern Europe,...
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