Etihad Airways will begin thriceweekly flights from Abu Dhabi to Sydney this month using A340-500 aircraft with a cargo capacity of about 12 tonnes. The carrier will also begin non-stop Airbus A330-200 flights in August between Abu Dhabi and the Irish capital Dublin four times a week. … [Read more...] about Etihad Airways

The Air France KLM Group will increase capacity by 5.4 percent in the coming summer season. Traffic to Latin America will be up 11.4 percent and to Asia up by 7.3 percent. Capacity to North America will increase by 10.1 percent, while capacity to Africa will go up by 3.1 percent. … [Read more...] about Air France KLM Group

The SkyTeam alliance has signed agreements with Air Europa, Copa Airlines and Kenya Airways, which will give them official Associate Airline status. … [Read more...] about SkyTeam

Australia's Virgin Blue is reportedly planning to order seven B777-300ERs, which will be operated on long-haul services to the US. … [Read more...] about Virgin Blue

The Indian Government is considering a proposal to allow foreign airlines to pick up a minority stake in domestic cargo airline operations. "The Ministry has proposed allowing 100 FDI in sea plane, helicopter operations and setting up of Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility. Besides, we are also considering whether to allow foreign airlines to pick up a stake of up to 49 per cent in cargo airline," the Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel said. At present the FDI limit … [Read more...] about INDIA: FDI in cargo airlines to go up

The world¡¯s largest dedicated project forwarding company, Worldwide Project Consortium said it has made several new franchise appointments. WWPC general manager, Kevin Stephens, speaking from the company¡¯s headquarters in Queensland, Australia, said representatives had now been appointed in Cambodia, Pakistan, Egypt, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Bahrain. Stephens said: ¡°This franchise arrangement means that the WWPC is the largest dedicated project forwarding … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: WPC continues to expand global reach