Air Canada has announced plans to discontinue its daily flights to India starting in May, citing insufficient demand for the route. Canada's leading carrier currently offers one daily flight from Toronto to New Delhi, with a stopover in Zurich, but it has been unable to break even on the route, particularly during the summer. "Our financial goals were not met because of the seasonal nature of traffic to New Delhi, which did not enable us to maintain profitable occupancy levels … [Read more...] about INDIA: Air Canada to end daily flights to India
SRI LANKA: SriLankan Cargo sets new freight record
SriLankan Cargo set a new record for handling of freight at Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport in 2006 with a total of 167,289 tonnes, an increase of 4.48 percent over the previous calendar year. Nalin Rodrigo, head of SriLankan Cargo, said: "Our success is due to our expanded network throughout the Indian Subcontinent, coupled with promotional activities to increase awareness and confidence of our customers in the SriLankan Cargo brand. This is an excellent performance by … [Read more...] about SRI LANKA: SriLankan Cargo sets new freight record
AFRICA: SAA & Air Mauritius team up
South African Airways (SAA) and Air Mauritius have reached a code-share agreement on the routes between Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Mauritius. This new agreement is in addition to SAA's present daily flights between Johannesburg and Mauritius. SAA operates between Johannesburg and Mauritius seven days a week, while Air Mauritius operates five times to and from Johannesburg, twice a week to and from Cape Town and Durban respectively. A key focus for SAA is to expand its route … [Read more...] about AFRICA: SAA & Air Mauritius team up
AUSTRALIA: WPC continues to expand global reach
The world¡¯s largest dedicated project forwarding company, Worldwide Project Consortium said it has made several new franchise appointments. WWPC general manager, Kevin Stephens, speaking from the company¡¯s headquarters in Queensland, Australia, said representatives had now been appointed in Cambodia, Pakistan, Egypt, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Bahrain. Stephens said: ¡°This franchise arrangement means that the WWPC is the largest dedicated project … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: WPC continues to expand global reach
AUSTRALIA: Airlines face Australian cargo class action
Seven international airlines have been served with a A$200 million class action in Australia accusing them of global price fixing on air freight from 2000. Melbourne law firm Maurice Blackburn Cashman is leading the action against Qantas, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Air New Zealand, Japan Air Lines and British Airways. A writ filed in the federal court alleges freight charges were unlawfully over-inflated through surcharges imposed by the airlines including fuel … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: Airlines face Australian cargo class action
AUSTRALIA: China-Oz cargo capacity concern
More than 40 percent of China¡¯sairfreight cargo to Australia is beingflown indirectly, via other internationalairports, a finding that may indicatethat there is insufficient cargo capacityon the direct routes, accordingto Australian cargo statistics groupMaritrade. It said almost 40 percent of importsto Melbourne Airport from Chinaarrived indirectly, a figure that has remainedlargely unchanged in the lasttwo years. More than half of SydneyAirport¡¯s imports from China in January2004, … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: China-Oz cargo capacity concern
