China will tighten control on the approval of new airlines, cut fl ights at its busiest airport in Beijing and raise safety checks, worried that the industry is expanding dangerously fast, the regulator was quoted as saying in a report by Reuters. No applications for new airlines will be accepted before 2010 and the growth of those already in operation will be controlled, the General Administration of Civil Aviationof China said in a statement. Exceptions will be granted only to freight … [Read more...] about CHINA: China to rein in airline growth
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CHINA: Martinair Cargo adds Xiamen to network
Following the successful operation in Nanjing & Tianjin, Dutch freighter specialist Martinair Cargo has extended its network in China with the start of a weekly Boeing 747 freighter service between Xiamen and Amsterdam from last month. The fl ights will operate every Sunday on the route Xiamen-Bangkok- Sharjah-Amsterdam. Martinair will offer capacity to Europe as well as to its cargo hubs in Bangkok & Sharjah. Cargo from Europe to Xiamen will be accommodated on Martinair’s fl ights … [Read more...] about CHINA: Martinair Cargo adds Xiamen to network
CHINA: Beijing threatens to shut down Schenker
Chinese media reports say that the Chinese Ministry of Communications has issued a statement in Chinese that logistics provider Schenker is being investigated for operating with falsifi ed NVOCC licenses. It is believed that the authorities have called on Schenker to cease all business in China concerned with ocean freight, and for shipping companies not to deal with Schenker. Schenker has denied the accusations and stated that it clearly has received an NVOCC certifi cate from the … [Read more...] about CHINA: Beijing threatens to shut down Schenker
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Cargolux last month accepted its 15th B747-400 freighter from Boeing. The aircraft, registered LX-WCV and named ‘City of Petange’ arrived in Luxembourg after its delivery fl ight from Seattle with a full load of cargo. The Luxembourg-based cargo airline is also launch customer for the Boeing 747-8 Freighter with fi rm orders for 13 B747-8 Freighters, two options and 10 purchase rights. First deliveries will start from 2009. … [Read more...] about GATEWAYS
Experience-based security measures more viable than Washington politics
The members of the US Senate and House of Representatives have gone on summer recess for a few weeks after pushing through a revised antiterrorism bill which, among many other things, will force the air cargo industry to get all cargo inspected before it can be loaded on passenger aircraft andfreighters. As the impact of this security document is likely to be massive, it is probably a good time to analyse the consequences of this bill, which has meanwhile been signed into law by US President … [Read more...] about Experience-based security measures more viable than Washington politics
SriLankan rises above its frustrations
Having seen half of its aircraft destroyed on the ground by the Tamil Tigers one terrible night in July 2001, SriLankan Airways knows all too well about coping with terrorists attacks. But recently there have been a few brief years when it thought all thatbehind it. Following the 2001 attacks, the carrier managed to rebuild its fl eet, and though it didn’t return to all its former longhaul routes, it was looking forward to a profi table and stable future. But with the truce between the … [Read more...] about SriLankan rises above its frustrations
