General agreement that airfreight volumes are improving at last led to some good-natured discussions at the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Vancouver – for a few hours. Then a bizarre row erupted in the local media as Air Canada president and CEO Calin Rovinescu reacted badly to Emirates’ hopes to expand its services to Canada.

The US Department of Homeland Security could be two years away from achieving its objective of 100 percent screening for airfreight imports arriving on passenger flights.

As IATA halves its loss forecast for 2010 from $5.6 billion to $2.8 billion, air cargo operators say they have learned their lessons from the recession. With the market continuing to recover, they are promising to plan more conservatively in future, increase their financial flexibility, diversify risk and pursue closer relationships with freight forwarders and shippers.

Deutsche Post DHL has been an early responder to the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile.

Korean Air will boost its summer schedule cargo services from Incheon to Hanoi from two to three a week. The move comes as Air Cargo World announces the results of its sixth Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) survey based on customer input.

China Southern Airlines will become the first Chinese airline in a global cargo alliance when it joins SkyTeam Cargo in November.

Aerolineas Argentinas has selected CHAMP’s Cargospot Airline and Cargospot Revenue Accounting software to manage its cargo business.

Volga-Dnepr Airlines, a stand-out in the latest Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) survey conducted by Air Cargo World, leveraged its AN-124 fleet to ship two 63.8 tonnes power sub-stations from Milan, Malpensa to St. Petersburg, Russia.

Southwest Airlines was the recipient of Air Cargo World's top award in its sixth annual Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) survey of airports and airlines as rated by their customers.

Hawaiian Airlines has added another aircraft to an original order for six A330-200s and six A350 XWB-800s from the European manufacturer.

DPD, the GeoPost Group express parcel subsidiary, has launched an intelligent sort system at its Russia hub in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region.

Coyne Airways is the new UK and Ireland sales agent for Sharjah-based RUS Aviation that operates IL-76 and A300 freighter flights from Dubai and Sharjah to Iraq.

Deutsche Post DHL reports an overall 15.2 percent drop in 2009 revenue to EUR46.2 billion ($62.7 billion).

Bulgaria's Customs agency has implemented a "Z Backscatter" mobile X-ray system supplied by American Science and Engineering (AS&E) to inspect cargo trucks and trailers at the country's border crossings.