The aerospace industry is expected to grow again – albeit by fits and starts – after the adjustments which were called for last year as a result of the economic crisis. The drivers for fleet additions and replacements include the need to improve efficiency and cut emissions of greenhouse gases, and network widening (adding on new routes). Consequently, aerospace logistics service providers will have more work to do, and thereby more revenues to look forward to. Aerospace … [Read more...] about Aerospace logistics

Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)found its place on the world aviationmap in 1932 when ImperialAirways – the forerunners of BritishAirways – first constructed an airfieldas a stopover en route to India and Australia.At that time, Sharjah ranked as oneof its most remote outposts, as well asbeing the first airport in the United ArabEmirates. Times have certainly changed. Today, business at SHJ is bustling, despite a worldwide economic slowdown. In the first … [Read more...] about Sharjah offers regional and transit advantages

At a recent air cargo summit in Beijing, one sentiment was repeated speaker-after-speaker, that being the fact that Chinese cargo carriers were losing out to foreign players when it comes to moving international cargo in China. Pointing out that the entire cargo capacity of Chinese carriers amounted to only 58 per cent of the total cargo capacity of just one European carrier – Lufthansa in this example – Professor Cao Yunchun of the Tianjin Civil Aviation University said … [Read more...] about China unveils cargo blueprint

DHL and American Airlines Cargo have started offering joint training to educate pharmaceutical customers on how best to comply with the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP). The training includes discussion on the required process for becoming a Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF). Facilities that volunteer to participate in the CCSP program will be able to tender cargo directly to a passenger air carrier or freight … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Security training for pharma customers

A cargo plane with engine and landing gear problems made an emergency landing in March on the frozen surface of a lake outside the Estonian capital, authorities said. One of the six crew members suffered minor injuries and emergency workers were scrambling to empty the plane’s fuel tanks before it polluted the lake, which is the main source of drinking water for Tallinn’s 400,000 residents. The DHL-chartered Antonov AN26 turboprop aircraft, en route from Finland to … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Cargo plane lands on frozen Estonian lake

Australia has moved to ban older “marginally noise-compliant” aircraft, such as Boeing 727 Freighters, from major airports from 1 July. The ban will be phased in over two stages with hushkitted aircraft banned from operating new services from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin, Cairns, Gold Coast, Essendon, Newcastle, Avalon and Canberra airports from 1 July. From 1 September all existing services will have to cease at Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth. … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: Noisy freighters face ban Down Under