Hainan Airlines Group has announced plans to relaunch its Grand China Express Airlines subsidiary as Tianjin Airlines from early June. Grand China had been operating 10 E-190s, 12 ERJ-145s and 29 Do 328-300s on more than 80 domestic routes. The Tianjin government agreed, in December, to inject CNY200 million (US$29.3 million) into Grand China, giving it a 15.4 per cent stake in the new carrier, with Hainan holding 83.4 per cent and its subsidiary, Hainan Airlines holding the remainder. … [Read more...] about CHINA: Grand China Express becomes Tianjin Airlines
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CHINA: China South, AF-KLM cargo JV on hold
China Southern Airlines and Air France-KLM have postponed their cargo joint venture, according to China Southern chairman Si Xianmin. “Based on the original plan, our cargo JV with AF-KLM should have been launched in the first quarter. But we have to reconsider this plan after taking the current marketsituation into account,†Si said. China Southern signed a framework agreement with AF-KLM in the middle of last year to launch a cargo joint venture in which the Guangzhou-based … [Read more...] about CHINA: China South, AF-KLM cargo JV on hold
CHINA: Yangtze River Express begins DFW service
Yangtze River Express has added its second US destination and fourth international. China’s Yangtze River Express, majority owned by the Hainan Air Group (85 per cent) with Hainan Airlines Co (five per cent) and Shanghai Airport Group (10 per cent), has launched a new four-times weekly service between Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. This is the second US destination for the carrier, after Los Angeles, and the fourth … [Read more...] about CHINA: Yangtze River Express begins DFW service
Murphy’s Law of air cargo…
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse. As if the economic downturn wasn’t enough, we now have the looming threat of a global Swine Flu pandemic. As the world watches and waits, the nasty hybrid of a virus is slowly creeping its way around the world. Sitting here in tiny Singapore we all wait for what the health authorities say is the inevitable spread from the one infected person on the island to the general population. At press time the count has already … [Read more...] about Murphy’s Law of air cargo…
Cathay Pacific Cargo meets challenges head-on
Responding to the rapidly changing market situation, Cathay Pacific’s strategy took into account variables such as fuel prices, fleet deployment and fluctuations in world trade patterns, all of which had shown a marked change globally over the past 12 months. The carrier’s response included capacity cuts, special leave schemes for staff , adjustment of frequencies, focusing on new markets and also included delaying a planned cargo terminal to cut costsamid the global … [Read more...] about Cathay Pacific Cargo meets challenges head-on
Time:Matters & Jetpak team up on spare parts
Time:matters, the special service provider for courier, same day and emergency logistics as well as timecritical spare parts logistics and Jetpak, a Nordic market leader for timecritical express logistics solutions, have developed a joint flight network specifically for the transport of timecritical spare parts. The new high-frequency, in-night network connects Central European commercial centers with Northern European destinations such as Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki as well as … [Read more...] about Time:Matters & Jetpak team up on spare parts
