Kazakhstan-based carrier Air Astana has leased a second A321 and last month took delivery of its second B767-300ER. In addition to the two B767s, Air Astana¡¯s fleet now includes four Boeing 757s, two Airbus A321s, five Airbus A320s and five Fokker F50s. The airline is on target to grow its fleet to 34 aircraft by 2014. … [Read more...] about Air Astana
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Qantas Airways
Qantas Airways said it might sell its stake in Australian air Express (AaE) following the failed US$9 billion takeover bid by a group, led by Macquarie Bank. AaE is a joint venture between Qantas and Australia Post. … [Read more...] about Qantas Airways
EUROPE: Leisure cargo spreads network
Leisure cargo has changed ownership recently as its parent company LTU was taken over by Air-Berlin. This forms quite a strong group of long, medium and short haul airlines i.e. Air-Berlin, LTU, Niki, Belair and former dba with a widely spread network. The carrier without a fleet has performed successfully again in 2006, its seventh year in operation. Tonnes handled were up over 2005 17.3 percent to 47.129 t and revenues generated for the 18 mandate carriers were 58.2 million euros, an … [Read more...] about EUROPE: Leisure cargo spreads network
Gulf Air
Gulf Air has announced the appointment of Swiss national Björn Näf as the chief operating offi cer. Näf, 42, began his aviation career in 1990 with airline pilot training in the US and Switzerland. Since then he has served in various departments in the industry, including stints as emergency instructor, a captain, pilot trainer, on time performance manager, operations control center manager and executive vice president for product and services – cabin crew, ground … [Read more...] about Gulf Air
NWA Cargo
NWA Cargo has named Tim Strauss vice president – Asia & Europe. Strauss is responsible for sales, operations, and space control activities for NWA Cargo in Asia and Europe, reporting to Jim Friedel, president of NWA Cargo and senior vice president-Pacifi c. In addition, Strauss retains global responsibility for postal affairs. Strauss joined NWA Cargo in 2001 as vice president for global operations. Prior to joining NWA Cargo, Strauss held key management positions of increasing … [Read more...] about NWA Cargo
Interest in AFA2007 shows industry is heading North
With just fi ve months to go before the 13th edition of Air Freight Asia (AFA) opens its doors at the AsiaWorld-Expo facilities in Hong Kong as part of the much larger Asian Aerospace 2007 Expo & Congress, space bookings for the Exhibition have already exceeded those of last year’s event in Shanghai. Meanwhile, interest in the Conference is encouraging as several senior executives from the air cargo industry have confi rmed their attendance as speakers. AFA2007 is set to confi rm … [Read more...] about Interest in AFA2007 shows industry is heading North