Great Wall Airlines said it has resumedall-cargo air service betweenShanghai and Amsterdam six-timesa week, followed by a resumption ofservices to Mumbai and Chennai inIndia. Operations were suspended inAugust when the US Treasury Department'sOffice of Foreign AssetsControl (OFAC) imposed sanctions onthe parent company, China Great WallIndustry Corporation, for unacceptabletrading practices, which were unrelatedto those of the airline. Great Wall Airlines is now a Sino-Singapore joint … [Read more...] about CHINA: Great Wall resumes freighter services
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CHINA: SATS to expand ground handling
Singapore Airport Terminal Services(SATS), the subsidiary of SingaporeAirlines, said that it, together with itsChinese partner Capital Airports Holding(CAH), will expand its ground-handlingbusinesses to cover eight otherChinese airports. With the expansion, SATS will havea presence of 13 airports in China (includingMacau and Hong Kong). Theadditional airports - Tianjin, Nanchang,Wuhan, Chongqing, Guiyang, Changchun,Hohhot and Harbin - are part ofCAH's network of 31 airports. The expansion … [Read more...] about CHINA: SATS to expand ground handling
CHINA: WFS in talks about handling contract Global cargo handler
WorldwideFlight Services (WFS) is in advancednegotiations with China Eastern aboutproviding management expertise fortheir handling operations in China,according to its president and chiefexecutive, Olivier Bijaoui. "They and their China Cargo subsidiaryare already a large customer forus in Europe," he says. "We are talking about some of our more experienced managers over there and transfer knowledge to them, and are hopeful the discussions will conclude successfully soon." … [Read more...] about CHINA: WFS in talks about handling contract Global cargo handler
CHINA: ASEAN, China sign trade, services deal
ASEAN leaders last month signed adeal on trade and services with China,bringing them a step closer to establishingthe world's biggest free trade area, Xinhua Agency reported. The agreement, which covers telecommunications,transport, tourismand other services, will take effect fromJuly, according to the agreement releasedin Cebu (central Philippines). The spokesperson said under the agreement, China and ASEAN countries would further open the services sector in order to provide improved … [Read more...] about CHINA: ASEAN, China sign trade, services deal
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Dubai-based new cargo operator, Liwa Air, which started service toAfghanistan last year with one AN-74 and two TU-204Cs, has expandedits services throughout the Arabian Peninsula. The carrier, headed byformer Etihad CEO, Robert Strodel, also operates out of Doha andBahrain. A third Tupolev freighter will soon join the fleet, while Liwa isnegotiating the lease of an Airbus A310F. This freighter will be deployedon the route between the UAE and Leipzig/Halle in eastern Germany.In 2010 Liwa plans to … [Read more...] about Gateways
Impractical security bill unlikely to survive in US Senate
There are hopeful signs that a bill, which calls for intensified screening of aircargo on passenger aircraft heading toward the US, which already passed by theDemocratic-controlled Congress last month, is unlikely to survive in the Senate. The provisions were part of a House bill that was promoted as the first legislationto pass in Congress this year with the approval meant to signal new leadership'spriorities in pushing through security recommendations of the commission thatinvestigated the … [Read more...] about Impractical security bill unlikely to survive in US Senate
