Cathay Pacific said Wednesday that the amount of cargo and mail it handled in October fell 7.4 percent compared to October 2007. The Hong Kong-based carrier, together with sister airline Dragonair, reported volume of 144,466 tons, while capacity fell 2.6 percent. The cargo and mail load factor dropped 2.9 percent to 65.9 percent. For the year to da...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to publish the intensely debated "10+2" rule in the Federal Register on Nov. 24 pending a positive review by key oversight committees in Congress, according to spokeswoman Jenny Burke. The White House on Thursday completed its review of the rule requiring electronic advance information about ocean shipments ...
Planned closure of DENSO Manufacturing Midlands in United Kingdom Kariya (Japan) ―DENSO Corporation today announced that it will consolidate its manufacturing operations of starters and alternators in Europe to DENSO Manufacturing Italia S.p.A. (DMIT) located in San Salvo, Italy. Currently, these products are manufactured at DMIT and DENSO Manufacturing M...
October 2008 traffic data benefited from a favorable comparison basis relative to October 2007 which was impacted by the strike at Air France from the 25th to the 29th. Traffic rose 9.0% with capacity up by 8.0%. The load factor for the month stood at 81.3% (+0.7 points). Excluding the impact of the strike, the rise in traffic would have...
British Airways World Cargo has reported commercial revenues (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of £363 million, an increase of 25.2 per cent against the same period last year. After the impact of exchange rate movements is removed, commercial revenues are up 21.4 per cent. Volumes reached 2,437.4 million cargo tonne kilometres for the first half o...
Grupo Marsans, the largest tourism and transport group in Spain and fourth in Europe, has signed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of 61 Airbus aircraft including four A380s, ten A350-900s, five A330-200s and 42 A320 Family aircraft (of which 12 A319s, 25 A320s and five A321s). These aircraft will be operated by Grupo Marsans' subsidiary or relate...
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) announced today the air cargo tonnage throughput for October 2008. A total of 222,166 tonnes were handled in the month, representing a year-on-year decrease of 9.8%. Cumulative tonnage from January to October 2008 was 2,162,062 tonnes, up 0.9% against the same period last year. Both import and export volu...
At Prague Airport, Czech Airlines provides de-icing to most aircraft in winter. Czech Airlines provides the spraying of the wings and the fuselage, which prevents the occurrence of frost during the flight, and not only to its own aircraft, but also offers it to other carriers. At Prague Airport, Czech Airlines accounts for about 70 percent of de-icing. ...
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