SHIPPING lines are seeking a general freight rate hike to stick in July on the Asia-Europe trade after prices on services to northern Europe picked up steam. The latest figures from the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index show that freight rates on services from Shanghai to northern Europe increased by US$19 on a week ago to […]
Europe’s major ocean carriers, ports and shippers are urgently rethinking their business strategies following the shocking news that Chinese antitrust authorities had rejected an application by Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM to join forces in the P3 Network. Maersk reacted calmly to the unexpected thumbs down from Beijing, saying there would be […]
American Airlines Cargo began two cargo services Wednesday from Dallas/Forth Worth to China. AA Cargo is flying to Hong Kong and Shanghai. Service departing Hong Kong begins Friday, and service departing Shanghai begins Thursday. The non-stop Hong Kong service will be operated with a B777-300ER, the airline’s first use of the long-range aircraft in Asia. […]
Alaska Airlines begins daily non-stop flights this week to seven new destinations from Salt Lake City while also expanding existing service between Utah’s capital and Seattle. The new flying begins today with service to Portland, Oregon. Over the next 10 days, additional flights will commence from Salt Lake City to Boise, Idaho; Los Angeles; Las […]
United Cargo has launched non-stop service between its San Francisco hub and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province in southwest China and is the country’s fourth-largest city. Chengdu’s emergence as a hi-tech manufacturing centre makes it one of China’s fastest-developing cities economically, and more than half of the Fortune 500 […]
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus booked orders for 70 commercial airliners in May, mainly from Southeast Asian airlines. During the month, the company took an order from Singapore’s TigerAir for 37 A320neo aircraft, the new-engine version of the jet, the company said, reported Dow Jones Newswires. Royal Brunei Airlines ordered seven of the same model during […]
