Jet Airways has launched services to Dubai from Hyderabad, its fifth daily service to the Gulf city and second from Southern India utilising Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Jet Airways currently operates twice daily services to Dubai from Mumbai, and daily services from Delhi and Chennai. “With the growing popularity of Dubai as a leading business and leisure destination, there has been an increasing demand for enhanced air connectivity to the Gulf emirate from Southern India. We are … [Read more...] about INDIA: Jet Airways starts daily service to Hyderabad

Qantas Airways recently became the fourth carrier to be convicted in a four-year price-fixing conspiracy involving air cargo exported from Canada. The Australian carrier pleaded guilty to Canada’s Competition Bureau to illegally fixing surcharges between May 2002 and February 2006 on some cargo trucked from Canada to the US for through shipment to Australia and elsewhere. The Competition Bureau fined Qantas C$155,000 (US$133,300) for its role in the scheme. The bureau, whose … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: Qantas pleads guilty to Canadian price-fixing

Nordic Aviation Capital (“NAC”), the world’s largest turboprop lessor, is expanding its expertise in Asia with the formal opening of an office in Singapore. NAC in Asia will initially be concentrating activity in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand – where an increasing number of 50 to 70-seat turboprop aircraft are entering service. “ATR especially has new aircraft deliveries coming in over the next few years and a … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: Nordic Aviation Capital expands into Asia

Singapore Airlines filled 67.6 per cent of available capacity on its planes for passengers and cargo in June, up from May’s 62.8 per cent. The carriers’ cargo load factor rose by 1.3 per cent to 62.9 per cent in June versus a year earlier. … [Read more...] about SINGAPORE: Singapore Air sees June load factor rise slightly

The European Commission has released its eleventh update of the Community’s list of airlines banned in the European Union with good news for four Indonesian carriers which have been removed from the so-called ‘black-list’. “We cannot afford any compromises in air safety, we have to remain vigilant; citizens have the right to fly safely every where in the world” said European Commission vice president Antonio Tajani announcing the revised list. … [Read more...] about INDONESIA: Four Indonesian carriers off EU ‘black-list’

Malaysia Airlines Cargo (MASkargo) – which saw a 28 per cent nose dive in cargo volume in the first half year of 2009 year-on-year – has said it expects to see a turnaround of its cargo volumes only in the second half of next year. The Kuala Lumpur-based cargo carrier took a major hit when demand from its main market, China, fell by more than 30 per cent. “We see a light at the end of the tunnel. We see some flattening at the bottom. There is not really a jump … [Read more...] about MALAYSIA: MASkargo sees 2010 recovery, focuses on charters