Air China’s plan to form an airfreight joint venture with Cathay Pacific has obtained the approval of China’s National Development and Reform Commission.

US consumers will be guaranteed their blueberries for Thanksgiving after LAN Cargo Argentina signed a deal to fly fresh fruit direct from the point of origin into Miami.

Boeing has replaced the leader of its 747-8 program in an effort to get the launch back on track.

Japan Airlines’ drastic reduction of its domestic and longhaul networks has strengthened fears that Japan has too many underused airports.

MidAmerica St Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois, is gearing up to build a new cargo warehouse by the first quarter of 2011 to support what it hopes will become regular freighter flights from China.

Norbert Dentressangle has acquired the forwarding activities of Schneider Logistics, marking the French company’s first significant move into the US freight forwarding market.

Frankfurt Airport, Europe’s biggest airfreight hub, is offering an additional 27 hectares of development land at CargoCity South.

Northwest Airlines has seen its plea agreement over cargo price-fixing, requiring it to pay a $38 million fine, approved by a federal judge.

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a relief flight from Leipzig to Islamabad, carrying 94 tonnes of supplies for victims of Pakistan's devastating floods.

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) reported a 27.7 percent increase in freight tonne-kilometers in July 2010 compared to the same month last year.

Consolidators International (CII) is not expecting a pre-Christmas rush of air cargo this year according to CEO Julian Keeling.

FedEx has filed a lawsuit to stop an investigation by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo into the company's insurance policies for shipments over $100.00.

Calogi, the airfreight portal developed by Mercator, the IT division of the Emirates Group, is expanding across the United Arab Emirates and neighboring Gulf states.

Aerologic, the 50:50 joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and DHL, claimed a cargo first when one of its B777 freighters departed Leipzig flown by three female pilots.

Air China reported an increase in cargo revenue of 127 percent for the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period last year. Total revenue for the period was RMB4.46 billion ($656 million).

Olso, Norway-based risk assessors Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is setting up a sustainability division.

Sweden-based regional carrier West Atlantic will put into service the world’s first Bombardier Q400 freighter this fall.

In a “caffeine fix” of a truly innovative kind, Gulf Air has put its branding on all Costa Coffee cups distributed across Saudi Arabia, Oman and its home market of Bahrain.

Mexicana’s new owners have appointed an administrator and are now talking only about a “possible rescue” after closer inspection of of the heavily indebted carrier’s finances.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) is expanding its freighter schedule to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.