The turnout for Hactl’s 2015 International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition was the best in its eight-year history, with 13 teams from around the world competing for awards. Teams of four from AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Air Canada, Air China Cargo, Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Cargo, Finnair, IAG Cargo, International Air Cargo Terminal, Japan Airlines, Kenya Airways Cargo and Nippon Cargo Airlines joined a team from Hong Kong Air Cargo … [Read more...] about 13 teams vied for Hactl’s competition
Kenya Airways
China Southern extends ‘Canton Route’ to Africa
China Southern Airlines had formed a new codeshare partnership with Kenya Airways that will extend its ‘Canton Route’ to Africa. Designed to challenge the traditional ‘Kangaroo Route’ operators flying between Australia and Europe, the Canton Route connects these two continents via China Southern’s home base at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The arrangement will see China Southern place its ‘CZ’ code on Kenya Airways’ … [Read more...] about China Southern extends ‘Canton Route’ to Africa
China Southern extends ‘Canton Route’ to Africa
China Southern Airlines had formed a new codeshare partnership with Kenya Airways that will extend its ‘Canton Route’ to Africa. Designed to challenge the traditional ‘Kangaroo Route’ operators flying between Australia and Europe, the Canton Route connects these two continents via China Southern’s home base at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The arrangement will see China Southern place its ‘CZ’ code on Kenya Airways’ … [Read more...] about China Southern extends ‘Canton Route’ to Africa
Kenya Air eyes $3.6B expansion
Kenya Airways will spend US$3.6 billion over the next five years on new aircraft and routes, mainly aimed at connecting Africa and Asia, its chief executive said has said. Titus Naikuni said trade between Africa and China and India had soared in recent years, growing at an annual rate of about 200 per cent, creating huge opportunities. “We are still not a mature market in Africa therefore there is growth,” he said, adding the cargo business would also grow due to the new … [Read more...] about Kenya Air eyes $3.6B expansion
The ‘Pride of Africa’ is set to shine brighter
“Aviation is not ready for party time,†according to Bram Steller. The Dutch national who joined Kenya Airways (KQ) in August 2008 as chief operating officer knows what he is talking about. Barely four months ago – in June – KQ reported a loss of KES5.66 billion (US$71.8 million) in the year ended March 2009, a result of fuel hedging costs, a labour strike and political unrest, after a revised pre-tax profit of KES6.52 billion a year earlier. For the carrier … [Read more...] about The ‘Pride of Africa’ is set to shine brighter
