China To Cut Its Domestic Flights
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is moving to reduce the amount of flight arrivals and departures at the Beijing Capital Airport and...
Midwest Air Goes to TPG, May End up With Northwest
For months, AirTran has been attempting to purchase Midwest Airlines, meeting constant objections on the part of the Midwest board and its chairman and...
Air Cargo Hopes on the Rise
The perception of stability in the world's air freight sector is largely because no major airline is in bankruptcy, since both Delta Air Lines and Northwest...
US Freight Transportation Takes a Fall
Transportation fell 0.7% in June from its May level. A report from the Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the TSI measures...
British and Korean Air to Pay Big Cargo Price Fixing Fines
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and Britains Office of Fair Trading conducted parallel investigations, which led to the filing of charges against British...
Up in the AirOf Bags and Nags
A company that specializes in luggage delivery wants to make it clear that it isnt only Joe Average who suffers from misdirected luggage when flying....
EU Troubled Over US Open Skies Response
Media reports noted the absence of Sir Richard Branson during the launch of Virgin America. The US start-up airline was allowed to proceed after an open...
FAA Puts Packaging To The Test
Q. What is DOT going to do about packaging of hazmat for air shipments?A. This topic was the subject of a lot of preparatory work and an all-day session...
Bidding Begins for Expanded China Air Routes
Six new routes will be awarded by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to become operational between 2007 and 2009. Long term, the agreement between...
Estes Express Lines Establishes an Air Forwarder
The move has been planned for nearly a year as Estes seeks to expand its offerings in the global arena. Scott Fisher, executive vice president and chief...
US Airways Orders Airbus Widebodies
In a deal valued at $10 billion, US Airways has ordered a total of 92 airbus aircraft. It confirmed an order for 22 of the A350 XWBExtra Wide Bodydesign...
While Air Cargo Grows, Ocean Grows Faster
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported freight demand grew 2.6% in the first four months of 2007, helped by route expansions and...
Northwest Airlines Leaves Bankruptcy
After 20 months of living with bankruptcy protection, a reorganized Northwest Airlines is expected to produce a profit of $794 million for 2007 after...
China and U.S. to Increase Flights
Under a new civil aviation agreement, there will be 13 new daily flights to be operated by U.S. carriers to and from China by 2012. During 2007 and 2008,...
Another Russo-Roman Alliance?
With the Italian government ready to sell its stake in Alitalia Airlines, the company could no longer avoid taking a writedown on its fleet or 197 million...
The Air France-KLM Combine Increases Revenues
The strength of the airline in its fourth quarter came in passenger revenues. For its part for the quarter, cargo revenues were down from last years 23...
UPS is Going Around the World, Again
Slated to begin in July, these five new flights will fly from the UPS European air hub in Cologne, Germany on to Dubai, Bangkok, Singapore and Mumbai....
UAE-based Etihad Wins Cargo Airline Award
Members of the cargo industry from more than 100 countries voted Etihad Airways cargo airline of the year in an awards program sponsored by Air Cargo...
Delta Exits Bankruptcy
We have successfully repaired our balance sheet , improved the customer experience, expanded our international route system and built a platform for future...
Russian Carrier Seeks to Buy Alitalia
The national Italian airline has been in financial trouble for quite some timeit lost $540 million in 2006and has been the source of rumors of takeover...
U.S. and European Negotiators Welcome First Stage of Aviation Agreement
Borrowing his imagery from the trans-Atlantic aviation bill the European Union had just approved, Jacques Barrot, European Commission Transport Minister,...
Open Skies Agreement Drives Change
The issue of foreign ownership of U.S. airlines was only partially resolved in the recent bilateral aviation agreement between the U.S. and European Union....
Global Air Cargo Up Slightly, Profits Prediction Raised
Most recent figures for international air cargo show growth of 2.4% for February 2007 after January's increase of 3.0% year over year. The statistics...
Russia Seeks to Buy Alitalia--Takeovers and Mergers Continue Globally
The national Italian airline has been in financial trouble for quite some timeit lost $540 million in 2006--and has been the source of rumors of takeover...
W.S. Wilson Joins Boeing Effort to Provide Spare Parts On Demand
Boeing (Chicago) and W.S. Wilson (New York) signed a long-term agreement designed to reduce airlines' maintenance-related costs. Part of Boeing's "integrated...
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