Air Canada Rouge, the recently-launched “leisure airline”, will arrive in Asia for the first time next year. The carrier currently operates low-cost services to a range of leisure destinations in Europe and the Caribbean, but on 1 May 2015 it will launch its first trans-Pacific flights connecting Vancouver with Osaka. Air Canada Rouge will operate the new Asian route using a B767-300ER aircraft, which has been transferred from the regular Air Canada fleet. The Osaka launch … [Read more...] about Air Can Rouge to operate new Asian route
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Cargolux offers third weekly frequency to Zhengzhou
Cargolux Airlines International S.A. today announced the launch of a third scheduled flight from Luxembourg to Zhengzhou, China, effective from 3 September 2014. Caargolux will doubles its Zhengzhou service to six weekly flights by the end of 2014 in a bid to offer its customers shortest transit times between Europe and any city in Central China. Zhhengzhou is ideally located in central China with daily road feeder services to coastal cities such as Beijing and Shanghai and reaches far … [Read more...] about Cargolux offers third weekly frequency to Zhengzhou
Continuous descent for Europe by 2013
Starting in 2013, up to 100 European airports will take part in a plan to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by half a million tonnes a year by using Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) landings. The CDA approach allows planes to descend all the way from cruising altitude to the runway in one smooth glide, saving up to 450 kilograms of CO2 per landing, compared with the traditional stepped descent, the International Air Transport Association said. The plan was officially announced at the … [Read more...] about Continuous descent for Europe by 2013
DHL links Europe to the ME by road
DHL Freight, the overland transport business of German global logistics group Deutsche Post World Net, has announced the launch of a regular road freight service between Europe and the Middle East, which it is touting as a lower cost alternative to air freight with faster transit times than ocean freight. "For shipments to and from the fast-growing Middle East region, DHL customers can now choose the most suitable mode of transport depending on the time/cost restraints associated with each … [Read more...] about DHL links Europe to the ME by road