China plans to attract private investment in the express airfreight delivery sector to boost the development of the industry, according to Da Wa, the Director General of the Post Offi ce’s regulatory department. Da said he was contacting other departments to gather statistics on Chinese express delivery companies, and intends to lay the groundwork for policies to promote development of the private sector, Xinhua reported. Demand for express airfreight services is expected to increase … [Read more...] about China to attract express sector investments

ANA (All Nippon Airways) has teamed up with Tokyobased OCS (Overseas Courier Service) to jointly develop a new international express delivery service aimed primarily at the growing Asianmarket. BEAM, as the new service will be known, will be launched at the end of August. Services will first be offered to Shanghai - using ANA’s late night cargo fl ights from Tokyo Haneda via Osaka Kansai - and rolled out to other points in China as demand for the service develops. … [Read more...] about ANA, OCS in express service venture

THAI Cargo said that until September30, 2007, it is offering discountfreight charges for travelers carryingdomestic air tickets, who want toship unaccompanied live pets (ULP)and unaccompanied baggage(UCB). … [Read more...] about THAI Cargo

Starting this month, Lufthansa Cargo is chartering an additional MD-11freighter from World Airways. The UScarrier is already operating two MD-11freighters for Lufthansa Cargo. Thecontract for three B747-200Fs charteredfrom Air Atlanta Icelandic hasnot been renewed. … [Read more...] about Lufthansa Cargo

Hong Kong Airlines has signed a memorandumof Understanding (MOU) for51 Airbus aircraft, including 30 A320s,20 A330s as well as an Airbus CorporateJet. The company was established in2001 and serves Asian and Chinesemainland destinations. … [Read more...] about Hong Kong Airlines

Kuwait-headquartered Agility said thatthe US Department of Defense hadrenewed its $1.5bn contract for anotheryear. In a statement, Agility said it wasexecuting the contract for the thirdyear running. … [Read more...] about Agility