The Indian government has approved a proposal by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the implementation of the GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) project for seamless navigation over Indian airspace. With this, India will be only the fourth country in the world to have a satellite based navigation system. The AAI currently uses ground based terrestrial navigation system for providing safe navigation over the Indian airspace. … [Read more...] about Gov't approves satellite based nav system
Equipment
Aviapartner
Europe’s leading independent ground handler, Aviapartner, has announced the appointment of Andy Cruise to the position of group commercial director of its business line ground handling. Cruise has been working in the aviation industry for 23 years and has held several commercial and operational functions at Swissport UK (and Groundstar Ltd, before it was taken over by Swissport), Reed Aviation Limited, Air Foyle Ltd, and TNT International Aviation. In his new position, Andy Cruise … [Read more...] about Aviapartner
Cathay welcomes air traffic initiatives
Cathay Pacific Airways has welcomed the latest initiatives made by the Hong Kong Government to enhance air traffic management and to increase runway capacity at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline sees these essential interim measures as crucial to bolstering the competitiveness of Hong Kong as a leading global aviation hub, and looks forward to more long-term breakthrough developments in the near future through active coordination with the Mainland authorities. Financial … [Read more...] about Cathay welcomes air traffic initiatives
Target Logistic Services
US-based Target Logistic Services has strengthened its operations in Australia with the selection of a new partner, Sydney- based International Cargo Express, (ICE). ICE has six offices throughout Australia and is headed by Peter Timmerman. … [Read more...] about Target Logistic Services
Shorthauls
Overcapacity tempers air cargo
The announcement last month of the establishment of a new air services agreement between the US and China, which will more than double the number of passenger fl ights by 2012 and offer airfreight operators “greatly expanded commercial freedom” constitutes, for the air freight part of the deal, a lot of hot air. “It is absolutely historic,” declared US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters in a conference call after reaching agreement with her counterpart, Chinese … [Read more...] about Overcapacity tempers air cargo
