Brazil’s Gollog, the air cargo arm of low-cost carrier Gol linhas Aereas Inteligentes, has launched Gollog Express, a new line of scheduled delivery and door-to-door products from June 2009. These include next-day delivery; small document/ parcel delivery next flight delivery with destination airport pickup within two hours of arrival and next-day delivery in the main cities served by the carrier. … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Gollog launches new freight options

A key measure of industrial shipping in the US has shown a further 3.5 per cent decline from February to March after offering a glimmer of hope in February when it showed its first fractional gain in six months. The Cass Freight Index for shipments declined 22 per cent in March from the same period a year earlier. Freight transportation spending also turned negative after a slim month-to-month gain in February. The measure of expenditures fell 2.1 per cent from February to March and was down … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: US freight index shows further March decline

Hit by the global economic slowdown that has savaged the global airline industry, Boeing has announced production cuts in its widebody programmes from the middle of next year. The US airframer announced that its 777 production rate will decrease from seven to five aircraft per month beginning in June 2010, representing a 28 per cent cut. It added that previous plans to moderately increase 747-8 and 767 production, each currently at about one per month, have been suspended. Boeing said the … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Boeing cuts 777 production by 28%

Brazil’s TAM Cargo and TAP Cargo – the cargo division of TAP Portugal – have signed a contract that expands the range of destinations served by both companies´ cargo operations. TAM Cargo will serve 15 new locations in Europe and Africa. TAP Cargo will in turn be able to deliver cargo to 15 additional destinations throughout Brazil and the rest of South America. … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: TAM and TAP cooperate on cargo

The move to reappoint Rovinescu has led to speculation that another bankruptcy filing was likely even before the change in management. Stung by a C$1.03 billion ($824.3 million) loss in 2008 and the pending dissolution of parent company ACE Aviation Holdings, Air Canada surprised the market with the announcement it was undertaking a major restructuring that includes the resignation of president and CEO Montie Brewer. Brewer, who joined AC as an executive VP in 2002 and was elevated to the … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Shake-up at Air Canada with new CEO