Former SAS Cargo sales director Jan Lillieborg, who is charged with the obstruction of justice in connection with the airline’s involvement in the globe-spanning cargo price fixing scandal, is said to be on the run after being fired from his new job, according to the Copenhagen Post. Lillieborg - indicted on three counts by the US Department of Justice - was reportedly fired from his job with Swedish company Green Cargo on Tuesday and has been uncontactable since then. Timothy Pfiel, … [Read more...] about Former SAS cargo director on run from Interpol
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American jumps onto perishables bandwagon
American Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo) has joined a swath of other airlines seeking to tap the higher yield perishables and pharma market, announcing recently the launch of its express temperature-controlled service – ExpediteTC. The airline is now offering ExpediteTC to its customers worldwide; following what it said was a highly successful trial in the early summer across 10 international origin and destination city pairs. AA Cargo said it worked closely with specialist … [Read more...] about American jumps onto perishables bandwagon
AMERICAS: US Airways and ANA to codeshare
US Airways Group and Japan’s All Nippon Airways announced a planned codeshare agreement which is slated to begin 16 September, pending governmental approval in both countries. If cleared, frequent fliers of both companies would receive double miles on each others’ flights through 30 November. … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: US Airways and ANA to codeshare
AMERICAS: Air Canada raises C$1 billion in financing
Air Canada, which has been working its way out of a liquidity crisis that was threatening to push the company into bankruptcy proceedings for the second time since 2003, has raised more than one billion Canadian dollars (US$923 million) in new financing. Canada’s largest airline, a unit of ACE Aviation Holdings, was under the gun to raise at least C$600 million in order for new concessionary labor contracts with five Canadian unions to go into effect. The new contracts will hold … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Air Canada raises C$1 billion in financing
AMERICAS: US anti-trust restrictions lifted for AF-KLM
Air France Cargo and KLM Cargo have announced the integration of their commercial activities in the US, effective 1 October as a result of US regulators lifting anti-trust restrictions that had previously prevented such an integration. This integration will result in integrated commercial teams under a joint management coordinated with Delta Cargo within the Air France-KLMDelta financial joint venture on North Atlantic routes. Air France and KLM joined forces in May 2004, resulting in … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: US anti-trust restrictions lifted for AF-KLM
AMERICAS: United Cargo launches temp control service
Like a number of its competitors, United Cargo has jumped on the perishables band wagon with the launch this week of the Temp Control (SM) service designed for shipping of healthcare and pharmaceutical products that require strict temperature controls and monitoring during transport. United Cargo is working with Envirotainer, a provider of temperature-controlled air cargo containers. “With our extensive global network and widebody capacity, United is wellpositioned to serve the needs … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: United Cargo launches temp control service