Alitalia gets green light for Air France agreement
Italy’s new centre-right government has given Alitalia the go-ahead to forge a commercial agreement with Air France, ending a long period of uncertainty over the Italian airline’s future
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Schenker opens U.S. hub
International forwarder Schenker, Inc. said it opened its first U.S. integrated logistics center in Miami as part of an aggressive expansion strategy in the United States.
Read MoreGreens see red as UPS plans expansion
UPS is to pour more than US$100m ( t117m) into expanding its Cologne hub, despite protests from environmentalists. A UPS spokesman said: “The building is being expanded to position us for the future. We are more than doubling the sort capacity from 60,000 to 135,000 packages an hour.”
Read MoreThe short, sharp shock of downturn (TNT)
General manager for TNT in Ireland Philip Bracken, says express companies always notice it first when there is a dip in the economy.
“Analysts look at us in Europe and Ireland as they follow the fortunes of FedEx in the US because we are a good indicator of economic health,” he says.
If that is so, then a short, sharp shock is on the cards. After a strong first quarter in which TNT started operating three aircraft nightly out of Ireland – one aircraft from Dublin which called at Liverpool en route to its Liege hub, and two others from Shannon and Cork. The integrator dropped back to two in early April.
BMI wants more US routes from open skies
BMI British Midland will seek anti-trust immunity with United Airlines as well as a full open skies agreement ahead of informal UK/US government talks taking place this week to deregulate the transatlantic air market.
An open skies freight deal agreed ahead or instead of full liberalisation between the US and the UK has been given a thumbs-down by Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson.
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