Air China says it carried 68,000 tonnes of cargo in August, down 4.1 per cent on August 2007. Its eight month rolling comparison for the year was 552,384 tonnes, little changed from the same period of 2007. The cargo load factor for August was 56.2 per cent, down 0.5 percentage points, while the passenger load factor for Jan-August was 58.1 percent, up 4.7 percentage points. … [Read more...] about China: Air China sees volumes slide in August
Carriers
China: Possible China Eastern, Shanghai Air merger
China Eastern Airlines’ (CEA) president Cao Jinxiong said recently that government shareholders in his company and Shanghai Airlines (SA) are discussing a merger of the two carriers, the Wall Street Journal reported. He said that the government plans to inject capital into CEA before merging it with SA, at which point the combined entity would consider a possible stake sale to Singapore Airlines. “Both [deals], with Shanghai Airlines and Singapore Airlines are possible. But for … [Read more...] about China: Possible China Eastern, Shanghai Air merger
United Airlines
UAL Corporation, the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, announced that Kathryn Mikells will be named senior vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Jake Brace, executive vice president and chief financial officer, who is retiring 1 November. In her new position, Mikells, who has held several leadership roles in the finance organisation, will be responsible for treasury, tax, the controller function, budgets, financial planning and analysis, accounting, … [Read more...] about United Airlines
Air Canada
Air Canada has announced the president and chief executive officer of Air Canada Cargo, Claude Morin is its new vice president, Global Sales. Morin succeeds Marc Rosenberg, vice president, Sales and Product Distribution, who will be retiring fromAir Canada this year. … [Read more...] about Air Canada
United Airlines
UAL Corporation, the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, announced that Donald Dillman has been named vice president of Operations Control. In this position, Dillman will oversee United’s Operations Control Center and have responsibility for decisions affecting more than 1,600 daily mainline flights. He will have operational management responsibilities for flight dispatch, system controllers, aircraft routers, maintenance workload planners, air traffic control … [Read more...] about United Airlines
Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways has appointed Geoff Rhodes as the airline’s manager for Russia. The Abu Dhabi-based airline starts flights to Moscow on 1 December and Rhodes will be responsible for managing Etihad’s commercial operations across the Russian market. Rhodes has more than 40 years of experience in civil aviation in 30 countries worldwide and first joined Etihad in 2006 when he was responsible for setting up the airline’s commercial operations in the Philippines and Indonesia. … [Read more...] about Etihad Airways
