Air Cargo World News

The great unification experiment known as the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group now has a voice on the World Wide Web. IATA, TIACA, FIATA and the Global Shippers’ Forum united together under a common goal in Fall 2010, and while the separate organizations have been working together behind the scenes, it’s been hard for the group as a whole to demonstrate its progress to the public until now, said Glyn Hughes, IATA’s director of cargo industry management. read more

Aveos Fleet Performance, a supplier of MRO services to Air Canada, has filed for protection under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, immediately ceasing all operations and commencing an asset-liquidation process. Former Aveos customer Air Canada recently announced a contingency plan that will cover the carriers’ MRO needs previously undertaken by the company. read more

IATA’s push to get every country onto the e-airwaybill bandwagon — an initial, cautious step toward full e-freight implementation — lives and dies by the Warsaw Convention. The convention states that in order for a carrier’s liability limit to stay intact, the AWB must be a paper document. Frederic Leger, IATA’s head of cargo business process and standards, moderated a panel at last week’s IATA World Cargo Symposium exploring the Warsaw Convention and other regulatory challenges to e-AWBs as part of the regulations track. read more

Officials from Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. have praised the Hong Kong government’s conditional approval of a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport. read more