Scandinavian air freight and mail carrier, SAS Cargo, has announced the launch of a new route between its home market and India. The route is to be operated by SAS International with Airbus A340/330 aircraft three times per week. According to its winter schedule, the flight leaves Copenhagen for Delhi on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and returns ...
The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at terminating the Bush administration's U.S.-Mexico cross-border truck program. House members voted 395-18 to approve H.R. 6630, a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to terminate the administration's cross-border pilot program that allows certain M...
The recent return to earth of oil prices has caused FedEx Corp. to upgrade its earnings guidance for its first quarter ended Aug. 31. The Memphis, Tenn.-based company now expects to report first quarter earnings of $1.23 per diluted share, compared to the previous expectation of 80 cents to $1 per diluted share. FedEx has maintained its fiscal year ou...
Hong Kong-based sister airlines Cathay Pacific and Dragonair reported a 3.1 percent drop in cargo volume in August compared to the same month in 2007. The two airlines carried 140,589 tons of cargo and mail in August. Capacity for the month, measured in available cargo/mail ton kilometers, fell 5.4 percent while the cargo and mail load factor rose 0.6...
On September 8, the European Commission (EC) lifted a safeguard clause imposed on Bulgarian aviation. Bulgarian now has the same rights as other participants in the European Union’s aviation market, SofiaEcho said. The college of EC commissioners has finalised procedures for abolishing the safeguard measure and the decision would be published in the...
The Singapore Aviation Academy has launched measures to enhance air cargo security on passenger aircraft through a voluntary registration programme that will ensure complete cargo screening for airlines that join, reports the Shipping Gazette. Under the Regulated Air Cargo Agent Regime, registered companies are required to carry out security measures...
There would not be many buyers for SAS today and the Latvian government has its tongue in cheek when it suggests it may buy the airline that is currently its joint venture minority shareholder in airBaltic, CAPA reported. SAS founded the carrier with the Latvian government in 1995 in a 47.2%-52.6% joint venture, when EU membership for Latvia was on the ho...
The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at terminating the Bush administration's U.S.-Mexico cross-border truck program. House members voted 395-18 to approve H.R. 6630, a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to terminate the administration's cross-border pilot program that allows certain M...
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