Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport, which opened in September to huge publicity and was designed to showcase Thailand as a leading passenger and cargo hub, faced a serious setback in its lofty ambitions last month when the Thai government ordered Bangkok's Don Muang International Airport reopened to both international and domestic flights. The move came after the new four-month old US$4 billion Suvarnabhumi Airport faced technical and congestion problems caused by repair work on the airport's … [Read more...] about The long, sad saga of Suvarnabhumi
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Mixed Messages from China Southern
As China Southern Airlines' potential partners waltzthrough their joint-venture negotiations, what hadbeen a keen sense of anticipation among spectatorsis becoming somewhat jaded, if you'll excuse the pun.Michael Westlake checks out who is leading who. Germany's Lufthansa, developmentbank DEG and Shenzhen Airlines havetheir Jade Cargo International jointventure up and running from Shenzhen,only about 30 miles away fromChina Southern's massive Guangzhoubase. China Southern's two major … [Read more...] about Mixed Messages from China Southern
Pos M'sia to invest on efficiency improvement
Pos Malaysia Bhd plans to invest as much as M$230 million to boost its efficiency and the bulk will be spent on a new mail processing centre. Managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Ikmal Hijaz Hashim said Pos Malaysia, whose mail and parcel delivery services makes up about 70 percent of group revenue, will spend M$69 million to buy a building, sprawled over 10ha in Kuala Lumpur's district of Shah Alam, from MT Picture Display (M) Sdn Bhd. The building will house Pos … [Read more...] about Pos M'sia to invest on efficiency improvement
INDIA: IA's 'Indian Cargo' from July
Indian Airlines (IA) is planning tostart a dedicated freighter service fromJuly, the chairman and managing director,Dr V. Trivedi, said "We are likely tocall the new operations Indian cargo.The launch of the new service will notaffect the ongoing merger process.When the merger process gets underway,Indian cargo can be merged withthe new entity," Dr. Trivedi said. The airline has already announcedthat it would be launching the freighterservice by converting five Boeing 737-200 aircraft into … [Read more...] about INDIA: IA's 'Indian Cargo' from July
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
FedEx upgrades India presence
FedEx Corp last month upgradedIndia from a country within a regionto a full region in its own right, theEconomic Times reported. FedExpreviously had five regions, each withits own vice president. These regions were the US, Canada,EMEA (Europe, Middle East, andAfrica), Latin America- Caribbean(LAC) and Asia-Pacific (APAC). Indiacame under EMEA and had JacquesCreeten as its managing directorreporting to his vice president in Brussels, Belgium. Since December 2006, however,in recognition of … [Read more...] about FedEx upgrades India presence