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South Korea fines airlines
SOUTH Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined 19 airlines a total of 120 billion won (US$98 million) fine for cargo price-fixing, cautioning two others.
The FTC found the airlines guilty of conspiring to introduce fuel surcharges for freight cargoes or continued to raise them over the past seven years. This is estimated to have resulted in the loss if $5 billion worth of sales in the South Korean market. Read the rest of this entry »
Airspace closures and re-opening times
AIR traffic remains seriously disrupted across Europe as a cloud of ash released from Iceland’s volcanic eruption continues to ground flights.
The following is a list airspace closures and re-opening times
- Austria to reopen its airspace at 0400 GMT Monday if conditions allow. Read the rest of this entry »
Unscanned bag causes shut down of LAX terminals
A security alert at Los Angeles International Airport temporarily shut down three terminals and caused several delays at the busy Californian transport hub, officials said yesterday.
The alarm was raised after a passenger with a carry-on bag bypassed security screeners, Los Angeles World Airports spokeswoman Nancy Castles said. Read the rest of this entry »
What next, a reclining seat fee? Senator blasts airline
Low-cost US airline Spirit’s “absurd” move to charge for some carry-on luggage shows the need for legislation to force full disclosure of all such fees and charges, a US Senator said yesterday.
“This is getting absurd. What will the airlines think up next, a fee for reclining your seat?” said Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, lead author of a measure to require airline and travel websites to provide such information to travelers before they book their tickets. Read the rest of this entry »
AA Cargo opens cargo terminal at JFK
AMERICAN Airlines Cargo (AA Cargo) has opened a cargo terminal at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York. The facility will have more than 135,000 square feet of warehouse space and 24 dock doors and includes two 20-foot elevating transfer vehicles with a storage capacity equivalent to 385 upper-deck aircraft positions. Read the rest of this entry »
Cathay unparks 747F, invests in Air China Cargo
CATHAY Pacific is to bring back into operation one of its five parked 747-400 freighters.
The freighter has been undergoing maintenance and was due to start operations in late January 2010. The freighter will not be part of the airline’s scheduled freighter fleet, but will be saved for special charters. Read the rest of this entry »
Lufthansa posts ‘rock-bottom’ 2009 figures
LUFTHANSA lost €112 million (US$152 million) in 2009, compared to a profit of €542 million ($734 million) in 2008. Operating profit fell 90 per cent to €130 million ($176 million) from €1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in 2008. Revenues fell 10 per cent to €22.3 billion ($30.2 billion) compared to €24.8 billion ($33.6 billion) in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
China Cargo Airlines upgrades freighter fleet with 777
CHINA Cargo Airlines (CCA), a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines, has taken delivery of its first 777 freighter.
The aircraft will operate between Shanghai and Luxembourg. CCA is expecting to introduce an additional three 777 freighters before August that will operate alongside its current six MD-11, two 747 and three A300 freighters.
No chance for August screening deadline, says TSA
THE US has admitted that it will miss the August deadline to screen 100 per cent of bellyhold cargo on international flights.
Gale Rossides, acting director of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), told the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee that, at best, 65 per cent would be fully screened and that it would be two years before the 100 per cent target could be reached. Read the rest of this entry »
Evergreen loses Boeing contract to Atlas
BOEING has unexpectedly chosen not to renew Oregon-based Evergreen International’s five-year contract to operate the manufacturer’s four 747-400 Dreamlifters. Instead the contract goes to New York-based Atlas Air for nine years starting in September. Read the rest of this entry »