The air is becoming thinner for the Indian carrier.
Oil companies in India have threatened to stop selling jet fuel to debt-ridden national carrier Air India unless it clears its fuel bill on a daily basis even as the national carrier’s dues to oil companies have crossed Rs 5,000 crore (US$692.8 million), the Economic Times (ET) reported, quoting several people familiar with the development. Read more>

Last Friday at Budapest Airport: Eleven managers stuck their shovels into the soil and dug small holes, applauded by roughly 100 handpicked invitees. A symbolic groundbreaking act for building the first section of a much-needed new cargo city, costing in its initial phase €32.6 million. Read more>

The sad news of Günter Mosler’s (GüMo) death on September 13th has shocked his many friends and colleagues around the globe. The German aviation industry loses one of its most active and colourful members who’s love for wearing various forms of headwear made him easy to spot at the many events he attended over the years. Read more>

China Southern Airlines plans to more than double the size of its fleet to 2,000 aircraft by 2035 and is exploring ways to cooperate with low-cost carriers, Reuters quoted the airline's chief executive, Tan Wan Geng, as saying. Read more>

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China’s embattled HNA Group is continuing its asset divestment drive and reportedly is in talks with banks to find a buyer for its CWT logistics unit, nine months after it acquired the Singaporean business in a US$1 billion deal, a Reuters report said. Read more>

It was a decade ago that Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt Animal Lounge was opened, and the anniversary was celebrated with LH Cargo customers and other partners at the famous Opel Zoo on September 18th. Read more>

United Parcel Service (UPS) has further expanded its delivery options for e-commerce shipments in Taiwan by working with the country's national postal authority, Chunghwa Post and Palm Box Digital. The self-pickup and delivery service operates from 641 locations across the territory. Read more>

Former Air Berlin manager Goetz Ahmelmann becomes new CEO of Leipzig-Halle and Dresden Airport. Long-time executive board member Markus Kopp will leave the company. Former CEO Johannes Jaehn as well as the Holding’s chief representative Dieter Koehler continue to belong to the management team of the group. Read more>

The trade war between China and the USA which was initiated by U.S. President Trump levy of extra taxes on Chinese goods coming into the USA, is heating up and could cause a serious disruption in global trade. China has imposed just as many new import taxes on U.S. goods and both sides are so far not showing any signs of wanting to de-escalate. In contrast, Trump has just imposed new tariffs on US$ 200 billion worth of Chinese imports. Read more>

New assignment for Ken Allen within Deutsche Post Group. As of January 2019, the 63-year-old British-national becomes CEO of the newly created division DHL e-Commerce Solutions.
Simultaneously, long-time DHL Express board member John Pearson (55) becomes helmsman of DHL Express, following Allen in this position. Read more>

Doubts about its financial fitness and operational capabilities, have prompted Vietnamese authorities to delay the operators license of Vietnam's third low-cost carrier, Bamboo Airways, just a month before its inaugural flight in October, Nikkei Asian Review reported. However, concern over too much competition in Vietnam's LCC market is also holding up the license, the report noted. Read more>