BA World Cargo has increased thenumber of its short-haul freighter servicesit runs in Europe by 40 percentfollowing a multi-million pound investment.From the end of January 2007,the new schedule in co-operation with DHL, will deliver 45 weekly wide-bodyservices (previously 32 services) across11 European destinations. … [Read more...] about BA World Cargo
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United Airlines
Following the US Department ofTransportation to award United Airlines the right to operate a new daily747-400 service between Washington,DC and Beijing beginning March 25,Delta Airlines said it wants to operate adaily Atlanta-Shanghai service in 2008using 777 aircraft. … [Read more...] about United Airlines
Munich Airport
Munich Airport said it is planningto build a new logistics centre thisyear. The construction of a 15,000 sq.mfacility for forwarding agents is slatedto begin in either March or April withcompletion set for the end of 2007. … [Read more...] about Munich Airport
Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines said it will addtwo direct flights between Singaporeand Shanghai starting on March 25,the Shanghai Daily reported. With thenew flights SIA will operate a total of65 flights from Singapore to Shanghai,Beijing, Guangzhou and Nanjing. … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines
Boeing
Boeing and GE Commercial AviationServices (GECAS) have announceda 39-airplane order that includes 15Boeing 777s (a mix of seven 777-300ER(Extended Range) passenger aircraftand eight 777 freighters) and 24 Next-Generation 737-800s. The order isvalued at approximately $5.34 billionat list prices. … [Read more...] about Boeing
Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo, which for thefirst time in its history carried morethan 1m metric tons of freight andgenerated more than $1b in revenuelast year, has been named Cargo Airlineof the Year by trade publication AirTransport World. The awards will bepresented at ATW's gala dinner andcelebration in Washington on February21. … [Read more...] about Emirates SkyCargo