Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines hasapplied with the US Department ofTransportation to offer service betweena ¡°major city in India¡± and one airporton the US West Coast as well as one inthe Northwest. … [Read more...] about Kingfisher Airlines

After an absence of more than fi ve years,KLM will resume service to Muscat thiswinter. Effective December 3, KLM willoperate fi ve weekly roundtrips to theOmani capital with Airbus A330-200aircraft. KLM was forced to suspendservice between Amsterdam and Muscatin early 2002 because of the 9/11attacks in the US. … [Read more...] about KLM

GE Aviation Materials has launched itsSingapore Distribution Centre. DHLExel Supply Chain will operate andmanage the centre. The 31,300-sq. -ft.facility will hold about $30 million innew and used engine parts and completespares. … [Read more...] about GE Aviation Materials

India plans to start work on a dedicatedrail freight corridor between New Delhiand Mumbai in the fi scal year 2008-09 and complete it by 2012. The railproject will be fi nanced with a 400billion yen ($3.44 billion) low-interestloan from Japan. … [Read more...] about India

Virgin Group said it has acquired a 20percent stake in Malaysian carrier AirAsia X, which plans the start up of along-haul LCC service in the fourthquarter of 2007 from Kuala Lumpur usingleased A330 aircraft operated by FlyAsian Express. AirAsia X also ordered15 A330-300s. … [Read more...] about Virgin Group

MASkargo last month introduced aweekly B747-400 freighter stop in thesouthern Indian city of Madras. Thestop is being added to an existing nonstopservice between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur. Separately, the Malaysiancargo carrier is now calling threetimesa week in Tashkent, in Uzbekistan,en route from Amsterdam. … [Read more...] about MASkargo