August 2012
Emirates is to resume passenger flights between Dubai and Tripoli on 29 October, for the first since the Libyan revolution 18 months ago. They will be operated by an Airbus A330-200 four days a week, offering 15 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight.
The carrier also reinstated passenger flights to Erbil in Iraq, on 12 August as planned. Emirates was already operating a 777F freighter three times a week and the ...
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FedEx Express has expanded its ‘International First’ service early delivery service to a further eight countries – Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Japan, Luxembourg and Mexico – bringing the total to 19. The service offers deliveries as early as 8am on the next working day in the US, 9am in ...
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MSC is replacing Mina Zayed with Mina Khalifa as its Abu Dhabi call onits dedicated feeder operations from Jebel Ali from 20 August. Trial calls at the new port have already yielded excellent results, says the shipping line and it first class infrastructure and services.
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Australian carrier Qantas said it planned to sell its 50% stake in its Star Track Express road service when market conditions are right. The airline is selling off non-core assets. Australia Post, which owns the remainder of Star Track, is seen as the likely purchaser.
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International Airlines Group, owner of British Airways and Iberia, is reported to be interested in buying a stake in American Airlines, according to press reports. US-based Delta is also interested in buying American.
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Malaysia Airlines is to upgrade its thrice-weekly A380 flight between London Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur International to daily from 14 August, following the addition of a second Airbus. Departures from Heathrow will be at noon, arriving at Kuala at 07.35 the following day.
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines delivered two patrol boats from Moscow to Vladivostok to help with security at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit in the eastern city in early September. The 20 metre long, 30-tonne high-speed Mangust vessels were loaded onto Volga-Dnepr’s AN-124-100 freighter for the flight on 9 August using a ...
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Grimaldi’s Atlantic Container Line has announced its long-anticipated retonnaging plans. It has signed a contract with a Chinese yard to build what it says will be the largest con-ro (container and ro ro) ships in the world. The ‘G4’ class ships will offer 3800teu of container capacity and a ro ...
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DB Schenker Rail has announced that its planned expansion of its Poland-UK rail service to twice-weekly will take place on 9 October. The operator has been running a weekly service between Wroclaw and London Barking since November 2011. Trains will leave London for Poland on Tuesday and Fridays, with departures ...
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The U-Freight Group has named Steven Wong as vice president - sales & marketing, of its main subsidiaries, U-Freight Ltd and U-Ocean Ltd, in Hong Kong. Mr Wong joined UFL in 2009 as general manager of Rijin International Freight Co, one of the group’s freight forwarding brands. He will continue ...
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