Singapore has announced its Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), has recently set up a fl ight recorder readout facility to download and analyze data from the cockpit voice and fl ightdata recorders. “Our AAIB is more than happy to offer to other organisations the use of its fl ight recorder readout facility as this is one of the most important areas of aircraft investigation procedure,” said Singapore’s transport minister, Raymond Lim. Mr Lim highlighted the … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: Singapore to analyse 'black boxes'

Currently about 70 per cent of Moscow-based Atlant-Soyuz’s annual turnover of US$240 million stems from the passenger business, something theairline is aiming to change. “We intend to lift the cargo business rapidly and balance our revenue in the years to come with about 50 percent being contributed by the passenger and the other 50 per cent from the freight business,” said Alexey Malyarevich, head of cargo at Atlant-Soyuz. The fi rst of the new fi ve-order Ilyushin 96-400T … [Read more...] about RUSSIA & CIS: Atlant-Soyuz sets sights on cargo

Russia’s Motor Sich OJSC and Ukraine’s Antonov Design Bureau announced recently that they would jointly resume production of the Antonov 124 “Ruslan” cargo plane. The An-124 and its successor, the An-225, were originally designed in the late 1970s to support Soviet oil and gas development in Siberia, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, all new production of Antonovs came to halt. Volga-Dnepr and ADB expressed their intention to extend their fl eets with modernised … [Read more...] about RUSSIA & CIS: Antonov Ruslan production to restart

AirBridgeCargo has announced it is set to launch Boeing 747 freighter services between Amsterdam-Tel Aviv- Moscow, from October 7. Israel is a strong cargo market for shipments including computer software, industrial equipment, chemicals, agricultural products and perishables, AirBridge said. The development is part of Air- Bridge’s ongoing route expansion programme which also includes the launch of a new Moscow-Tokyo-Krasnoyarsk service last month. It now operates three fl ights a … [Read more...] about RUSSIA & CIS: AirBridge for Amsterdam- Tel Aviv-Moscow

Air cargo traffi c in the Philippines posted a modest growth of 4.5 per cent to 60,880 tonnes in the fi rst half of 2007 from 58,000 tonnes in the same period last year. The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) said Philippine Airlines (PAL) carried 26,630 tonnes during the period down from 28,420 tonnes in the same period last year. Cebu Pacifi c followed with 24,045 tonnes; Pacifi c East Asia Cargo with 5,730 tonnes; Air Philippines with 4,700 tonnes and SEAIR with 110,892 kg. … [Read more...] about PHILIPPINES: Phil's cargo growth modest