Airbus lands big orders 
Only one week after Lufthansa, Airbus' biggest customer, decided to expand and upgrade its long-haul fleet with 55 A350-900 aircraft (25 firm and 30 options) and just six months after Lufthansa made the strategic decision to become an all-Airbus operator for its single-aisle... more
FedEx Trade Networks launches new service in India
FedEx Trade Networks, the freight forwarding arm of global shipping giant FedEx, has announced the launch of its FedEx International Direct Priority OceanSM service in India. This innovative, end-to-end ocean solution is now available from four sites in India: Bangalore,... more
IAG "panda" plane arrives in Chengdu
Marked by the landing of a British Airways B777-200 with a unique panda desigh, the Chengdu route from London Heathrow (UK) has now become IAG Cargo's fourth route to China. It is the first new Chinese destination for IAG Cargo since flights were launched to Shanghai in... more
Deutsche Bahn and Etihad Rail : First train nearly ready to... 
A joint venture between Deutsche Bahn and Etihad Rail for the provision of railfreight services on the Arabian Peninsula is set to commence operations in October. A contract to establish an undertaking called Etihad Rail DB Operations was signed recently in Abu Dhabi (United... more
BUAV urges airlines to stop primate transport
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) is urging China Southern Airlines and Air France to stop transporting monkeys for research. The call follows the release of images taken of monkeys after being unloaded from a China Southern Airlines aircraft in the... more
Khazan-Radzhin railway line reopened
The Khazan (Russia)-Radzhin (North Korea) railway line has reopened after being refurbished. The construction work costing EUR 128 million included laying a 54 km track on the Radzhin-Tumangan route as well as reconstructing 18 bridges, 12 water pipelines and three tunnels with... more
China Southern increases Istanbul capacity
China Southern is increasing its capacity on the Urumqi-Istanbul route today, 24 September. The thrice-weekly service between Western China and the Turkish economic powerhouse will be operated using an Airbus A330-200 instead of a Boeing B757, thus offering a noteworthy... more
Contract awarded for Saudi Arabia rail project
Parsons Brinckerhoff and the Fluor Corporation will provide project management consulting services for the design and construction of a new rail line between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Landbridge project is a 950 km double-track railway connecting... more
Southeast Asian airlines draft biofuel roadmap
Policymakers, regulators, industry stakeholders and NGOs gathered last week in Bangkok, Thailand, for the South-East Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiative (Seasafi) 2013 Workshop on Aviation Biofuel and Sustainable Agriculture, organised by the Association of Asia Pacific... more
Work in Hahn and Hue
Hue airport in central Vietnam is being reopened already today, 20 September 2013. It had been closed since 20 March for refurbishment. Flights were redirected to Da Nang, Vietnam's third city. The reopening had originally been scheduled for 20 November 2013.By contrast,... more