Cargoitalia, Italy’s all-cargo airline, increased its schedule by 50 per cent in March with flights to the US and Hong Kong rising to three per week. The US service will now operate Milan (Malpensa) – New York – Chicago on Wednesdays, Milan – Chicago on Saturdays, and Milan – New York on Sundays. Flights to Hong Kong will also increase to three-times-weekly. Tuesday services will route via a new destination, Sharjah, while … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Cargoitalia boosts services by 50%

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch a three-times weekly service between Amsterdam and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport in China on 8 May 2010 using B777-200ER equipment. KLM is the first airline to offer direct service between Hangzhou and Europe and is KLM’s sixth destination in China. “KLM is proud to add this 63th intercontinental destination to its network. With this sixth scheduled service to China, we now offer no fewer than 36 weekly services to this growing market. KLM … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: KLM launches Hangzhou, China service

AECS Globe Air Cargo is increasing its sales programme for Air China in France and Scandinavia following the launch of a twice-weekly Boeing 747- 200 freighter service by the airline to Shanghai and Beijing. Globe Air Cargo is Air China’s exclusive GSA partner in France and already markets 500 tonnes of cargo capacity a month on the airline’s Airbus A330 passenger flights from Paris CDG Airport. Air China operates a daily flight to Beijing and four services a week to … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: ECS to market Air China’s new Euro freighter service

A World Trade Organisation (WTO) report reportedly found Airbus received European subsidies to build commercial airplanes, but Airbus and rival Boeing both claimed victory in their longrunning spat. The verdict – five years in the making – was not made public and won’t be until June because the full report must be translated into three languages. In 2005, the WTO was asked to weigh in on a spat between the US and the European Union. Both have claimed each … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Airbus and Boeing both claim WTO victory

Royal Jordanian has begun direct flights to Madinah, Saudi Arabia, with four weekly flights. RJ president/CEO Hussein Dabbas said that opening this route is an advantage to RJ passengers who wish to visit Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah. He also said the airline will resume its operations to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, at the beginning of June this year. Studies are being conducted to open new routes such as Johannesburg, Tehran, Izmir, Luxor and Aswan. … [Read more...] about MIDDLE EAST: RJ launches direct route to Madinah

El Al Israel Airlines has reported its fourth quarter and full year 2009 results revealing a 21 per cent drop in revenue to US$1.7 billion in 2009 from $2.1 billion in 2008, while the carrier’s net loss soared to $76.3 million from $41.9 million a year earlier. El Al said that its 2009 results were affected by the global economic crisis that began in 2008, which reduced passenger and air cargo traffic, resulting in a surplus of seats and cargo space. Cargo revenues … [Read more...] about MIDDLE EAST: El Al sees cargo revenues plummet 46% in ‘09