RAK Airways based in the UAEemirate of Ras Al Khaimah, will startflying in May, said a top official. Theairline will begin operations with twoB757-200s, which have been leasedfrom Spanish carrier, Iberia. According to Shaikh Salem BinSultan Al Qasimi, chairman of the RAKDepartment of Civil Aviation, KishuTeckchandani was officially namedCEO of RAK Airways, replacing JackRomero. Shaikh Salem stressed that the keyreason for replacing the airline's earlierCEO was the delay in the launchdate. … [Read more...] about MIDDLE EAST: RAK Air likely to take-off in May

BRAND NAMES - We are pleasedto report that we recently received anew addition to the long list of brandnames that more or less look like PayloadAsia. The most obvious one, Playboy, isof course a no-brainer, but Paylord,Playlord, Praylord and a few others aretestimony to great creative brains, whosend us mail. The latest comes from no otherthan Singapore Speedpost, which rightbefore Chinese New Year sent us a"prosperity pack" with the slogan "EnjoyTriple Happiness with … [Read more...] about BRAND NAMES

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

Austria-based Cargo-Partner AG, one of Europe's privately owned global logistics company with activities in eastern and central Europe, has launched its wholly-owned Indian subsidiary, Cargo Partner Logistics India Pvt Ltd (CPLI). Headquartered in Kolkata, CPLI has opened nine branches in different locations in the country, employing 60 professionals. "We have plans to open five more branches and recruit another 80-90 people and hope to post a turnover of Rs 100 crore in … [Read more...] about Cargo-Partner unveils Indian subsidiary

Logistics provider Dachser has set up a 50:50 joint venture with Indian logistics company, AFL. Headquartered in Mumbai, the new company "AFL Dachser Pvt. Ltd" has over 30 branches of its own in India. The board members are the AFL chairman and managing director Cyrus Guzder, AFL director Farukh Guzder and the Dachser managing directors Bernhard Simon and Thomas Reuter, while Detlev Janik, incumbent ¡®global head ¨C cargo', AFL, has been appointed CEO of the new joint … [Read more...] about Dachser invests in India

India last month started work on a project that will enable New Delhi airport to handle 37 million passengers a year by 2010, more than double its current capacity, aviation officials were quoted as saying by Gulf Daily News. The 85 billion rupee ($1.94bn) revamp will see a third terminal building constructed in the next three years and a new runway by 2008 to ease congestion at the airport. The new runway - the airport's third - would be one of Asia's longest at 4,430 metres and would … [Read more...] about $2bn New Delhi airport revamp begins