Avient, the Zimbabwe-registered all-cargo airline based in Vatry (above, right) has appointed EGSAC members Airlines Services and Cargo Care International its GSSA in Finland and Denmark respectively.

The Baltic Air Charter Association based in the Baltic Exchange (above) is celebrating its 60th anniversary with an awards ceremony at London's Guildhall on October 29, 2009.

Chicago-based Boeing said that mechanics completed installation of the new GEnx-2B engines on the first 747-8 freighter in final assembly at its factory in Everett, Wash.

American Airlines Cargo introduced a new express temperature-controlled service this week dubbed ExpediteTCSM. One day later, British Airways World Cargo unveiled further enhancements to its Constant Climate temperature-controlled product for pharmaceuticals.

DHL announced the launch of its guaranteed weekly direct Less than Container Load (LCL) services from Vietnam to Germany, Italy and the United States.

As Miami-based Amerijet moves into a second week of strike action by its flight crew employees, the company says it is continuing to operate as normal. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) claims this is because it has turned to interline partner Cargojet, an Ontario, Canada-based airline.

For the third year running, TNT has been named as a "supersector leader" in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). Data analysis for the latest annual 317-member listing is produced by Zurich-based Sustainability investment company SAM.

U.S. cargo and passenger airlines suffered cumulative net losses of more than $55 billion from 2001 to 2008, forcing carriers to shed more than 150,000 jobs during the Bush Administration according to a report from the Air Transport Association of America.

IATA says overall airline cargo capacity has dropped three percent this year following the withdrawal of 227 freighters from the global market. Despite this reduction, a return to profitability in 2009 is likely to be hit by rising fuel costs.

PT Garuda Indonesia, a member of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, is the tenth and latest airline to be cited by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for alleged cargo price fixing.