Ethiopian receives first B777-300ER 
Ethiopian Airlines, one of the fastest growing and most profitable African airlines, took delivery of the first of its four Boeing B777-300ERs yesterday (7 November). The new unit, which is now the largest aircraft in the airline's fleet, ahead of the B777-200LR (photo) and the... more
Swiss posts Q3 profit
Swiss International Air Lines achieved an operating profit of CHF 209 million for the first nine months of 2013, a 13% improvement on the same period last year. The airline reported a Q3/2013 operating profit of CHF137 million, a 10.5% increase on the prior-year period. The... more
Hainan Airlines postpones international B787 launch
China-based Hainan Airlines, sister company of the cargo carrier Yangtze River Express (photo), is delaying its planned Boeing B787 international operation. Previously scheduled to operate the Beijing – Chicago (USA) route from 10 November, this move has now been postponed... more
(No) changes in the pipeline 
Though Oliver Evans was one of those participants busily shuttling to and fro between two trade fairs and conferences in Singapore recently (see ITJ 43-44/2013, page 22), he also found time to answer a few of ITJ airfreight editor Andreas Haug’s questions. In the relaxing... more
Heathrow underlines its single hub role
Whilst London Heathrow airport and others such as the London Mayor argue that the only way to solve the UK's lack of direct connections to long-haul emerging markets is via a larger hub airport, others such as Gatwick claim this is unnecessary, and that splitting demand across... more
Garuda cancels planned B777 service to Sydney
Garuda Indonesia has cancelled plans to take its new Boeing B777-300ER to Sydney this month, thereby pushing the big bird's Australian debut back to mid-2014. Garuda first planned for the B777 to begin flying between Sydney and Jakarta from 27 October, as a prelude to the early... more
Frankfurt Hahn ready for B747-8F
Frankfurt Hahn airport (Germany) has completed a runway end safety area (Resa) and received the official permit for B747-8 freighter operations. Hahn’s Resa zone is a 300 x 150 m mound of earth designed to “catch” an aircraft that undershoots, overruns, or veers off the... more
European freight figures show timid growth in September
The airport trade organisation ACI Europe released the first comprehensive report of airport traffic performance for Q3/2013 on 5 November. The report encompasses all scheduled air traffic at Europe's airports, including networks carriers, low cost carriers, charter and others.... more
More new routes for Qatar Airways Cargo
Qatar Airways Cargo began a twice-weekly Airbus A330 freighter service to the Spanish capital Madrid on 30 October. Two days later, a weekly scheduled Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing B777 freighter started operating from Doha to Beirut (Lebanon). Qatar Airways Cargo's European... more
Economic impact of Dallas/Fort Worth airport
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) international airport contributes more than USD 31 billion worth of economic impact into the Dallas/Fort Worth TX (USA) region every year, according to a new study by the University of North Texas Center for Economic Development and Research. The study... more