With US$2.5 billion in active contracts for aircraft products, China is now offi cially Boeing’s largest foreign partssupplier. China is an “exciting proposition”, offering greater opportunity for original equipment manufacturing (OEM) rather than “just selling airplanes,” said Boeing China operations vice president John Burns at the recent Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress, accordingto Xinhua News Agency. “Liberalization is creating a … [Read more...] about China has big Boeing stake
SIA picks CARGOSPOT
Swiss-based Softair AG announced that it has concluded an agreement with Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo), for the implementation of its CARGOSPOT software as the platform for SIA Cargo’s next generation CargoReservations and Operations System. CARGOSPOT was selected after detailed study and market survey that spanned more than three years. “The new IT platform will position SIA Cargo to better meet the information demands of our staff, customers and business … [Read more...] about SIA picks CARGOSPOT
Qatar signs up for AFRA
Qatar Airways Cargo has signed up to OAG Cargo’s portal service at the recent Air Freight Asia 2007 conferenceand exhibition in Hong Kong. Qatar Airways Cargo will also use OAG Cargo’s Air Freight Rates (AFRA) application for rates management and distribution. It plans to upload all of its rates onto the AFRA service by the end of the year. There are now over 4.2 million rates published on AFRA, posted by over 450 airlines and currently used by more than 9,000 … [Read more...] about Qatar signs up for AFRA
ST Aerospace’s 50th convert
Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace) celebrated today the redelivery of the 30th MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighter to UPS Airlines. Its subsidiary, ST Aviation Services Company Pte Ltd (SASCO), began the passenger-to-freighter conversion of the MD-11 for UPS in 2001. With today’s redelivery, it has also completed converting 50 MD-11 aircraft to various airline customers for The Boeing Company. The event brought together over 600 people including management … [Read more...] about ST Aerospace’s 50th convert
Qantas Freight signs new internet portal contract
Qantas Freight, a specialised air freight division of Qantas Airways Limited, has recently renewed the global Airline Participation Agreement with Cargo Community Network (CCN), a provider of internet portal services to the airfreight industry. In this new agreement, Qantas Freight has agreed to participate with CCN globally as it hopes to simplify its business processes and improve productivity. … [Read more...] about Qantas Freight signs new internet portal contract
Aeronautical Engineers Inc gets FAA nod
Aeronautical Engineers Inc, (AEI) announced it has received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and has been issued a Supplemental Type Certifi cate (STC) to convert Boeing B737-400 passenger aircraft to full freighters. AEI’s B737-400 Freighter can accommodate 10 full 88”X125” size pallets and can carry a payload up to 48,000 lbs. The launch customer for the B737-400 is RPK Capital and the aircraft will be operated by Flyant Cargo airlines a … [Read more...] about Aeronautical Engineers Inc gets FAA nod
