Etihad Crystal Cargo recently transporteda five-year-old elephant, named"Migara" and a four-tonne stoneBuddha statue on board of one of itsA300-600 freighters from Colombo, inSri Lanka, to Beijing. The elephant and the statue weregifts from the Government of Sri Lankato the Government of China for theChinese New Year. The operation involvedEtihad's cargo charter team inAbu Dhabi and its General Sales andServices Agent in Sri Lanka, Speed AirCargo Net (Pvt) Ltd. Chapman Freeborn … [Read more...] about CHINA: Etihad ships Chinese New Year gifts

Dragonair has taken delivery ofthe second of five 747-400 BoeingConverted Freighters, bringing thenumber of all-cargo aircraft it operatesto eight. Dragonair's first converted freighterwas delivered in October, and enteredservice in November. The carrier is expecting to addthree more 747-400 BCFs to its fleet:two later this year and one in 2008. … [Read more...] about HONG KONG: Dragonair gets second 747-400 BCF

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

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

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