Air Cargo News.
Oct 13, 2008 Air cargo industry blasts TSA screening guidelines. The TSA came under heavy criticism last week from participants in a security conference who said the agency has created "separate but unequal securities" for cargo aircraft versus passenger flights. "We see different risk potentials because the...

Travel Security Update.
Oct 13, 2008 Air cargo industry blasts TSA screening guidelines. The TSA came under heavy criticism last week from participants in a security conference who said the agency has created "separate but unequal securities" for cargo aircraft versus passenger flights. "We see different risk potentials because the...

Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Asia / Pacific.
Dec 14, 2008 Airbus, Boeing In a sign of the deepening downturn facing global aviation, the Chinese government on Tuesday urged its airlines to cancel or postpone deliveries of new aircraft, allow existing leases to expire and convert passenger planes to cargo haulers. The move...

Airline News - North America.
Oct 13, 2008 U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it has transmitted to the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would strengthen the security of general aviation by further minimizing the vulnerability of aircraft being used as weapons or to transport dangerous people or materials....

Alaska Airlines Introduces Two 737-400 'Combi' Aircraft to Fleet.
Larger, more-advanced passenger-cargo aircraft part of airline's $100 million investment in cargo service ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Airlines today introduced two Boeing 737-400 "combi" aircraft to its fleet to improve passenger and cargo service in the state of Alaska. The larger airplanes -- converted...

Company Watch - Boeing.
Dec 14, 2008 Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies will provide Dubai-based Silver Air with MRO services on three Boeing 737-200s and a 737-300 under a Total Care Solution agreement. Dec 8, 2008 Air New Zealand will conduct the world's first commercial aviation test flight powered by...

Company Watch - Airbus.
Dec 14, 2008 Rolls-Royce said its Trent 700 last week successfully powered the first scheduled flight of an Aeroflot A330-200 from Moscow Sheremetyevo to St. Petersburg. Flight marks the Trent's service entry in Russia, and "demonstrates the growing presence of Rolls-Royce in the Russian market," VP-Customer Business...

World Airways Extends Leases on Six MD-11 Aircraft.
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- World Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Air Holdings, Inc. , has extended its leases for three MD-11 passenger aircraft and three MD-11 cargo aircraft, all leased from ILFC, with staggered terms ending March 2013 through May 2014. The previous leases...

Airline News.
For more airline data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Airlines expect busiest summer in 40 years. Airlines are expecting packed planes this summer. Many airlines have reduced capacity to lower their fuel costs. Last year, passenger and cargo aircraft used 19.9 billion gallons of jet fuel,...

Air Cargo News.
May 28, 2007 Airport association study claims need for $87B in improvements by 2011 A study found that airports must spend more than $87 billion on infrastructure improvements over the next five years to meet increasing passenger and air cargo demand. "Anyone traveling by air today knows...