EUROPEAN aircraft manufacturer Airbus is preparing to launch its new generation of freighter aircraft at a time when the global industry is reeling from a drop in demand. Airbus, says Aviation Week, is looking to the long term when it comes to the freighter market, with its sights set on winning business away from US rival Boeing. As the company's sales...
AS Estonian Air, in which the SAS Group owns 49% of the shares, has resolved to conduct a rights offering of approximately EUR 7.3 million in order to provide for additional liquidity to fund the future cash flow and capital requirements of the company. The SAS Group will, in order to seek to protect the value of its ownership stake in Estonia...
The new specialised information system for aircraft maintenance and repair management, referred to as the MRO system (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul), won the award for being the IT Project of 2008. The MRO project received the title in a competition organised annually by the Czech Association of Information Technologies Managers, associating 101 le...
After four years of research and development, aviation IT specialist, SITA, today announced successful testing of a breakthrough new technology for common use passenger processing in a live airport environment. For the last three weeks, Orlando passengers on Canadian low-cost carrier, WestJet, have been both checked-in and boarded using the ground-breaking...
INDIA's Kerala State Industrial Enterprises Ltd (KSIEL) is proposing to develop a greenfield air cargo complex at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram. KSIEL managing director MD Josemon said that the KSIEL would soon appoint a consultant to prepare a project to establish a high-tech air cargo complex at Vallakkadavu at a cost of INR90 crore (...
BOEING has delivered the second of eight 777-200LRs (Longer Range) jetliners that have been ordered by Qatar Airways. The airplane departed Paine Field outside Seattle on a shuttle flight of more than 14 hours to its new operational base at Doha International Airport in the Middle East. Qatar Airways has ordered seventeen 777-300ERs (Extended Range) air...
CATHAY Pacific, and its unit airline, Dragonair, have welcomed Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang's second budget because it promotes cross-border infrastructure as well as tourism, conventions and exhibitions. Said Dragonair CEO Kenny Tang: "Dragonair is Hong Kong's premier mainland carrier, but we also have a niche network of regional d...
QANTAS Freight has confirmed that it would continue to offer wide-body international freight capacity across the Tasman Sea. Qantas Freight general manager Stephen Cleary said a number of alternatives were being evaluated to retain wide-body freight capacity following recently announced changes to Qantas' Tasman schedule, a statement from the carrier sai...
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