Aircraft maker Bombardier Inc. said it has won an order for four CRJ900 jets valued at $159 million from the Iraqi government as the war-torn country tries to rebuild civilian airline service. The order is the fulfillment of an option to buy four more aircraft after the Iraqi government bought six of the jets for $239 million on March 13, Montre...
A new deal that could see Germany' s Deutsche Post shift its entire North American airfreight network to rival UPS is being valued as high as $10 billion by the U.S. cargo operator. The deal was revealed yesterday as part of a cost-cutting program that could cut the European company' s annual costs by $1 billion by 2011. Under the initiative, Deutsche ...
QANTAS chief executive Geoff Dixon says all bets would be off if there is a further increase in oil prices, directly affecting aviation fuel. He said the company would be forced to raise ticket prices, close more routes and sell parts of the business to protect shareholders. Mr Dixon said the hardline approach would apply to the striking engineers....
LONDON (AP) - Naomi Campbell has been charged with assaulting two police officers during an alleged luggage rage incident at Heathrow Airport, her lawyer and prosecutors said Thursday. The 38-year-old supermodel was charged when she reported to Heathrow police station to answer bail over the April 3 fracas, lawyer Simon Nicholls said. The Crown Pros...
Transnautic Aero GmbH, Germany's largest general cargo sales and service agency (GSSA) has commenced three-times-weekly air cargo services from Frankfurt Hahn to Moscow utilizing chartered Boeing 737 freighter aircraft. The company said the new service provides much-needed additional capacity on the route on days when Transnautic's principal Aeroflot ...
Boeing on Friday delivered the first of six 747-400 Extended Range Freighters ordered in June 2006 by Cathay Pacific Airways. The 747-400ERF, which entered service in October 2002, has a maximum takeoff weight of 412,770 kilograms and can fly an additional 525 nautical miles, or carry an additional 9,980 kg of payload on long-range flights at maximum ...
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways today announced a change of leadership at its cargo division among other senior management moves due to take effect from the second half of the year. Rupert Hogg, managing director of James Finlay Ltd. will switch jobs with Ron Mathison, Cathay Pacific's director of cargo. James Finlay, which has tea and horticul...
German mail and logistics provider Deutsche Post World Net announced Wednesday that its DHL Express unit will contract with UPS for its domestic and international airlift needs within the United States as part of a major restructuring to stem heavy losses in the U.S. market. The express package courier will cut one-third of its station network through...
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