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
Finding alternative routes 
The 5,000 transport and logistics industry companies in Dubai make the sector a key pillar of the emirate’s economic future. The Arab Spring has also left its marks here, but some firms, such as Heavy Load Freight Services, are doing well. The specialist for the oil and... more
Finnair Cargo cancels Mumbai service
Finnair Cargo has ceased operations on the Helsinki – Mumbai (India) – Helsinki route, which was served once weekly for nearly two years. Operations have failed to hit targets over the past six months. The main factors have been overall weak demand on the route, combined with... more
TIL Group orders heavy-duty MAN trucks
MAN will deliver 54 Euro V semi-trailer tractors and rigid trucks for hazardous goods vehicles and general freight to Transport Investments (TIL Group), based in New Plymouth. The TIL Group operates over eight hundred trucks and around 1,000 trailers. Part of the order comprises... more
Turkish Cargo lands in Singapore
Turkish Cargo launched a once-weekly service between its hub at Istanbul Ataturk and Singapore today, 19 September 2013. The route also stops in Karachi (Pakistan) in both directions. The Turkish Airlines' freighter network serves 47 international destinations including... more
Central Asian carrier returns to Volgograd
After a 16 year break, Uzbekistan Airways is resuming operations between its hub Tashkent and the southern Russian city of Volgograd today (18 September). The central Asian carrier will operate this route once a week, using an Airbus A320 aircraft. www.uzairways.com more
TIR guarantee restriction only for Siberian and Far Eastern
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has just been informed that the additional guarantee measures foreseen by the FCS RF shall only apply in Russia’s customs offices subordinate to the Siberian and Far Eastern regional customs departments. The IRU therefore counts on... more